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Oliver's Story is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Korty released in USA on 15 december 1978 with Ryan O'Neal

Oliver's Story (1978)

Oliver's Story
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Released in USA 15 december 1978
Length 1h31
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating47% 2.361372.361372.361372.361372.36137

Oliver's Story is a 1978 romantic drama film and a sequel to Love Story (1970) based on a novel by Erich Segal published a year earlier. It was directed by John Korty and again starred Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen. The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge and Francis Lai. It was released by Paramount Pictures on December 15, 1978.

This film's promotional tagline is: "It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special."

Synopsis

Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his young wife Jenny. As he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hours don't ease his pain, especially when he finds that his leftist views conflict with those of the senior partners at the firm.

Actors

Ryan O'Neal

(Oliver Barrett IV)Candice Bergen

(Marcie Bonwit)Nicola Pagett

(Joanna Stone)Benson Fong

(John Hsiang)Ed Binns

(Phil Cavilleri)
And :
Kenneth McMillan
Charles Haid
Ray Milland
Josef Sommer
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