Talk:Love Story (1970 film)/Archive 1

Music
We were discussing this on the Reference Desk, so I thought I would ask here too - is the Love Story theme music the same stereotypical romance music, like slow-motion-running-towards-each-other-on-a-beach or whatever? (It was also in the first episode of South Park when Stan sees Wendy, if that helps.) Does anyone know for sure if it's the same music? Adam Bishop 16:00, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

(Nevermind, found the answer. Adam Bishop 15:40, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC))

The Al Gore connection
...Based on Al Gore??? Al Gore was 22 when this movie came out! He had no political career back then. Redwolf24 7 July 2005 06:44 (UTC)

 Erich Segal wrote the screenplay...Rumors flew during the 2000 Presidential Election after Al Gore claimed that he and his (oh so lovely) wife, Tipper, were the inspiration for Segal's love-struck characters, Oliver and Jenny. Gore and Segal were friends during the years Gore attended Harvard and Segal was a visiting professor. As for another piece of trivial trivia, Al Gore's college roommate was none other than future actor extraordinaire, Tommy Lee Jones. Jones appeared (credited as Tom Lee Jones) in Love Story as Oliver's roommate.


 * there is a passage in al franken's book "Lies and the lying liars..." that explains this. It's a really complicated and really boring anecdote that involves a bunch of comments taken multiple levels out of context; he cites it because he views it as one of the many unfounded ways Gore was made to look ridiculous during the campaign.

-- From sweatpantserection.com (http://www.sweatpantserection.com/love-story-movie.html) --Dfettinger 22:50, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Oliver and his Father
Sergeant Snopake's edit was in fact true. We can not only see the double meaning in the text (when Oliver's father asks for Oliver's forgiveness, and Oliver replys that love is never having to say you're sorry), but Segal himself stated it. The Halo (talk)

Book?
It's perfectly appropriate that most of this page is about the film, since it's probably retained a greater place in the cultural consciousness than the novel. But since the book was a #1 New York Times bestseller for quite some time, shouldn't it have some more treatment on this page, or a page of its own? I'm making Love Story (disambiguation) right now, and I'll leave a redlink for Love Story (novel). —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:44, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Paris
The article should have a referece to the fact she gave up going to Paris to be with Oliver, and on her deathbed she realizes that Oliver has regrets about not getting the chance to take her there, to which she responds 'Screw Paris!'. That was such an emotional moment. 74.113.196.37 20:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)