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The Way We Were (1973) 7.1
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart. Director:Sydney PollackWriter:Arthur Laurents |
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| Barbra Streisand | ... | ||
| Robert Redford | ... | ||
| Bradford Dillman | ... | ||
| Lois Chiles | ... | ||
| Patrick O'Neal | ... | ||
| Viveca Lindfors | ... | ||
| Allyn Ann McLerie | ... | ||
| Murray Hamilton | ... | ||
| Herb Edelman | ... | ||
| Diana Ewing | ... | ||
| Sally Kirkland | ... | ||
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Marcia Mae Jones | ... | |
| Don Keefer | ... |
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The movie begins with the Katie (Barbra Streisand) running into Hubbell Gardner, an All-American popular jock she went to college with, some time after World War II. Though some other summaries claim it's been about 20 years, that is not really the case. It's probably been more like 10 years since college and Hubbell has written his first novel and later joined the navy while Katie continues to work hard and remains very much involved in the grassroots level of politics. Katie who had a crush on Hubbell back in college is still very attracted to him and soon the two start an "on again off again" relationship. Eventually Katie ends up giving up her voice and her interest in politics in order to hold on to Hubbell and they get married. However when Hubbell begins to compromise his literary talent by abandoning his novel writing for writing Screenplays for Hollywood their marriage begins its downfall. When the government begins its witch-hunt for communists among Hollywood writers and ... Written by bberry
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19 October 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Nuestros años felices See more »Company Credits
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Hubbell Gardner: Katie, it was never uncomplicated.
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(1973)
Composed by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Marilyn Bergman (as Marilyn) and Alan Bergman
Sung by Barbra Streisand before the opening credits and during the end credits.
Music played often in the score
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When Barbra Streisand heard the titular song for the first time, she loved it. However, she made two important suggestions that ended up transforming the song into something even better. She suggested a slight shift in the melody to send it soaring at a crucial point in the song, and she also suggested changing the first line of the song from "Daydreams light the corners of my mind" to "Memories light the corners of my mind." See more »Goofs
Near the beginning of the movie Hubble is dancing with Katie you can see her pearl ring on her finger go from the pearl centered on her ring finger to the ring turned and the pearl is down next to her little finger and then the pearl is centered again on her finger. It also looks like the ring changes size from fitting her snuggly to being loose then fitting snuggly again. See more »Quotes
Katie Morosky Gardner: Wouldn't it be lovely if we were old? We'd have survived all this. Everything thing would be easy and uncomplicated; the way it was when we were young.Hubbell Gardner: Katie, it was never uncomplicated.
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The Way We Were(1973)
Composed by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Marilyn Bergman (as Marilyn) and Alan Bergman
Sung by Barbra Streisand before the opening credits and during the end credits.
Music played often in the score
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There are movies about love being made all of the time. After awhile, they all begin to look the same. However, once in awhile, one is made that truly stands out. THE WAY WE WERE is such a film.
This film, mixing love and politics, finds two individuals (Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford) who meet in college, but years pass before a romance blooms. She is an political activist, he's bored by politics. She's stern and serious, he's easygoing and laid-back. Although they love each other deeply, their differences begin to tear them apart.
As far as romantic tearjerkers go, they don't get much better than this. Both Striesand and Redford are perfectly cast and their characters are ones in which viewers will grow to love and care about. Many viewers will also appreciate the realistic ending.
This is a beautiful film.