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Title: Love Story (1970)
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| Ali MacGraw | ... | Jenny | |
| Ryan O'Neal | ... | Oliver | |
| John Marley | ... | Phil | |
| Ray Milland | ... | Oliver Barrett III | |
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Russell Nype | ... | Dean Thompson |
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Katharine Balfour | ... | Mrs. Barrett (as Katherine Balfour) |
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Sydney Walker | ... | Dr. Shapeley |
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Robert Modica | ... | Dr. Addison |
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Walker Daniels | ... | Ray - Oliver's Roommate |
| Tommy Lee Jones | ... | Hank - Oliver's Roommate (as Tom Lee Jones) | |
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John Merensky | ... | Steve - Oliver's Roommate |
| Andrew Duncan | ... | Rev. Blauvelt | |
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Charlotte Ford | ... | Clerk |
| Sudie Bond | ... | (as Sudi Bond) | |
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Julie Garfield | ... | Bystander at Harpsichord Concerto |
The love story of young adults Oliver Barrett IV and Jenny Cavilleri is told. Oliver comes from an extremely well off and old money New England family, the Barrett name which holds much gravitas and which is plastered especially all over Harvard where Oliver is in pre-law. Like those before him, he plans on attending Harvard Law School, which is not an issue in either the school not accepting him or he not wanting to attend. He has an extremely stiff relationship with his parents, especially his father, Oliver Barrett III, who loves his son in the old school way. Jenny, a music student at Radcliffe, comes from a working class Rhode Island background, she working her way through the program before she plans on going to Paris to further her studies. Unlike Oliver's relationship with his father, Jenny has a very casual one with her baker father, who she calls by his given name Phil. When Oliver and Jenny meet, there are immediate fireworks - she always with a quick quip to put him in his... Written by Huggo
Very pleasant surprised by this wonderful and brilliantly acted "Love Story". Owkay, the title captures everything of the movie. You instantly know what it is about. But that doesn't bother. This movie is almost twice my age and before I started watching this movie, I wasn't sure if I would like it. After all, I want a movie to be recognizable (at least with a movie about a love story, I'm not talking about movies in general. You can't expect a movie like "The Godfather" to be recognizable) and the acting has to be real. With certain movies from a couple of decennia ago, I sometimes have the feeling the acting isn't real, you're all the time aware of the fact that they are acting, and I think a movie can't have that.
The acting here was amazing. Ali MacGraw as well as Ryan O'Neal were both excellent in their roles as Jenny and Oliver. I thought both fathers were quite good as well, specially Jenny's father Phil, performed by John Marley, who surely deserved his Academy Award Nomination. The music was also terrific in this movie. I think it's, beside the acting, one of the most important points to make this movie timeless.
Unfortunately, this movie became the only success of the leading actors. It could have been the beginning of a brilliant acting career, but "Love Story" became the highlight of their career. To conclude I can only repeat that "Love Story" is a brilliant and timeless romantic classic!
Watch this movie! 9/10