Streisand said yes right away. “The Way We Were” promised a reprise of her Oscar-winning turn in the 1968 musical “Funny Girl,” but even more boundary-pushing.

Released in January, "The Way We Were: The Making of a Romantic Classic" by Tom Santopietro, came out to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Oscar-winning classic.

“The Way We Were,” released in 1973, is a classic romance film starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. You may be familiar with the heart-wrenching song of the same name, “The Way We Were,” by Streisand herself. Set in the post-World War II McCarthy era, the love story between Katie ...

The Way We Were opened October 16, 1973, to generally good reviews. It would end up making nearly $50 million at the North American box office — a blockbuster in those days.

Alan Bergman, whose prolific songwriting with his wife Marilyn earned them several Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy awards, died July 17. He was 99.