Segal moved to the UK and made lots of money from sequels to Love Story and other films ( Yellow Submarine was one). Frasier ‘s Kelsey Grammer, Shameless ‘s William H. He was effectively fired when Yale declined to pick up his tenure. Down Periscope (1996) Despite its abysmal Rotten Tomatoes score of a meager 11 percent, Down Periscope serves as one of the funniest slapstick comedy submarine movies to ever come to the big screen. But, he also taught classics at Yale, he felt he would lose his job now that he’d became a “pop” writer. Segal, once the shy professor, found he liked doing the Today show and Johnny Carson. Writing a novel based on the script was actually the studio’s idea, not Segal’s, and the studio promoted the book heavily. Its author, Erich Segal, decided to forego credit until his novel hit the best seller list. A rich boy/poor girl romance seemed a good response to Midnight Cowboy, and the poignant script carried its own subtle clout that harassed story departments had missed.īut Love Story had to survive a chain reaction of disdain from story snobs. In the confusion, no one had delivered the official green light, so I, as Evans’ chief subordinate, jammed through the paperwork so no one would notice.īesides, with all its flaws, Love Story represented effective counterprogramming to the several wannabe Easy Rider successors in pre-production.

RELATED: Hollywood Remembers Producer Robert Evans: Francis Coppola, Brett Morgen, Dana Brunetti Recall Driving Force His co-star, MacGraw, had agreed to the casting, but she lacked casting approval and had complicated the decision-making process by her surprise involvement with Robert Evans, the production chief. In fact, O’Neal took it as a “job,” and its new director, Arthur Hiller, a calm Canadian, agreed to use him because he had run out of options and a start date was looming. Find similar Movies like Hunter Killer which are popular on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, Disney+ right now. O’Neal’s obits suggest he landed the Love Story part after an intense round of auditions. Info Streaming TOP 10 Popularity Trailers Similar movies. Of course, Love Story would make O’Neal a star and lead to roles for such filmmakers as Stanley Kubrick and Peter Bogdanovich, among others. RELATED: Ryan O’Neal Co-Stars Barbra Streisand, Mia Farrow & Lee Grant Recall Funny, Charming & “Incredibly” Beautiful Actor O’Neal had spent five relatively placid years doing Peyton Place, but his shift to features now seemed like a dicey gambit. It also had been rewritten with the influence of a new score. O’Neal himself had been told his key scene with co-star Ali MacGraw would be reshot.

Ryan O’Neal conforts an ailing Ali MacGraw in ‘Love Story (Everett Collection)

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