Talk:Love Story (1970 film)

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Spelling of surname

Cavalleri, Cavilleri, Cavelleri - which is right? UncleMartin (talk) 12:36, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Critical reception

The quote about the AFI's list, on through the wording of Love Story's imitations, etc. is identical to text on the following page without citation.

http://www.emanuellevy.com/search/details.cfm?id=10718 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumkeep41 (talk • contribs) 03:38, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

In medias res

Has an explanation been given by the makers of the film as to why they show the ending at the beginning? It ruins the viewers' experience by making it not a surprise to them when Jenny's health declines and she dies. It otherwise has a semi-humorous tone at the beginning - the viewer would have no idea it were a tragedy if not for the first minute or two of the film showing Oliver saying "what do you say about a 25 year old girl who died?" Most viewers agree that it is better not to know how a film ends; it is puzzling why the makers would deliberately diminish its audience's viewing experience. 188.29.171.141 (talk) 13:31, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Prior art for Ali MacGraw's disease?

I'm reasonably sure that the concept, attributed to Roger Ebert, which I don't doubt he used, was something he saw in the Mad Magazine parody of the movie. Unless somehow they got it from him. Can't find source material for either one online (the ref link is broken). 68.2.82.231 (talk) 21:18, 11 March 2014 (UTC) I also remember this concept from the Mad satire, which dates to the film's initial release (whereas the Ebert source referenced is from 1997). Jcejhay (talk) 23:42, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Supported. Mad magazine's spoof "Lover's Story" did talk about Jenny getting more and more beautiful until she died. No reference for that. Craigallan.za (talk) 15:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Marketing note

The movie was famous as a "weepy". In my town, when buying a ticket for the movie you were handed a Kleenex with your ticket. Anecdotal. Craigallan.za (talk) 15:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Set note

The mansion in the movie would appear to be Prestwould. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestwould though the identity of the mansion in the film is not listed. rumjal 04:38, 20 November 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumjal (talk • contribs)

The mansion is actually Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury, NY. I remember when they filmed it. Rode my bicycle through there many times. -Robert Zee.--76.97.194.151 (talk) 18:53, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

What is a "box office"?

According to the Oxford Dictionary a box office is "the place at a theatre, cinema, etc. where the tickets are sold". But you express it in dollars. Of course, I guess that you do not mean the real estate value. Is it the money from sold tickets? Could you, please, explain it to a non-native English speaker? 85.193.252.19 (talk) 15:32, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

That is a film industry term, defined as gross receipts from theater ticket sales. It's mentioned in the "Box Office" Wikipedia article. 76.100.26.209 Fredmdbud (talk) 02:22, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

In popular culture add the Simpson one

In "Catch 'Em If You Can" is the eighteenth episode of season 15 of The Simpsons and the three-hundred and thirty-first episode overall. It originally aired on April 25, 2004. As a family activity, the family rents the film Love Story, and as Bart and Lisa are bored with the movie; interrupting the film and nitpicking the storyline, they ruin any special moment that Homer and Marge could have had watching the film. Brownshoes22 (talk) 15:21, 2 September 2022 (UTC)