Saturday, 21 December 2019

Sleepless in Seattle (1993 Nora Ephron & co-scr)

We only watched this a year ago, and i kicked off the jottings with 'Love the long scene in the car with Meg Ryan listening (and reacting) to the radio interview with Tom Hanks and his son Ross Malinger (the interviewer is Caroline Aaron). It's a good screenplay by Ephron, David Ward (Steelyard Blues and The Sting) and Jeff Arch from the latter's story.'

This is the highlight of the film, Aaron being a great vocal presence. She's Shirley in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and lots and lots of TV, as well as Deconstructing Harry.

Disappointed in Denver. 'Every time I'm about to reach orgasm he makes himself a sandwich.'
'Why don't you make him a sandwich beforehand?'

Note faces of Ryan and Hanks when they do finally meet atop the Empire State Building, even as they're walking in to the lift, curious, exploratory faces...

This is better than the much-referenced An Affair to Remember.



Soundtrack of old classics helps.

I thought it showed Hanks as a generous actor, letting the kid have his scenes.. That may be true, but I later found out Hanks was in a right sulk throughout, thinking the kid had all the best lines!

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