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Starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Gaby Hoffmann and Rob Reiner Available to rent on Vudu, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play, iTunes, Microsoft, Redbox, FandangoNOW, Apple TV, DIRECTV and AMC Theatres on Demand. It was real.”Īvailable to stream on Netflix, Fubo, SHOWTIME and DIRECTV. Time, distance, nothing could separate them. They’re surrounded with an impressive supporting cast that includes Rosie O’Donnell, Bill Pullman and Rita Wilson.Īnnie: “They knew it. It’s a credit to both Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan that they’re able to create one of the most romantic pairings while only sharing one scene together. Besides Nykvist’s cinematography, it uses a well-known group of American standards to create a romantic mood – including Louis Armstrong singing “A Kiss to Build a Dream on” and beguiling Nat King Cole and “Stardust.” “Sleepless in Seattle” has genuinely funny moments as well as very touching ones. Both films, share a common denouement at the Empire State Building. The film pays homage to the 1957 classic “An Affair to Remember” starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, in which its last minutes are so powerfully romantic one finds oneself fighting back tears. Later she travels to Seattle to try and meet Sam – but she simply finds herself admiring the father and son playing on the beach together. Sam and Annie – both staring at the night sky but on different coasts. Sam’s world is bathed is cool colors and Annie’s warmer. He creates two separate worlds – one in Seattle and one in Baltimore – each representing our protagonists who are miles apart but complement each other. The work in “Sleepless in Seattle” is a joy to behold. His simple and realistic lighting was able to create a feel and atmosphere. This was Ephron’s second time at directing, and this time she works with one of the greatest cinematographers of all time – Sven Nykvist – who collaborated with Igmar Bergman and garnered two Academy Awards for “Cries and Whispers” (1973) and “Fanny and Alexander” (1983). “Destiny is something we’ve invented because we can’t stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.” The main stem of the script focuses on Sam and Jonah – father and son leaning on each other to muddle through their pain. “Destiny takes the hand,” says Annie’s mom. Ward and Jeff Arch string along to keep them apart. From the get go, we know they will get to meet each other – but the comedic aspect of the narrative is all the obstacles and circumstances that director Nora Ephron and her co-writers David S. The notion of star-crossed lovers destined to be together and their gravitational pull is the foundation for the script. There’s no reason, but if we start asking why we’ll go crazy,” says Sam at the very top. “Mommy got sick, and it happened just like that. It is assembled on the future possibility of love – and our necessary investment as human beings to the nature of hope.

Our protagonists will not meet during the course of the film. This aspect is what makes this tale unique in the pantheon of romantic comedies. A lot of listeners are touched by Sam’s story – and so is Annie – who starts a crusade to get to meet Sam in person. She’s a reporter in Baltimore and has, recently gotten engaged to Walter – a perfectly good man, but she is not in love with him. The host – after finding out that Sam doesn’t sleep and stares out at the skies at night – baptizes him “Sleepless in Seattle.” Annie Reed is listening in on the call. Concerned about his dad’s melancholia, Jonah calls in to a talk-radio show and forces his Sam to open up to the on-air psychologist.

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The movie follows Sam who has recently lost his wife and is now a single father to eight-year old Jonah. The pandemic has made this film particularly evocative. I’m happy to report that “Sleepless in Seattle” is good medicine – and I found Sam’s journey from grief to resolving to move forward stirring. Since my soul – like everyone else’s – has taken a beating lately, I decided a week of movies with romance in them would be good.

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Full disclosure, the misanthrope in me has been reluctant to fully embrace this movie. Then, after a while I won’t have to remind myself to get out of bed every morning and breathe in and out… and, then after a while, I won’t have to think about how I had it great and perfect for a while,” says Sam in “Sleepless in Seattle.” I immediately sat up when I heard those words while I found myself recently watching this 27 year-old film I hadn’t seen since it’s release. “Well, I’m gonna get out of bed every morning… breathe in and out all day long.

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