| The Way We Were | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold | |
| Directed by | Sydney Pollack |
| Screenplay by | Arthur Laurents |
| Based on | The Way We Were 1972 novel by Arthur Laurents |
| Produced by | Ray Stark |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling Jr. |
| Edited by | John F. Burnett |
| Music by | Marvin Hamlisch |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million |
| Box office | $50 million[1] |
The Way We Were is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Arthur Laurents adapted the screenplay from his own 1972 novel of the same name, which was based on his college days at Cornell University and his experiences with the House Un-American Activities Committee.[2]
A box-office success, the film was nominated for several awards and won the Academy Awards for Best Original Dramatic Score and Best Original Song for the theme song "The Way We Were". It ranked at number six on AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions survey of the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema. The Way We Were is considered one of the great romantic films.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
The soundtrack album became a gold record and hit the Top 20 on the Billboard 200, while the title song became a gold single, topping the Billboard Hot 100 and selling more than two million copies. Billboard named "The Way We Were" as the number 1 pop hit of 1974. In 1998, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and finished at number eight on the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Songs list of top tunes in American cinema in 2004. It also was included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.[9]
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- ^ "Songs of the Century". cnn.com. CNN. March 7, 2001. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2013.