The Way We Were – 50th Anniversary Screening

Released October 19, 1973, with scenes famously shot in both Schenectady (at Union College) and Ballston Spa, in The Way We Were Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford play a couple who — despite a wonderful romance — fear their genuine friendship and physical attraction may not be enough to overcome a fundamental difference in their political and societal views.

Sydney Pollack directed this film between winning Academy Awards for “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” and “Tootsie.” (He also won a Best Director Academy Award for “Out of Africa”.)

1973. Runtime 118 minutes. Rated PG. Location: Addy Theatre.