'I just don't think Segal did a good job of catching him. 'It was just a rehash of the book, which hadn't interested me,' he said.

He originally turned it down, saying he was unhappy with the script. Ryan O'Neal was offered a reported $3 million for his role. Though Oliver and Marcie eventually part, Oliver and his father reconcile when both men discover surprising things they never knew about each other and Oliver finally joins Barrett Enterprises.

Despite his affection for her, Oliver finds it difficult to leave the memory of Jenny behind, which causes many problems in their relationship, even as he concurrently begins a reconciliation with his autocratic father. Oliver's inconsolable grief begins to alienate those around him, at least until he finds new love with Marcie Bonwit, the wealthy and beautiful heiress to the Bonwit Teller fortune. As he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hours do not ease his pain, especially when he finds that his views conflict with those of the senior partners at the firm. Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his young wife, Jenny, who succumbed to leukemia. This film's promotional tagline is: ' It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special.' It was released by Paramount Pictures on December 15, 1978. The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge and Francis Lai. It was directed by John Korty and again starred Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen.

Oliver's Story is a 1978 American romantic drama film and a sequel to Love Story (1970) based on a novel by Erich Segal published a year earlier.

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