Love story

Literatura y cine

Love Story (1970), novela de Erich Segal;
Love Story (1970), película dirigida por Arthur Hiller - basada en la novela de Erich Segal;

Música

Love Story (1968), canción de Jethro Tull;
Love Story (2008), canción de la cantante Taylor Swift;
Love Story (2007), canción de la cantante japonesa melody..
Historia de amor de dos universitarios deHarvard que pertenecen a clases sociales muy distintas. Él, Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal), es hijo de un poderoso banquero, mientras que el padre de Jenny (Ali MacGraw) es un humilde emigrante italiano. A pesar de ello, se enamoran, pero una enfermedad los enfrentará a algo mucho más grave que sus diferencias sociales. (FILMAFFINITY)

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El melodramaromántico por excelencia, que derramó tantas lágrimas como dólares recaudó en todo el mundo -fue la película más taquillera del año en Estados Unidos- es, además, el mejor alegato contra el sacrificio del estudio jamás visto. "Amor significa no tener que decir nunca lo siento", pero ir a la mejor universidad del país puede no ser tan buena idea, y no porque tus padres no sean millonarios, sinoporque, para un chico guapo y de buena familia que te promete amor eterno... va la puta leucemia y te jode la vida. Sí, yo también me enamoré de Ali MacGraw, yo también lloré... ¿Y qué? (Pablo Kurt: FILMAFFINITY)
Love Story (1970) is a sentimental, romantic tearjerker film from director Arthur Hiller about a tragic couple. [Hiller had passed up the opportunity to work on The Godfather (1972) tomake this film.] The melodramatic soap-opera, tremendously popular and a financial success (the top-earning film of the year) but panned by critics for its sappy content, was based upon Erich Segal's best-selling short novel of the same name. The film's tagline, "Love means never having to say you're sorry," appeared slightly differently in Segal's novelization: "Love means not ever having to sayyou're sorry."

The catchy, haunting, piano-plinking score won the Best Original Score Oscar (the film's sole award) for Francis Lai from its seven Academy Awards nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Ryan O'Neal), Best Supporting Actor (John Marley), Best Actress (Ali MacGraw), Best Director (Arthur Hiller), and Best Original Story and Screenplay (Erich Segal). Beau Bridges, Michael York, MichaelDouglas, Jon Voight, Michael Sarrazin and Peter Fonda all turned down the part of Oliver - which ultimately went to Ryan O'Neal.

This film rescued Paramount from total bankruptcy (it was the 9th most profitable studio at the time), and began an incredible streak of major successes under Paramount VP of development Robert Evans' stewardship, including Harold and Maude (1971), The Godfather(1972), Play It Again, Sam (1972), The Getaway (1972), Serpico (1973), The Great Gatsby (1974), Chinatown (1974), Marathon Man (1976) and Black Sunday (1977). An inferior sequel was produced later in the decade - Oliver's Story (1978) pairing a still-grieving Ryan O'Neal with Candice Bergen.

Told as a flashback, this is an uncomplicated love story between two star-crossed lovers-students, Harvardpre-law hockey player Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal) and Radcliffe music student Jenny Cavalleri (Ali MacGraw). Oliver narrates the opening line of the film, looking back:

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?

Their love triumphs over different economic-class backgrounds (heis a "preppie millionaire," she a smart-mouthed "social zero" from a blue-collar Italian/American family). Their main obstacle to romance is that his rich, powerful and snobbish father, Oliver Barrett III (Ray Milland) objects and threatens to cut off funding: "Oliver, if you marry her now, I'll not give you the time of day." To which the younger, bull-headed Oliver defiantly asks: "What offends...