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Love Story (novel)
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This article is about the novel. For the film, see Love Story (1970 film). For the musical, see Love Story (musical). For the radio play, see Juliet Ace#Love Story.

Love Story
Love Story (Erich Segal novel) cover.jpg
First edition cover

Author
Erich Segal
Original title
Love Story
Country
USA
Language
English
Genre
Romance novel
Publisher
Harper & Row

Publication date
 February 14, 1970
Media type
Hardcover, paperback
Pages
131
ISBN
0-340-12508-X
Followed by
Oliver's Story
Love Story is a 1970 romance novel by American writer Erich Segal. The book's origins were in that of a screenplay Segal wrote and was subsequently approved for production by Paramount Pictures. Paramount requested that Segal adapt the story into novel form as a preview of sorts for the film. The novel was released on February 14, 1970, Valentine's Day. Portions of the story originally appeared in The Ladies' Home Journal.[1][clarification needed] Love Story became the top-selling work of fiction for all of 1970 in the United States, and was translated into more than 20 languages. The novel stayed for 41 weeks in The New York Times Best Seller list, reaching the top spot. A sequel, Oliver's Story, was published in 1977. The film (Love Story) was released on December 16, 1970. Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, a 1978 Hindi film was based on this novel.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Plot[edit]
The novel tells of "Love Story" is romantic and funny, yet a tragic story. It is the story of two young college grads, whose love was stronger than any of the tests life threw at them. Oliver Barrett IV, a Harvard jock and wealthy heir to the Barrett fortune and legacy, and Jennifer Cavilleri, the quick-witted daughter of a Rhode Island baker. Oliver (Ollie) was expected to follow in his father's huge footsteps, while Jennifer (Jenny), a music major studying at Radcliffe College planned to study in Paris. From very different worlds, Oliver and Jenny immediately attracted and their love deepened. The story of Jenny and Ollie is a story of two young people who come from two separate worlds and are joined together in the most unlikely of ways.
Upon graduation from college, the two decide to marry against the wishes of Oliver's father, who thereupon severs all ties with his son. Without his father's financial support, the couple struggles to pay Oliver's way through Harvard Law School, with Jenny working as a private school teacher. Graduating third in his class, Oliver gets several job offers and takes up a position at a respectable New York law firm. Jenny promises to follow Oliver anywhere on the East Coast. The couple moves to New York City, excited to spend more time together, rather than in working and studying. With Oliver's new income, the pair of 24-year-olds decide to have a child. After Jenny fails to conceive, they consult a medical specialist, who after repeated tests, informs Oliver that Jenny is ill and will soon die as she is suffering from leukemia.
As instructed by his doctor, Oliver attempts to live a "normal life" without telling Jenny of her condition. Jenny nevertheless discovers her ailment after confronting her doctor about her recent illness. With their days together numbered, Jenny begins a costly cancer therapy, and Oliver soon becomes unable to afford the multiplying hospital expenses. Desperate, he seeks financial relief from his father. Instead of telling his father what the money is truly for, Oliver misleads him. From her hospital bed, Jenny speaks with her father about funeral arrangements, and then asks for Oliver. She tells him to avoid blaming himself, and asks him to embrace her tightly before she dies. When Mr. Barrett realizes that Jenny is ill and that his son borrowed the money for her, he immediately sets out for New York. By the time he reaches the hospital, Jenny is dead. Mr. Barrett apologizes to his son, who replies with something Jenny had once told him: "Love means never having to say you're sorry"...and breaks down in his arms.
Al Gore has often stated that the plot is based on his life at Harvard; in 1997 Segal explained that "only the emotional family baggage of the romantic hero...was inspired by a young Al Gore. But it was Gore's Harvard roommate, Tommy Lee Jones who inspired the half of the character that was a sensitive stud, a macho athlete with the heart of a poet". Erich Segal had met both Mr. Jones and Mr. Gore at Harvard in 1968, when he was there on sabbatical.[2]
See also[edit]
1970 in literature
Love Story (1970 film)
Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978 film)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Erich Segal. Love Story. (Harper & Row) 1970.
2.Jump up ^ Henneberger, Melinda (14 December 1997). "Author of 'Love Story' Disputes a Gore Story". New York Times.
External links[edit]
Erich Segal Official Website
 


