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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
5,608 Views


Do you know where it is?

I took it off

and put it on the bedpost.

I thought you'd be more comfortable...

You didn't have... Oh.

I mean, that's why I...

Here.

Thank you.

It's your hair.

That's what's different.

Yeah. I have it ironed.

You have your hair ironed?

Mm-hm.

Does it hurt?

No.

Uh, have some coffee at least.

I'm low on sugar, but it's real coffee.

No. Unh.

No, thank you.

I have to meet J.J. At the train.

Looks good, though.

You still have J. J?

Yeah. Well...

How long will you be around?

Where are you stationed?

In Washington.

Oh, that's good.

That could be exciting.

Why?

Roosevelt is there.

I thought the party said he was

an evil warmonger.

How do you know that?

You still think a varsity letter

stands for "moron," huh?

Some people work out

better than we think.

Yeah.

Mm-hm.

Thank you very much.

Oh, listen, um...

This is my number, and this is

the OWI office where I work.

This is the radio station. It's

very difficult to find a hotel room.

If you're ever in town and you

can't find one, well, just...

No obligation, of course.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Uh, about last night...

I'm sorry. I've been

falling asleep all over lately.

That's all right.

Hope my snoring

didn't keep you awake.

Oh, that's okay.

I like snoring.

See you, Katie.

See you, Hubbell.

Good luck.

American-Soviet benefit,

Friday night at town hall!

Come to the American-Soviet

Friendship benefit Friday.

American-Soviet benefit

at town hall, folks.

Come to the American-Soviet

benefit Friday night.

Thank you. Big show.

Big show at town hall, folks.

Come to the American-Soviet

benefit Friday night.

Hey, soldier,

why don't you bring a date?

Come

to the American-Soviet benefit.

Bring a date.

Come to the American-Soviet

benefit.

American-Soviet...

Jesus, I'm late for the OWI.

See you later, Pony. Bye!

Vote for Thomas E. Dewey!

We've gotta stop FDR.

I'll take them. I'll give them

to your friends. I'll help you.

CDHQ, America Calling.

Applications are available

at your local post office.

CDHQ, America Calling.

Can you identify them?

Over the Bronx? Twenty-five

Stuka dive-bombers.

I've got it, madam. Yes, I remember

Pearl Harbor. I'll connect you.

Even if he lost the paper,

I'm still in the book.

It's only been a week.

One moment, please.

I'll connect you.

CDHQ.

Just one minute.

He could phone at least.

CDHQ, America Calling.

Phone where? You've only got 11 jobs.

Applications at your post office.

You've censored

all but nine minutes.

It implied that we spit on Negroes.

Which you do.

The situation...

Now the Negroes are a situation?

After the war,

the Pentagon...

It'll be just like it was before,

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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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