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
Oliver! (film) away a reformed man, Dodger appears from nowhere with a wallet he stole earlier. They dance off into the sunrise together, happily determined to live out the rest of their days as thieves ("Reviewing the Situation" (reprise)"\) while Oliver returns to Brownlow's home for good ("Finale: Where Is Love?/Consider Yourself"). The film used mostly young unknowns, among them Mark Lester (Oliver), Shani Wallis (Nancy) and Jack Wild as The Artful Dodger, but also featured Hugh Griffith, an Oscar winner for "Ben-Hur", in a role as the Magistrate. Harry Secombe, who played Mr. Bumble, was well known in Britain but not