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Love Story (1970 film)
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Love Story
Love story.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Produced by
Howard G. Minsky
Written by
Erich Segal
Starring
Ali MacGraw
Ryan O'Neal
John Marley
Ray Milland
Music by
Francis Lai
Cinematography
Richard Kratina
Editing by
Robert C. Jones
Studio
Love Story Company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release dates
December 16, 1970

Running time
99 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$2.2 million
Box office
$136,397,186[1]
Love Story is a 1970 romantic drama film written by Erich Segal, who also authored the best-selling novel of the same name. It was directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw.
A tragedy, the film is considered one of the most romantic of all time by the American Film Institute (#9 on the list). It was followed by a sequel, Oliver's Story (1978), starring O'Neal with Candice Bergen.
Love Story also features John Marley and Ray Milland. It included the film debut of Tommy Lee Jones in a minor role.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Quotations
5 Awards and nominations
6 Reception
7 Musical selections from the soundtrack
8 Sequels and remake
9 "Ali MacGraw's Disease"
10 References
11 External links

Plot[edit]
Oliver Barrett IV comes from a family of wealthy, well-respected Harvard University graduates. At a library, the Harvard student/hockey player meets Jennifer "Jenny" Cavalleri, a quick-witted working-class Radcliffe College student, and they quickly fall in love.
Upon graduation from college, the two decide to marry against the wishes of Oliver's father, who severs ties with his son.
Without his father's financial support, the couple struggles to pay Oliver's way through Harvard Law School with Jenny working as a private-school teacher. They rent the top floor of a house near the Law School at 119 Oxford Street, in the Agassiz neighborhood of Cambridge adjacent to a laundromat. Oliver graduates third in his class and takes a position at a respectable New York law firm.
Now the 24-year-olds are ready to start a family, but they can't seem to conceive and they consult a medical specialist. After many tests, Oliver is informed that Jenny is terminally ill. Her exact condition is never stated explicitly, but she appears to have leukemia.
As instructed by his doctor, Oliver attempts to live a "normal life" without telling Jenny of her condition, but she finds out after confronting her doctor about her recent illness. She begins costly cancer therapy, and soon Oliver is desperate enough over the mounting expenses to seek financial relief from his father. The senior Barrett asks if he "got some girl in trouble," and Oliver says yes instead of revealing the truth.
From her hospital bed, Jenny makes funeral arrangements with her father, then asks for Oliver. She tells him to not blame himself, then asks him to embrace her tightly before she dies. They lie in her bed together.
As a grief-stricken Oliver leaves the hospital, his father is waiting to apologize. Oliver replies with what Jenny once told him: "Love means never having to say you're sorry."
Cast[edit]
Ali MacGraw as Jennifer "Jenny" Cavalleri
Ryan O'Neal as Oliver Barrett IV
John Marley as Phil Cavalleri
Ray Milland as Oliver Barrett III
Russell Nype as Dean Thompson
Katharine Balfour as Mrs. Barrett
Sydney Walker as Dr. Shapely
Robert Modica as Dr. Addison
Walker Daniels as Ray Stratton
Tommy Lee Jones as Hank Simpson
John Merensky as Steve
Andrew Duncan as Reverend Blaufelt
Production[edit]
Erich Segal originally wrote the screenplay and sold it to Paramount Pictures. While the film was being produced, Paramount wanted Segal to write a novel based on it, to be published on Valentine's Day to help pre-publicize the release of the film. When the novel came out, it became a bestseller on its own in advance of the film.
The main song in the film, "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" was a major success, particularly the vocal rendition recorded by Andy Williams.
The Love Story production caused damage to the Harvard campus; this, and a similar experience with the film A Small Circle of Friends (1980), caused the university administration to deny most subsequent requests for filming on location there.[2]
Quotations[edit]
 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Love Story (film)
Two lines from the film have entered popular culture:
What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant? That she loved Mozart and Bach? The Beatles? And me?Love means never having to say you're sorry.
The latter is spoken twice in the film; once by Jennifer when Oliver is about to apologize to her for his anger. It is also spoken by Oliver to his father when his father says "I'm sorry" after hearing of Jennifer's death.
The quote made it to #13 onto the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes, a list of top movie quotes.
The 1972 comedy What's Up, Doc?, which stars O'Neal (who played Oliver in Love Story), pays homage to this trademark line. At the end of that film, when Barbra Streisand's character coos "Love means never having to say you're sorry" while batting her eyelashes, O'Neal's character responds with the line: "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard."
Awards and nominations[edit]
Love Story was nominated for seven 1970 Academy Awards, winning one:
Best Music, Original Score — Francis Lai
It was nominated in the categories of:
