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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Barbra Streisand | ... | Katie | |
| Robert Redford | ... | Hubbell | |
| Bradford Dillman | ... | J. J. | |
| Lois Chiles | ... | Carol Ann | |
| Patrick O'Neal | ... | George Bissinger | |
| Viveca Lindfors | ... | Paula Reisner | |
| Allyn Ann McLerie | ... | Rhea Edwards | |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | Brooks Carpenter | |
| Herb Edelman | ... | Bill Verso | |
| Diana Ewing | ... | Vicki Bissinger | |
| Sally Kirkland | ... | Pony Dunbar | |
| Marcia Mae Jones | ... | Peggy Vanderbilt | |
| Don Keefer | ... | Actor | |
| George Gaynes | ... | El Morocco Captain | |
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Eric Boles | ... | Army Corporal |
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The often unlikely joint lives of Katie Morosky and Hubbell Gardiner from the late 1930s to the late 1950s is presented, over which time, they are, in no particular order, strangers, acquaintances, friends, best friends, lovers and adversaries. The unlikely nature of their relationship is due to their fundamental differences, where she is Jewish and passionate about her political activism both in political freedoms and Marxism to an extreme where she takes life a little too seriously, while he is the golden boy WASP, being afforded the privileges in life because of his background but who on the most part is able to capitalize on those privileges. Their lives are shown in four general time periods, in chronological order when they attend the same college, their time in New York City during WWII, his life as a Hollywood screenwriter post-war, and his life as a writer for a New York based live television show. It is during college that Hubbell finds his voice in life as a writer, and ... Written by Huggo
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communist | unfaithfulness | infidelity | soviet flag | reference to josef stalin |Taglines:
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USARelease Date:
19 October 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Way We Were See more »Filming Locations:
Plaza Hotel - 750 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Edit
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$49,919,870, 31 December 1974Company Credits
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(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Played by the band and Sung by an unidentified female at the El Morocco
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This film won Barbra Streisand her second Best Actress Oscar nomination. Both times, she was in direct competition with Joanne Woodward, who was nominated for "Rachel, Rachel" and "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams", respectively. See more »Goofs
At the end of the movie, the thick collar on Katie's coat is alternately up/down between shots. See more »Quotes
Hubbell Gardner: Everything in the world that happens does not happen to you personally.See more »
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On the Sunny Side of the Street(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Played by the band and Sung by an unidentified female at the El Morocco
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I think the word for this movie is, gorgeous. Nothing I've seen (I haven't seen a lot, but still) has compared to the chemistry, the depth of feeling, and the realistic portrayal of two opposites both beautiful in their own right. This movie is a testament to the way we were really, how it was beautiful to be decadent and disgusting in the thriving 50's, of the attractive "waspishness" of Ivy leaguers, of politics and war. The movie is not dated either, its quality making it appealing to a whole spectrum of people who would normally not be interested in something this good. I first saw this movie in a history class and to my surprise most of the people in the class loved it, people who would normally go see "Titanic" and rave about it for days. I think that is, if not something else, at least evidence of this movie's depth, quality, feeling, (and although very sentimental) realism. If you enjoy the finer things in life, dim the lights, fix yourself a vodka martini straight up, and watch "The Way We Were".