Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)

Directed by

Cy Howard

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two couples decide to get married and their families react with mixed emotions. The movie follows the ups and downs of their relationships and the secrets that come out along the way.

lightheartedfunnybittersweetfast-pacedintimatewarmwittyrelatable

What happens

Lovers and Other Strangers is a 1970 American romantic comedy film directed by Cy Howard, adapted from the 1968 Broadway play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna. The cast includes Richard S. Castellano, Gig Young, Cloris Leachman, Anne Jackson, Bea Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, Harry Guardino, Anne Meara, Bob Dishy, Marian Hailey, Joseph Hindy, and, in her film debut, Diane Keaton. Sylvester Stallone was an extra in this movie. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards (it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song), and was one of the top box-office performers of 1970. It established Richard S. Castellano as a star (receiving an Oscar nomination for his performance) and he and Diane Keaton were cast in The Godfather (1972). The Oscar-winning song, "For All We Know", was composed by Fred Karlin, with lyrics by Bread's Jimmy Griffin and Robb Royer. It was famously covered by The Carpenters. The film was originally distributed by Cinerama Releasing Corporation. Taylor and Bologna followed up with their second screenplay the following year, Made for Each Other in which they also starred. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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