Best Picture — Howard G. Minsky
Best Director — Arthur Hiller
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published — Erich Segal
Best Actor in a Leading Role — Ryan O'Neal
Best Actress in a Leading Role — Ali MacGraw
Best Actor in a Supporting Role — John Marley
In addition, Love Story was nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, winning five:
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Director — Arthur Hiller
Best Actress in a Drama — Ali MacGraw
Best Screenplay — Erich Segal
Best Original Score — Erich Segal
It was also nominated for:
Best Actor in a Drama — Ryan O'Neal
Best Supporting Actor — John Marley
Love Story is tied with Doctor Zhivago, The Godfather, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and A Star is Born for the most Golden Globe wins by a film with five.
Reception[edit]
Although popular with audiences and most reviewers, such as Roger Ebert,[3] the film was disliked by many others. Newsweek felt the film was contrived[3] and film critic Judith Crist called Love Story "Camille with bullshit."[4] Writer Harlan Ellison was on record in The Other Glass Teat, his book of collected criticism, as calling it "shit". President Richard Nixon however, reportedly enjoyed the film, regretting only that it contained so much cursing.[citation needed]
The film is scored number nine on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions list, which recognizes the top 100 love stories in American cinema. The film also spawned a trove of imitations, parodies, and homages in countless films, having re-energized melodrama on the silver screen as well as helping to set the template for the modern "chick flick".
The film became the highest grossing film of 1970 in U.S and Canada, grossing $106,397,186. It grossed an additional $30 million in international film markets. At the time of release, it was the 6th highest grossing film of all time in U.S and Canada gross only. Adjusted for inflation, the film remains as one of the top 40 domestic grosses of all time.[5]
The Crimson Key Society, a student association, has sponsored showings of Love Story during orientation to each incoming class of Harvard College freshmen since the late 1970s. During the showings, society members and other audience members mock, boo, and jeer "maudlin, old-fashioned and just plain schlocky" moments to humorously build school spirit.[6]
Overall, Love Story has received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected reviews from 23 critics and gave the film a score of 57%.[7]
Musical selections from the soundtrack[edit]
Concerto No. 3 in D Major for harpsichord, third movement — by Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata In F Major for flute and harpsichord, first movement — by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joy To The World — by George Frideric Handel and Isaac Watts
A Fair Rose Is Blooming (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen) — by Michael Praetorius
Love Story — by Francis Lai, performed by Francis Lai & His Orchestra
Snow Frolic — by Francis Lai, performed by Francis Lai & His Orchestra
I Love You, Phil — by Francis Lai
The Christmas Tree — (traditional)
Search for Jenny — by Francis Lai
Bozo Barrett — by Francis Lai
Long Walk Home — by Francis Lai
Skating in Central Park — by John Lewis
Sequels and remake[edit]
O'Neal and Milland reprised their roles for a sequel, Oliver's Story, that was released in 1978. It was based on Erich Segal's 1977 novel. The film begins with Jenny's funeral, then picks up 18 months later. Oliver is a successful, but unhappy lawyer in New York. Although still mourning Jenny, he manages to find love with heiress Marcie Bonwit (Candice Bergen). Suffering from comparisons to the original, Oliver's Story did poorly with both audiences and critics.
The film was remade in Malayalam as Madanolsavam in 1978.
"Ali MacGraw's Disease"[edit]
In his glossary of movie conventions and clichés, Roger Ebert defines "Ali MacGraw's Disease" as a "Movie illness in which the only symptom is that the sufferer grows more beautiful as death approaches."[8] Another review[specify] describes Jenny as suffering from "some kind of Elizabeth Arden disease".[citation needed]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Love Story, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
2.Jump up ^ Nathaniel L. Schwartz, "University, Hollywood Relationship Not Always a 'Love Story'", Harvard Crimson, 21 September 1999.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Roger Ebert (1970-01-01). "Love Story". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
4.Jump up ^ Griffin, Robert; Garvey, Michael (2003). In the Kingdom of the Lonely God. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 78. ISBN 0-7425-1485-4. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
5.Jump up ^ "DOMESTIC GROSSES". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
6.Jump up ^ Vinciguerra, Thomas. "The Disease: Fatal. The Treatment: Mockery" The New York Times, 20 August 2010.
7.Jump up ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love_story/
8.Jump up ^ Roger Ebert. "Definition of Ali MacGraw's Disease". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
Vincent Canby (1970-12-18). "Love Story (1970) – Screen: Perfection and a 'Love Story': Erich Segal's Romantic Tale Begins Run". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
External links[edit]
Love Story at the Internet Movie Database
Love Story at the TCM Movie Database
Love Story at allmovie
Film Rewind: Revisiting Love Story (fan summary)


