Love Story 1970

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 96 min

genre: drama

theme: romantic drama

director: Arthur Hiller

Score: 6 / 10

Love Story is a 1970 American romantic drama film written by Erich Segal, who was also the author of the best-selling 1970 eponymous novel. It was produced by Howard G. Minsky, and directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut.

Plot

Oliver Barrett IV, heir of an old money East Coast White Anglo-Saxon Protestant family, attends Harvard College, where he majors in social studies and plays ice hockey. He meets Jennifer "Jenny" Cavilleri, a quick-witted, working-class Radcliffe College student reading classical music. He invites her to a hockey game vs Dartmouth College and they fall in love despite their differences.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Erich Segal
award	Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Boston New York City
director	Arthur Hiller
editor	Robert C. Jones
genre	drama romance
keywords	classical music college student cornell university dartmouth college east coast east coast of the united states elizabeth barrett browning estranged father extramarital affair fight game harvard college harvard law school ice hockey ice rink law firm law school love means never having to say you\'re sorry open air radcliffe college read rhode island social studies song of the open road walt whitman wed white anglo-saxon protestant widow
musicBy	Francis Lai
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Howard G. Minsky
productionCompany	Paramount Pictures
publisher	Paramount Pictures
theme	romantic drama