:38:04
You're some showman, Evans.
You really pulled the wool over their eyes."
:38:09
No kiss on the lips, but a Bluhdorn hug.
:38:12
And that's more than an engagement ring.
It was the gold band itself.
:38:17
Then in typical Bluhdorn fashion,
"Go back to work. We need pictures.
:38:21
And you need plenty of mazel."
:38:33
On December 16, 1970...
:38:35
...Love Story had its world premiere
at the Loews State Theater in New York.
:38:40
The lights went down.
:38:42
Francis Lai's haunting
piano strings started up.
:38:46
Ryan O'Neal, alone and bereft in a snowy
Central Park, said in a voiceover:
:38:51
What can you say about
a 25-year-old girl who died?
:38:55
Love Story didn't open. It exploded.
:38:59
All over the world, boys and girls would walk
out of that theater in love for the night.
:39:03
Why did it do such business?
:39:05
A guy would take
a different girl every night.
:39:07
I think there were more pregnancies
over Love Story than any film ever made.
:39:13
People went back to see it three, four,
five, six times. It was an aphrodisiac.
:39:19
It even got raves from the critics.
This, I couldn't believe.
:39:23
Time magazine said it started a new
Hollywood, and Ali ended up on its cover.
:39:34
Me? I felt like Casanova.
:39:37
The most extraordinary lady
in the world on my arm.
:39:40
And in her belly, a little Evans-to-be.
:39:43
Hey, Ali. What's new?
:39:49
You can say that on television now.
:39:51
- Go ahead.
- Okay. Well, I'm gonna have a baby.
:39:54
Isn't that great?
:39:58
That's beautiful. Are you excited?