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Oliver's Story
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Oliver's Story (film)
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Theatrical release poster

Directed by
John Korty
Produced by
David V. Picker
Written by
Erich Segal and John Korty
Starring
Ryan O'Neal
 Candice Bergen
Music by
Lee Holdridge
 Francis Lai
Cinematography
Arthur J. Ornitz
Editing by
Stuart H. Pappé
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release dates
December 15, 1978

Running time
91 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Oliver's Story, the sequel to Love Story, is a 1978 film based on an Erich Segal novel published a year earlier. It was directed by John Korty and again starred Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen. The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge and Francis Lai.
This film's tagline is: "It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special."


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Location
3 Cast
4 Critical Reception
5 External links

Plot summary[edit]
Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his young wife Jenny. As he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hours don't ease his pain, especially when he finds that his leftist views conflict with those of the senior partners at the firm.
Oliver's inconsolable grief begins to alienate those around him, at least until he finds new love with Marcie Bonwit, the wealthy and beautiful heiress to the Bonwit Teller fortune. Despite his affection for her, Oliver finds it difficult to leave the memory of Jenny behind, which causes many problems in their relationship.
Location[edit]
A number of scenes were filmed in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Stanley Woolen Mill in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, and other locations in that community were used for this film. Oliver's law offices were those occupied at the time by the New York firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Cast[edit]
Ryan O'Neal – Oliver Barrett IV
Candice Bergen – Marcie Bonwit
Nicola Pagett – Joanna Stone
Ed Binns – Phil Cavilleri
Benson Fong – John Hsiang
Charles Haid – Stephen Simpson
Kenneth McMillan – Jamie Francis
Ray Milland – Oliver Barrett III
Josef Sommer – Dr. Dienhart
Sully Boyar – Mr. Gentilano
Swoosie Kurtz – Gwen Simpson
Meg Mundy – Mrs. Barrett
Beatrice Winde – Waltereen
Critical Reception[edit]
Unlike the original film, Oliver's Story was poorly reviewed and was not successful at the box office. The film currently holds a 20% "Rotten" rating with an average score of 4.1/10 at Rotten Tomatoes.
External links[edit]
Oliver's Story at the Internet Movie Database
Oliver's Story at allmovie
Oliver's Story at Rotten Tomatoes
Erich Segal Official Website



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