Lovers and Other Strangers
Lovers and Other Strangers is a 1970 comedy film based on the play by Rene Taylor and Joseph Bologna. The cast includes Richard Castellano, Gig Young, Cloris Leachman, Anne Jackson, Beatrice 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 Castellano as a star receiving an Oscar nomination for his performance and he, along with Diane Keaton, was subsequently cast in The Godfather. The song For All We Know was composed by Fred Karlin with lyrics by Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin.
Lovers and Other Strangers revolves around the wedding of Mike Michael Brandon and Susan Bonnie Bedelia, intercutting their story with those of other couples among their families and friends. As the movie opens, Mike wants to call off the wedding, arguing that it would be hypocritical for them to get married when theyve already been living together for a year and a half. He only relents when Susans father Hal Gig Young tells him that Susan went to her first Halloween party dressed as a bride.The film was very popular, earning rentals ofmillion in North America. It recorded an overall profit of 790,000. ........
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