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The Way We Were
Directed by	Sydney Pollack
Produced by	Ray Stark
Written by	Arthur Laurents
Starring	Barbra Streisand Robert Redford
Cinematography	Harry Stradling, Jr.
Editing by	John F. Burnett
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	October 19, 1973
Running time	118 min.
Country
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Gross revenue	$49,919,870

The Way We Were is a 1973 American film which tells the story of Katie Morosky, an intense Jewish woman, who marries Hubbell Gardiner, a carefree but talented WASP, following World War II. Fundamental differences in outlook and personality – as revealed in their responses to the rise of McCarthyism – eventually pull them apart. Starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, along with Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles, Patrick O'Neal and Viveca Lindfors, the film is both a romance of star-crossed lovers and a morality tale about the importance of commitment.

An underlying theme is the elusive quality and role of beauty: Externally, Hubbell's perfect features, aristocratic air, and self-assurance contrast with Katie's homeliness, awkwardness, and agitated yearning. But as the story unfolds, her sterling character emerges, while his gifts are squandered, untapped for any purpose beyond self-gratification. A bittersweet role reversal transpires, in which she blossoms as a true beauty, while he fades into slack insubstantiality (Streisand would later star in other films that reflect this trope, including A Star is Born and Yentl).

The film was a runaway hit in theaters, and became the fifth-highest grossing film of 1973.

The movie was written by Arthur Laurents (whose novelization of the story was published in 1972) and directed by Sydney Pollack. Laurents wrote the role of Katie specifically for Streisand, basing the character on a woman he had met at college who was active in the Young Communist League.

Part of the movie was filmed on location in New York's Capital Region. The first part of the movie was shot at Union College and in and around Ballston Spa, New York.

Tagline: Some memories last forever.

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