Oliver's Story (film) Oliver's Story (film) 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. It was directed by John Korty and again starred Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen. The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge and Francis Lai. It was released by Paramount Pictures on December 15, 1978. This film's promotional tagline is: ""It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special."" Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his young wife Jenny, who
Shirley Barrett on a true story. Barrett's second novel "The Bus on Thursday" (2018) tells the story of a young woman recently recovering from breast cancer who takes a job as teacher in a tiny school in a remote country town, where she finds herself set upon by demons. Barrett is married to Chris Norris. They have two daughters. She currently resides in Sydney, Australia. Shirley Barrett Shirley Barrett (born 1961) is an Australian film director, screenwriter and novelist. Her first film "Love Serenade" won the Caméra d'Or at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. She has written and directed two other feature