Is the movie the way we were based on a true story?

Is the movie the way we were based on a true story?

The Way We Were is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Arthur Laurents wrote both the novel and screenplay based on his college days at Cornell University and his experiences with the House Un-American Activities Committee.

What is the plot of the movie The Way We Were?

Katie Morosky è un ebrea politicamente attiva, incontra Hubbell Gardiner, un giovane ragazzo irresponsabile. Anni dopo, sulla scia della seconda guerra mondiale, si incontrano di nuovo e, nonostante le ovvie differenze che li distinguono, decidono di sposarsi. Come eravamo/Sinossi del film

Was Barbra Streisand a communist in the way we were?

Its protagonist is Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand), a brash Jewish communist and unrelenting intellect, alienating to the gentile majority of her college peers — among them Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford), a squeaky-clean WASP and poster boy of the American Dream who, although aware of his privilege, never properly ...

Did Hubble cheat Katie?

Katie is pregnant while Hubbell has an affair with his college sweetheart/best friend's ex-wife. Upon discovery of his adultery, she initially offers to make their marriage work, affair an all, for their future child's sake. But even blindly faithful Katie soon realizes their relationship has nothing left worth saving.

Is The Way We Were a sad movie?

The sad thing about The Way We Were is that Streisand and Redford hold such different views and yet are fundamentally decent people who cannot agree to disagree. It's what makes The Way We Were such a beautiful, yet ultimately sad film.

Were they married in The Way We Were?

Perhaps anticipating its own awkward ending, “The Way We Were” reveals a strange discomfort with marriage. In his 1973 review, Roger Ebert says the couple indeed “get married.” But there are no scenes of a wedding, and if one pays close attention to the ring situation, it's curious.

Why did Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford break up in The Way We Were?

In the DVD interview, Streisand says, “The way the movie is now, without those two scenes, it's um, it seems like, uh, we broke up because he slept with another girl once.”

Who does Hubbell marry in The Way We Were?

Are Katie and Hubbell married? The movie doesn't show any wedding.

Did Katie and Hubbell marry?

Hubbell and Katie get married, and when they sleep, she holds him up against her chest, like she's still surprised he's real, that he's hers. They move to L.A. so that Hubbell can adapt his novel into a screenplay.

How does the way we were movie end?

Hubbell then has an affair while Katie is pregnant with their child. Katie begins to see that their relationship was not meant to be. They separate, and then run into each other again years later, ending the film with a bittersweet goodbye. The Way We Were won two Oscars.