The Way We Were
The Way We Were is a 1973 American romantic and drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford.
Arthur Laurents wrote both the novel and screenplay based on his college days at Cornell University and his experiences with the House Un- American Activities Committee.
A box office success, the film was nominated for several awards and won the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score and Best Original Song for the theme song" The Way We Were".
It ranked at number 6 on AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Passions survey of the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema.
" The Way We Were" is considered one of the great romantic films.
The soundtrack album became a gold record and hit the Top 20 on the" Billboard" 200 while the title song became a million- selling gold single, topping the" Billboard"
Hot 100 respectively, selling more than two million copies.
" Billboard" named" The Way We Were" as the number 1 pop hit of 1974.
In 1998, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and finished at number 8 on the American Film Institute's" 100 Years ...
100 Songs" list of top tunes in American cinema in 2004.
It also was included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ann Hui
Ann Hui On-wah, MBE, BBS,( Hepburn:" Kyo Anka"; born 23 May 1947) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter and actress.
She is one of the most critically acclaimed Hong Kong New Wave filmmakers especially in 1970s and 80s.
She is known for her films about social issues in Hong Kong.
Her film works cover different categories, including: literary adaptation, martial arts masterpieces, semi-autobiographical works, female issues, social phenomena, political changes, and also thrillers.
She served as the president of the Hong Kong Film Director's Guild from 2004 to 2006.
Hui has won numerous awards for her films.
She won Golden Horse Awards( GHA) for Best Director three times( 1999, 2011, 2014); Best Film at the Asia Pacific Film Festival; Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director six times( 1983, 1996, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018).
There are only two films won Grand Slam for Hong Kong Film Awards( means a film won best picture, best director, best screenplay and best actor and actress at the same time), they are" Summer Snow" and" A Simple Life", both are directed by Ann Hui.
She was honored for her lifetime accomplishments at the 2012 Asian Film Awards.
In 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences( AMPAS) invited Hui to become a member.
Carl Boese
Carl Boese( 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer.
He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957.
The Way We Are (film)
The Way We Are( 天水圍的日與夜) is a 2008 Hong Kong drama film directed by Ann Hui and starring Paw Hee- Ching, Chan Lai-wun, Leung Chun -lung and Idy Chan.
Three Days Confined to Barracks
Three Days Confined to Barracks( German: Drei Tage Mittelarrest) is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Max Adalbert, Ida Wüst and Gretl Theimer.
The film is a farce set around a military barracks.
It was a major hit on its release.
It was later remade in 1955 under the same title.
The film's art direction was by Emil Hasler.
The Way We Get By
The Way We Get By is a 2009 documentary film directed by Aron Gaudet and produced by Gita Pullapilly, about a group of senior citizens in Bangor, Maine who greet U.S. troops at the Bangor International Airport.
" The Way We Get By" had its world premiere at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival, winning the Special Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature.
The film also won the Audience Award at the 2009 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Standing Up Film Competition at the Cleveland International Film Festival, and the Best Documentary at the Atlanta, Little Rock, Naples, Phoenix, and Newport International Film Festivals.
The film received a 2010 Cinema Eye nomination for Debut Feature Film.
In May 2009, the film had its Maine premiere, one of the largest movie premieres in the state of Maine.
Maine National
Guard members lined outside the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus and greeted the subjects of the film and other greeters as they entered the auditorium.
The Governor of Maine presented Gaudet with a special award recognizing the film.
" The Way We Get By" aired on the critically acclaimed PBS series," POV" in November 2009 and August 3, 2010.
The film has since been re-aired as part of the" America ReFramed" series on World channel, another network airing primarily public television programming.
International Film Circuit released" The Way We Get By" in over 60 cities across the United States and Films Transit handled the international distribution.
In October 2009," The Way We Get By" had a special screening on Capitol Hill.
Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States, introduced the film and the entire Maine congressional delegation was present and honored the film.
The next day, the film screened at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
During this trip,
Gaudet, Pullapilly, and the three subjects of the film, received a special invitation to meet with Vice President Joseph Biden at the White House.
AARP named" The Way We Get By" Best Documentary of 2009 in their ninth annual Movies For Grownups Awards.
During the acceptance speech, Gaudet called Morgan Freeman up to the stage for a picture with his mother, Joan Gaudet, one of the stars in the film, making for one of the most memorable highlights of the evening.
Gaudet and Pullapilly starting dating when they began making" The Way We Get By", their first feature- length film.
In October 2009, Real Weddings Maine provided them with a high- end free wedding to celebrate all they had done to capture the heart of Maine.
Over 60 vendors in the state provided their products and services.
The wedding took place at the Retreat at French's Point.
Their wedding was highlighted in the" New York Times" Vows Section as well as other popular national wedding magazines and blogs.
Wale Adebanwi
Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford.
Henry Moore (cricketer)
Henry Walter Moore( 1849 – 20 August 1916) was an English- born first- class cricketer who spent most of his life in New Zealand.
Three Days Confined to Barracks (1955 film)
Three Days Confined to Barracks is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Ernst Waldow, Grethe Weiser and Eva Probst.
It is a remake of the 1930 comedy film" Three Days Confined to Barracks".
Like its predecessor it is a comic portrayal of life in the German Army at the beginning of the century.
The film's sets were designed by Erich Kettelhut and Johannes Ott.
The Way We Live Now (film)
The Way We Live Now is a 1970 film directed by Barry Brown, who was also its producer, cinematographer and film editor.
It was written by Daniel Tamkus based on a novel by Warren Miller.
" The Way We Live Now" was Linda Blair's first film.

Question: Which film whose director was born first, The Way We Are (Film) or Three Days Confined To Barracks?
Answer: Three Days Confined To Barracks