In the beginning -- Enter Sydney Pollack -- Robert Redford-or maybe not -- The script -- Casting the film -- Designing The way we were -- On the set and ready to roll -- How to direct superstars? Carefully -- In the heat of battle -- Editing the film -- What about a title song? -- Maestro Hamlisch -- Forget the critics- what did Arthur Laurents think? -- Sneak previews and the triumph of Margaret Booth -- Love letters, brickbats, and an adoring public -- The Academy Awards -- The good, the great, and the what-were-they-thinking : scene by scene with Katie and Hubbell -- Katie and Hubbell/Barbra and Bob -- And on into the future -- Life after The way we were -- The sequel.
Summary:
"With mingled reverence and wry humor, best-selling author Tom Santopietro embarks on an investigation to decode the enduring power of a landmark movie"-- Provided by publisher.
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