Lovers and Other Strangers is a 1970 comedy film based on the play by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna. The film features a cast including Richard Castellano, Gig Young, Cloris Leachman, Anne Jackson, Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, Harry Guardino, Anne Meara, Bob Dishy, Marian Hailey, Joseph Hindy, and, in her film debut, Diane Keaton. Sylvester Stallone was an extra in this movie. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards , and was one of the top box office performers of 1970. It established Richard Castellano as a star and he, along with Diane Keaton, were... subsequently cast in The Godfather. Lovers and Other Strangers was released by ABC Pictures. It was released on VHS in 1980 by Magnetic Video, but soon went out of print. The Magnetic Video release was a collector's item for many years, but the film was eventually re-released on VHS by CBS/Fox Video in the 1990s. It is now available on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment. Upon seeing this film, Richard Carpenter set about recording the song played during the wedding scene, For All We Know with his sister Karen.
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| Release date: | August 12, 1970 |
| Directed by: | Cy Howard |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 104 Minutes |
| Producer: | David Susskind |
| Editor: | David Bretherton |
| Cinematography: | Andrew Laszlo |
| Screenplay by: | Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman |
| Adapted from: | Lovers and Other Strangers |
| Genre: | Comedy |