The Way We Were

Director Sydney Pollack Starring Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman and Lois Chiles. Plot The film tells the story of an intense Jewish woman who marries a carefree WASP following World War II. Fundamental differences in the way they engage the world as revealed in their responses to the rise of McCarthyism eventually pull them apart. The film is both a romance of star crossed lovers and a morality tale about the importance of commitment to both individuals and relationships.