When Harry Met Sally...

When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Timing: 1:36 (96 min)

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Release date

1989-07-12

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment

Genre

Comedy, Romance, Drama

Budget

$16 000 000

Revenue

$92 823 546

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Director

Rob Reiner

Actors

Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steven Ford, Lisa Jane Persky, Michelle Nicastro, Gretchen Palmer, Robert Alan Beuth, David Burdick
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Scenario

Nora Ephron

Producer

Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Nora Ephron, Steve Nicolaides, Jeffrey Stott

Operator

Barry Sonnenfeld

Composer

Marc Shaiman

Artist

Audition

Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins

Editing

Robert Leighton
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• The dating stories that couples periodically tell are real. Rob Reiner collected them specifically for the film. However, the husbands and wives are played by actors.
• The woman who, after the 'orgasm simulation' scene, says, “I feel the same as she does,” is Rob Reiner’s mother.
• Before settling on the title “When Harry Met Sally…”, Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron considered the following options: “Just Friends”, “Boy Meets Girl”, “Blue Moon”, “Words of Love”, “Harry, This is Sally”, “How They Met”, “It Had to Be You”, and “The Game of a Melancholy Child”. Nora Ephron later admitted that she doesn't like the chosen title and would gladly go back and change it.
• The voice-over saying, “Ten seconds to New Year’s,” belongs to the film’s director.
• The character of Harry is partially based on Rob Reiner’s personality. And Sally’s habit of ordering strange food was taken from screenwriter Nora Ephron.
• Molly Ringwald was offered the role of Sally, but she had to decline due to a busy filming schedule. In 2004, Ringwald played Sally in the West End.
• The American Film Institute ranked “When Harry Met Sally…” sixth on its list of the ten greatest romantic comedies.
• While Harry and Sally are on the phone, Harry is reading Stephen King's "Misery." The following year, Rob Reiner filmed an adaptation of this novel.
• Albert Brooks turned down the role of Harry Burns.
• The song "It Had To Be You" appeared in "Casablanca" (1942), which the characters watch and discuss.
• The voice-over saying "There are 10 seconds left until the New Year" belongs to the film's director.