As we were
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | As we were |
| Original title | The Way We Were |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1973 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sydney Pollack |
| script | Arthur Laurents |
| production | Ray Stark |
| music | Marvin Hamlisch |
| camera | Harry Stradling Jr. |
| cut | John F. Burnett |
| occupation | |
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Just as we were (original title: The Way We Were ) is an American romance film from 1973. When it premiered in Germany, it was called Cherie Bitter . In the GDR the film was called Those Years in Hollywood .
action
The film tells the story of the love between Katie Morosky and Hubbell Gardiner. Katie and Hubbell meet at university in the 1930s. Katie is a Jewish Marxist who fights for peace at university. Hubbell is a handsome, wealthy college student who makes fun of dedicated Katie with his friends. While she is earning her studies as a waitress, Hubbell is a guest at the restaurant where she works. Despite their differences, both have one thing in common: a passion for writing. Katie thinks Hubbell is an extremely talented writer who has a bright future for him.
Years later, during World War II , they meet again in a bar in New York City . Katie works for the radio and Hubbell is on leave as a naval officer. The two become a couple. After the war they went to Hollywood, where Hubbell made a career as a screenwriter in film. For Katie this is a waste of his talent. In the time of the McCarthy hysteria , Katie's past as a Marxist both fatally. Katie is unwilling to compromise, while Hubbell has a knack for adapting to any situation. They begin to split again. Katie eventually becomes pregnant, but Hubbell has an affair with the attractive Carol Ann while pregnant. The marriage is finally destroyed.
Years later, Katie and Hubbell happen to meet again in front of the Plaza Hotel in New York . He writes scripts for sitcoms. She, now married again, is still politically active and distributes leaflets. You remember the old days as they were then. But the past remains the past. They will continue to go their separate ways in the future.
background
Barbra Streisand's producer Ray Stark asked playwright Arthur Laurents if he could write a dramatic screenplay for Streisand. Laurents wrote the script based on memories of his college days, his time in Hollywood during the McCarthy era, and his experience with the Un-American Activities Committee . Stark was enthusiastic about Laurents' script draft and Laurents decided to write a novel in addition to the script. The novel appeared before the film was even released.
When it came to the casting of the male lead, Ryan O'Neal was first choice for Stark . Streisand had already worked on the comedy Is' what, Doc? at the side of O'Neal a great success. Streisand and O'Neal had Is' What, Doc? a love affair that had now cooled down. Stark and Streisand then decided on Robert Redford. First choice to direct was Sydney Pollack, who had already worked with Redford and promised the star to have his role rewritten if he didn't like the script. When Arthur Laurents finally submitted its final draft, Pollack and Redford asked a total of eleven authors to edit the script, including Dalton Trumbo and Francis Ford Coppola . When filming began, however, they brought Laurents back to work on the errors that had now arisen. Laurents agreed for a higher fee.
Film music
The song The Way We Were , interpreted by Barbra Streisand, voted the American Film Institute at number 8 in the list of AFI's 100 Years ... 100 songs of the 100 best American film songs.
Reviews
“The story of a difficult love - accompanied (and endangered) by the political events of the 1930s and 1940s - is tailored to the actor couple Streisand / Redford and staged with atmospheric and psychological sensitivity. In order not to reduce the entertainment value, sequences that deal critically with the repressive practices of the McCarthy era were cut before the start of the film. "
For Cinema , Just Like We Were "[e] in a beautiful and glamorous love melodrama without kitsch". The TV magazine Prisma called the film a “bitter-sweet melodrama” that was “skillfully staged” and in which “the excellent play of the two main actors [convinced]”.
Awards
- Oscar , Best Score: Marvin Hamlisch
- Oscar , Best Song: Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for The Way We Were
- Oscar , Best Actress: Barbra Streisand (Nomination)
- Oscar , Best Artistic Direction: Stephen B. Grimes and William Kiernan (nomination)
- Oscar , Best Cinematography (nomination)
- Oscar , Best Costumes: Dorothy Jeakins and Moss Mabry (nomination)
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress: Barbra Streisand (nomination)
- David di Donatello Best Foreign Lead Actress: Barbra Streisand ( together with Tatum O'Neal for Paper Moon )
- Golden Globe Award Best Song: Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for The Way We Were
- Golden Globe Award, Best Actress: Barbra Streisand (nomination)
- Grammy Award , Best Film Music: Marvin Hamlisch
- Writers Guild of America Award Best Original Screenplay: Arthur Laurents (nomination)
synchronization
In addition to a German dubbed version from the FRG, a GDR version was also created in the DEFA Studio for Synchronization in East Berlin based on the dialogue book by Wolfgang Woizick and directed by Wolfgang Thal .
| role | actor | Voice actor BRD | Voice actor DDR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katie Morosky | Barbra Streisand | Sabine Eggerth | Friederike Aust |
| Hubbell Gardiner | Robert Redford | Christian Brückner | Reinhard Kuhnert |
| YY | Bradford Dillman | Manfred Schott | Gerd Grasse |
| Carol Ann | Lois Chiles | Marion Hartmann | Angelika Waller |
| George Bissinger | Patrick O'Neal | Herbert Weicker | Werner Toelcke |
| Paula Reisner | Viveca Lindfors | Barbara Adolph | |
| Frankie McVeigh | James Woods | Manfred Seipold | |
| Rhea Edwards | Allyn Ann McLerie | Ursula Genhorn | |
| Brooks Carpenter | Murray Hamilton | Niels Clausnitzer | |
| Bill Verso | Herb Edelman | Holger Hagen | Werner Ehrlicher |
Web links
- Just as we were in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Just as we were at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See article on tcm.com
- ↑ AFI's 100 Years… 100 songs. (PDF; 134 kB) In: afi.com. American Film Institute (AFI), June 22, 2005, accessed August 28, 2015 .
- ↑ As we were. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 28, 2019 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ↑ See prisma.de
- ^ Dubbed version FRG. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on October 28, 2019 .
- ^ Dubbed version GDR. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on October 28, 2019 .