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Synopsis: The often unlikely joint lives of Katie Morosky and Hubbell Gardiner from the late 1930s to the late 1950s is presented, over which time, they are, in no particular order, strangers, acquaintances, friends, best friends, lovers and adversaries. The unlikely nature of their relationship is due to their fundamental differences, where she is Jewish and passionate about her political activism both in political freedoms and Marxism to an extreme where she takes life a little too seriously, while he is the golden boy WASP, being afforded the privileges in life because of his background but who on the most part is able to capitalize on those privileges. Their lives are shown in four general time periods, in chronological order when they attend the same college, their time in New York City during WWII, his life as a Hollywood screenwriter post-war, and his life as a writer for a New York based live television show. It is during college that Hubbell finds his voice in life as a writer, and that
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Sydney Pollack
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
PG
Year:
1973
118 min
5,517 Views


I sold one.

Hm?

I sold a story.

I've never known anybody

who sold one.

Oh, boy, Hubbell.

Okay, so have a drink. Okay?

Okay.

Sit.

To your first novel.

Wait a minute, not so fast.

Why not?

Yeah, why not?

You should've laughed.

Hm?

"Any peace but Katie's piece."

You were good. You had them.

You could've kept them,

if only you'd laughed.

It wasn't funny.

That's not the only reason to laugh.

You're a puritan.

I am not.

You've no sense of humour.

My family thinks I'm humorous.

Why are you always angry?

Not always! Because I don't know

about coed humour. I've never

been in a fraternity or sorority,

which is where I'm sure they

make up all that dirty stuff anyway.

That's pretty dirty business.

Can I ask you a personal question?

Sure.

Do you smile all the time?

No.

No.

No. No.

Here's to commencement.

A funny word for "the end."

Well...

Mrs. Simpson married

the Duke of Windsor.

Oh.

I told you that, didn't I?

Yeah, you did.

I'm really happy about your news.

I hope I get to read

your story someday.

Put your foot here.

Go get them, Katie.

See you, Hubbell.

See you.

Don't spill it on your dress.

Ohh...

I'd like to have the sewing concession

when they wanna shorten those dresses.

You know, to get

some wear out of them.

J.J.

Grab your coat

and get your hat

Leave your worries

On the doorstep

I'm glad we're not

working on commission.

I've never been to a dance before,

except the one the YCL gave for Spain.

Ooh, that happy tune

Can be your step

Life can be so sweet

Here, have a drink.

Here.

What's that, bourbon?

It's gin, Katie. Come on.

From the bottle?

So bourgeois.

Mm.

Let's dance.

We aren't supposed to.

You weren't supposed to buy me

a corsage either. Come on.

If I never have a cent

I'll be rich

Rich as Rockefeller

Gold dust at my feet

Can you, Frankie?

Sunny side of the street

Frankie McVeigh,

you've got a foot for dancing!

Whoo!

Hubbell?

Hubbell?

Hey.

What do you know?

Small world, isn't it?

I fall asleep?

I think so.

What do you know?

Would you like to have

a cup of coffee?

Oh, yeah.

Coffee.

Yeah.

Here you are, kiddo.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night, Hubbell,

old boy. Ahem.

Whoever you are.

Who are you?

Ha-ha-ha.

It's the top floor.

Only one more!

In there.

Hubbell?

Hubbell?

General quarters!

Count down!

Stand safe...

Mm.

Hubbell.

Hubbell, it's Katie.

You didn't know it was Katie.

I'll be done in a minute.

You don't have to do that.

Oh, it's okay. I like to iron.

Gee, you have a lot

of ribbons here.

You have any aspirin?

Oh, I don't. Uh...

Push in on your temples.

How can you not have aspirin?

I always eat for a headache.

Do you have my watch?

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Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, stage director and screenwriter.After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S. Army during World War II, Laurents turned to writing for Broadway, producing a body of work that includes West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), and Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), and directing some of his own shows and other Broadway productions. His early film scripts include Rope (1948) for Alfred Hitchcock, followed by Anastasia (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), The Way We Were (1973), and The Turning Point (1977). more…

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