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The Way We Were
1973
Sydney Pollack directs Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand in this sensitive and moving tale of the romance of two individuals whose political ideologies are exact opposites. Streisand won an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Katie Morosky, a Jewish student radical who falls in love with Hubbell Gardner (Redford), .. Read more
| Starring | Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Bradford Dillman, Viveca Lindfors |
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| Director | Sydney Pollack |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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The Way We Were
Sydney Pollack directs Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand in this sensitive and moving tale of the romance of two individuals whose political ideologies are exact opposites. Streisand won an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Katie Morosky, a Jewish student radical who falls in love with Hubbell Gardner (Redford), a conservative privileged writer. The two interact from the beginning of their college courtship through the Hollywood-blacklisting era of the 1950s.
| Starring | Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Bradford Dillman, Viveca Lindfors, Herb Edelman, Murray Hamilton, Patrick O'Neal, Lois Chiles |
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| Director | Sydney Pollack |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 53 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | French, German |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 24 Jul 2000 Production year: 1973 |
| Format | DVD |
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In this glossy romantic drama, Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford play the ideal odd couple — she's poor, jittery, Jewish and a radical, and he's rich, self-assured, Gentile and conservative. Set against the backdrop of a changing America, including the McCarthy-era witch-hunts, every scene seems dreamed up by a dating-agency computer, though the sheer professionalism of the picture and the performances can't fail to touch you. Redford, as a character seemingly hewn from the pages of F Scott Fitzgerald (he's a writer to boot), is perfectly cast and Streisand is simply Streisand. Watch out for James Woods in an early role.
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Instant nostalgia for Americans, some fun and a lot of boredom for everybody is provided by this very patchy star vehicle which makes a particular mess of the McCarthy witch hunt sequence but has undeniable moments of vitality.
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
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This film has everything that you would expect from Streisand and Redford,
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Mrs Barbra Redford?
They say 'nostalgia ain't what it used to be'. They are so wrong and if you watch this film you'll see why. Two big stars deliver two big performances. A 'must see' if only for the saddest love scene on film. They say 'parting is such sweet sorrow'. They are so right.
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Sydney Pollack 1934–2008
- 28 May 2008
Sydney Pollack 1934-2008 Sydney Pollack, the American actor and filmmaker, passed away after a battle with cancer, Monday. He was 73. Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for Out of Africa in 1985, and was nominated on three other occasions, for Tootsie, They Shoot Horses, Don't They, and as producer on last year's Michael Clayton. Pollack was perhaps more familiar to filmgoers than most directors on the strength of several notable supporting roles including Eyes... Read more
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