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Loving

  • 1970
  • R
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
835
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Loving (1970)
SatireTragedyComedyDrama

In this romantic comedy/drama, George Segal stars as a freelance artist who's attempting to revitalize his career just as his marriage to Eva Marie Saint begins to fall apart. Co-starring Da... Read allIn this romantic comedy/drama, George Segal stars as a freelance artist who's attempting to revitalize his career just as his marriage to Eva Marie Saint begins to fall apart. Co-starring David Doyle, Sterling Hayden and Kennan Wynn.In this romantic comedy/drama, George Segal stars as a freelance artist who's attempting to revitalize his career just as his marriage to Eva Marie Saint begins to fall apart. Co-starring David Doyle, Sterling Hayden and Kennan Wynn.

  • Director
    • Irvin Kershner
  • Writers
    • Don Devlin
    • J.M. Ryan
  • Stars
    • George Segal
    • Eva Marie Saint
    • Sterling Hayden
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    835
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Irvin Kershner
    • Writers
      • Don Devlin
      • J.M. Ryan
    • Stars
      • George Segal
      • Eva Marie Saint
      • Sterling Hayden
    • 21User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    George Segal
    George Segal
    • Brooks
    Eva Marie Saint
    Eva Marie Saint
    • Selma
    Sterling Hayden
    Sterling Hayden
    • Lepridon
    Keenan Wynn
    Keenan Wynn
    • Edward
    Nancie Phillips
    Nancie Phillips
    • Nelly
    Janis Young
    • Grace
    David Doyle
    David Doyle
    • Will
    Paul Sparer
    Paul Sparer
    • Marve
    Andrew Duncan
    Andrew Duncan
    • Willy
    Sherry Lansing
    Sherry Lansing
    • Susan
    Roland Winters
    Roland Winters
    • Plommie
    Edgar Stehli
    Edgar Stehli
    • Mr. Kramm
    Calvin Holt
    • Danny
    Mina Kolb
    Mina Kolb
    • Diane
    Diana Douglas
    Diana Douglas
    • Mrs. Shavelson
    David Ford
    David Ford
    • Al
    James Manis
    • Charles
    Mart Hulswit
    • Ted
    • (as Mart Hulswitt)
    • Director
      • Irvin Kershner
    • Writers
      • Don Devlin
      • J.M. Ryan
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    8DepartmentStoreLover

    Slow-going, but worth it

    LOVING is a film for the patient movie buff. It is not a film for those who want to see murders or car crashes every five minutes. It is a maturely-told, sensitively-acted, -written and -directed film about a commercial artist's marital (and extra-marital) entanglements. It relies on character rather than plot to convey its points.

    All the actors are spotless in their portrayals, especially George Segal and Eva Marie Saint as the artist and his harried wife. It is a film that slowly builds interest in the characters which is amply rewarded for the audience by the film's conclusion. LOVING is a film that will leave you silent at the end, and thinking about it for days afterward.
    6SnoopyStyle

    last ten mins

    Brooks Wilson (George Segal) is a commercial artist married to Selma (Eva Marie Saint) with two young daughters. His girlfriend Grace wants more. He's desperate to get a new account. His life unravels during a party with his business associates and wives.

    For most of this movie, it has a life in the day feel. It's big personal issues in small everyday world. It's a slow simmer until the last ten minutes when all hell breaks loose. Segal is simple in his performance but the character is not appealing. He's not fun. He's not outwardly evil. He's just amoral. This is not a big laughs comedy but it does have a few smirks. It's not for everyone.
    wrongjohn

    Critically acclaimed for a reason

    I caught this film on late night cable (maybe even the 'romance' movie channel) and it left a deep impression. There is a gap between this type of melodrama in European cinema at the time and the 'revolution' that was happening in American cinema, particularly the suspension of moral judgment outside of epiphany. The main character is having a typical middle age, middle class crisis and we are allowed to see it unfold unencumbered by a personal transformation, a complete crash. This type of screen writing is having a revival in shows like 6 feet under on HBO. I would recommend it to anyone interested in that dark, muddy 1970's American cinema that seems to put the middle class of the 1960's to rest but doesn't become another 'desert road trip' film.
    9saltsan

    "Everybody has his own good reasons"

    In the great Jean Renoir classic "Rules of the Game", a character played by the director himself comments that "everybody has his own good reasons." This rightly has been taken to be the great humanist director's basic philosophy of life. Seeing, over and over again, this understanding, non-judgmental attitude by a narrative artist toward his characters' weaknesses is what makes art film audiences love Renoir's work and consider him one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. Irvin Kershner's "Loving" is one of the rare Hollywood films worthy of being called Renoirian, and it is for just this reason. Even though "Loving" is filled with highly-flawed characters making seemingly disastrous choices about their lives, its genius is how it puts the audience in a position where it cannot (or at least cannot with any decency) judge them. This may be more than many audience members can handle, being so used to films with heroes and villains about whom they are allowed to feel smugly superior. The legendary "New Yorker" critic Pauline Kael, in her rave review of the film, wrote that it "looks at the failures of middle-class life without despising the people; it understands that they already despise themselves" and that there's "a decency in the way that Kershner is fair to everyone." We could use a few more films like "Loving" out there in the American film cannon. If you every get a chance to see this film, don't hesitate to do so!
    6chaosHD

    a minor but worthwhile film

    In the wake of Bob & Ted & Carol & Alice came a string of similar sex comedy/dramas including Loving. George Segal was on a role in the late 60's/early 70's, but this is one of his lesser known efforts from the period. And seeing how few votes this movie has gotten here on IMDb, it's still quite unknown despite being available on DVD since 2003.

    The film has a typical plot of it's time: successful man throwing away his perfect life with wife and kids with his unfaithfulness. Eva Marie Saint who plays his wife is far more attractive than the woman he's seeing on the side, so it was hard for me to feel any sympathy at all for this guy. A young Sherry Lansing (the future Paramount producer) shows up in a small but memorable role, looking like the twin sister of Raquel Welch. She should of played the "other woman" instead, we would of understood why he was cheating on his wife a whole lot more. Not only did Lansing's career end not long after Loving, but the actress who played the other woman, Janice Young, vanished completely after Loving, as did the other major actress in the movie, Nancie Phillips. Neither of their IMDb listings list them as being deceased, so i'm definitely curious as to their whereabouts.

    One major reason why this movie deserves more attention is that it now possesses more historical importance than ever before. As noted in the trivia section, there's a scene that takes place at a construction site, and that scene was shot on location at none other than the World Trade Center construction site, of all places.

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    • Trivia
      Halfway through the film, George Segal's character enters an actual construction site in New York City. The complex being constructed was the World Trade Center.
    • Quotes

      Brooks Wilson: Ever hear of eminent domain?

      Selma Wilson: Ever hear of Alcoholics Anonymous?

    • Connections
      Referenced in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition/When We Were Kings/Blood & Wine/Lost Highway/Margaret's Museum (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Loving
      Music by Bernardo Segall

      Lyrics by William B. Dorsey

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    • Release date
      • March 22, 1973 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Brooks Wilson, Ltd.
    • Filming locations
      • 128 East 63rd Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Illustrator's Club)
    • Production companies
      • Brooks Ltd.
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $819,227
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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