Sleepless in Seattle

United States

1993

105 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
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EXEC Patrick Crowley, Lynda Obst

SCR Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch

CAST Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, Bill Pullman, Carey Lowell, Gaby Hoffmann, David Hyde Pierce, Rosie O'Donnell, Rob Reiner, Michael Badalucco, Valerie Wright, Frances Conroy, Tom Tammi, Le Clanché du Rand, Kevin O'Morrison, Caroline Aaron, Barbara Garrick

SOUND Michael Kirchberger, Kirk Francis

Synopsis

When Sam Baldwin’s wife dies, he decides to move to Seattle with his son, Jonah. When Jonah sees how sad his father is, he calls a radio psychiatrist, who dubs him Sleepless in Seattle cause Jonah says he can’t sleep. He starts to talk about his wife and women over the country hear his tale and one woman Annie who lives in Baltimore can’t help but fascinated by his tale. Annie despite being engaged can’t stop thinking of Sam and soon tries to find all she can about she even goes to Seattle to see him. And once she gets off the plane, Sam who was in the airport to see someone off, sees her and can’t keep his eyes off her and tries to follow her but couldn’t catch her. Jonah who has been going through the mail that his father has gotten ever since he was on the radio, sees the letter Annie wrote on a whim but didn’t send it but her friend did. He tells his father this could be it. But Sam doesn’t think he could have a relationship with someone who lives so far away. —IMDb

Director

Nora Ephron

The daughter of author/screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron, Nora Ephron was educated at Wellesley. She first made her mark as humorist, satirist, and dead-on parodist in book form (Crazy Salad) and in magazine articles. Ephron’s first movie assignment was the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Silkwood (1983). Her stormy marriage with Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein provided grist for her roman a clef Heartburn, which she adapted into a highly praised 1986 film. After years of courting cynicism and waspishness in her work, Ephron turned romantic with her script for the extremely popular When Harry Met Sally… (1989) and has remained in this vein ever since. After a few so-so writing and producing assignments, she made her directing bow with This Is My Life (1992), which she co-wrote with sister Delia Ephron. She then served as director and writer of Sleepless in Seattle, a big-time hit of 1993. Five years later, she re-teamed with Sleepless stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan for You’ve… read more