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{{Short description|1970 film by Cy Howard}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Lovers and Other Strangers
| image          = Lovers and other strangers.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Cy Howard]]
| producer       = [[David Susskind]]
| screenplay     = [[Joseph Bologna]]<br />[[David Zelag Goodman]]<br />[[Renée Taylor]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''Lovers and Other Strangers'' (play)|Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor}}
| starring       = [[Beatrice Arthur]]<br />[[Bonnie Bedelia]]<br />[[Michael Brandon]]<br />[[Richard S. Castellano|Richard Castellano]]<br />[[Bob Dishy]]<br />[[Harry Guardino]]<br />[[Marian Hailey-Moss|Marian Hailey]]<br />[[Anne Jackson]]<br />[[Cloris Leachman]]<br />[[Anne Meara]]<br />[[Gig Young]]
| music          = [[Fred Karlin]]
| cinematography = [[Andrew Laszlo]]
| editing        = [[David Bretherton]]<br />[[Sidney Katz]]
| studio         = [[ABC Motion Pictures|ABC Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[Cinerama Releasing Corporation]]
| released       = {{Film date|1970|08|12}}
| runtime        = 104 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $2.5 million<ref name="variety">{{cite news|title=ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=31 May 1973 |page=3}}</ref>
| gross          = $7.7 million<ref name="variety"/>
}}
'''''Lovers and Other Strangers''''' is a 1970 American [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Cy Howard]], adapted from the 1968 Broadway play by [[Renée Taylor]] and [[Joseph Bologna]]. The cast includes [[Richard S. Castellano]], [[Gig Young]], [[Cloris Leachman]], [[Anne Jackson]], [[Bea Arthur]], [[Bonnie Bedelia]], [[Michael Brandon]], [[Harry Guardino]], [[Anne Meara]], [[Bob Dishy]], [[Marian Hailey-Moss|Marian Hailey]], Joseph Hindy, and, in her film debut, [[Diane Keaton]]. [[Sylvester Stallone]] was an extra in this movie.<ref name=stallonezone>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stallonezone.com/main/1970/10/sly-scores.html|website = StalloneZone |title= Sly Scores}}</ref>

The film was nominated for three [[Academy Awards]] (it won the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]), and was one of the top box-office performers of 1970. It established Richard S. Castellano as a star (receiving an Oscar nomination for his performance) and he and Diane Keaton were cast in ''[[The Godfather]]'' (1972). The Oscar-winning song, "[[For All We Know (1970 song)|For All We Know]]", was composed by [[Fred Karlin]], with lyrics by [[Bread (band)|Bread]]'s [[Jimmy Griffin]] and [[Robb Royer]]. It was famously covered by [[The Carpenters]].

''Lovers and Other Strangers'' was originally distributed by [[Cinerama Releasing Corporation]]. The film was released on [[VHS]] in 1980 by [[Magnetic Video]], but was soon deleted. The Magnetic Video release was a collector's item for many years, but the film was eventually re-released on VHS by [[CBS/Fox Video]] in the 1990s. It is now available on DVD from [[MGM Home Entertainment]], and on Blu-ray by Kino-Lorimer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Lovers-Other-Strangers-Blu-ray-Arthur/dp/B07LDNGRSX |title=Lovers and Other Strangers |website=www.amazon.com |date=19 March 2019 |access-date=7 August 2020}}</ref>

Taylor and Bologna followed up with their second screenplay the following year, ''[[Made for Each Other (1971 film)|Made for Each Other]]'' in which they also starred.