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The Way We Were

Everything seemed so important then... even love!

7.0(532)19731h 58m6

Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.

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Status
Released
Budget
$5M
Box office
$50M
Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • politics
  • melancholy
  • anti-communism
  • mccarthyism
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • romantic

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York City, New York16 Oct 1973
    • Theatrical (limited)PGNew York City, New York17 Oct 1973
    • Theatrical19 Oct 1973
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical (limited)London7 Feb 1974
    • Theatrical(Rated A)15 Feb 1974
    • PhysicalPG5 Feb 1986
    • PhysicalPG14 Feb 1991
    • PhysicalPG20 Dec 1999
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical21 Feb 1974
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical17 Oct 1973
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical10 Jan 1974
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical8 Nov 1973
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical22 Mar 1974
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical19 Apr 1974
    • TheatricalRe-release25 Jul 1986
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU14 Dec 1973
    • TheatricalRe-release, restored version18 Dec 2013
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical12West Germany7 Mar 1974
    • TheatricalEast Germany24 Oct 1975
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1310 Oct 1974
    • PhysicalDVD17 Jul 2000
  • Hong KongHK

    • Theatrical29 Aug 1974

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The Way We Were was released on 17 October 1973.

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    Wuchak

    8/14/2019

    7/10

    ***A radical Left-winger falls in love with a more conservative WASP on the verge of WW2 and post-war*** A disparate couple meets in college in 1937, New York, and then reignite after the war. Katie (Barbra Streisand) is an uber-Liberal while Hubbell (Robert Redford) is more levelheaded about politics. He becomes a writer in Hollywood during the blacklist investigations of the late 40s wherein Katie’s activism th…

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