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** In ''VideoGame/InfiniteCraft'', "Sleepless in Seattle" is a possible crafting recipe.
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** The [[https://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Sleepless-in-Seattle.html original script]] had ''both'' Annie and Sam leaving Chicago for a fresh start after devastating losses--a breakup in Annie's case, with her returning to Baltimore to be close to her family. The opening scenes would have had them passing each other in the airport, completely oblivious to each other.
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** The [[https://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Sleepless-in-Seattle.html original script]] had ''both'' Annie and Sam leaving Chicago for a fresh start after devastating losses--a breakup in Annie's case, with her returning to Baltimore to be close to her family. The opening scenes would have had them passing each other in the airport, completely oblivious to each other.other and the credits sequence would have seen their planes taking off in opposite directions, rather than only Sam's in the completed film.
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* ProductionPosse: The second collaboration between Nora Ephron and Meg Ryan after ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'' and before ''Film/YouveGotMail''. Rob Reiner, who had directed the former, has a small role here as well.
* TheRedStapler: ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'' experienced a revival in popularity over being featured prominently in this movie. It's even been theorised that this was a factor in star Creator/DeborahKerr being presented with an honorary Oscar the next year.
* TheRedStapler: ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'' experienced a revival in popularity over being featured prominently in this movie. It's even been theorised that this was a factor in star Creator/DeborahKerr being presented with an honorary Oscar the next year.
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* ThrowItIn: The scene between Creator/TomHanks and Creator/VictorGarber crying over ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' was completely improvised during the take.
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** The scene between Creator/TomHanks and Creator/VictorGarber crying over ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' was completely improvised during thetake. take.
** Annie's worried look as she runs for the Empire State Building was actually because the shoes Meg Ryan was wearing didn't fit properly, and she was trying not to trip over them as she ran.
** The scene between Creator/TomHanks and Creator/VictorGarber crying over ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' was completely improvised during the
** Annie's worried look as she runs for the Empire State Building was actually because the shoes Meg Ryan was wearing didn't fit properly, and she was trying not to trip over them as she ran.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Tom Hanks felt his character was underwritten, so he was invited to help rewrite some of his scenes to improve. Notably, he felt Sam's relationship with Jonah should be more paternal than maternal - in the original draft, Sam turned down a weekend with Victoria to avoid upsetting Jonah, but Tom Hanks felt the character would be more determined to get with her after so many years being single.
* BreakthroughHit: This helped get Nora Ephron pegged as one of the great RomanticComedy directors of the 90s.
* BreakthroughHit: This helped get Nora Ephron pegged as one of the great RomanticComedy directors of the 90s.
* CastTheRunnerUp: Rita Wilson had been auditioning for Becky, but Nora Ephron felt she was a better fit for Suzy.
* CreativeDifferences: Nick Castle was supposed to direct, but he left after disliking Nora Ephron's rewrite, feeling she had stripped the film of emotion. She herself then stepped into the director's chair.
* CreatorChosenCasting: Annie was written with Meg Ryan in mind, and when Nora Ephron was brought on to polish the script, she envisioned the actress in the part too.
* DarkHorseCasting: Clarisse the babysitter was played by Amanda Maher, a waitress Nora Ephron discovered in a bar in Seattle, feeling she was a natural.
* DeletedRole: Parker Posey was cast in a role that was cut from the film, and Nora Ephron made it up to her by giving her a bigger part in ''Film/YouveGotMail''.
* MoneyDearBoy: Nora Ephron accepted the job to script doctor the film as easy money she needed.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Nathan Watt was originally cast as Jonah, but was replaced after a few days, because Tom Hanks found him to be too disruptive on set.
* CreatorChosenCasting: Annie was written with Meg Ryan in mind, and when Nora Ephron was brought on to polish the script, she envisioned the actress in the part too.
* DarkHorseCasting: Clarisse the babysitter was played by Amanda Maher, a waitress Nora Ephron discovered in a bar in Seattle, feeling she was a natural.
* DeletedRole: Parker Posey was cast in a role that was cut from the film, and Nora Ephron made it up to her by giving her a bigger part in ''Film/YouveGotMail''.
* MoneyDearBoy: Nora Ephron accepted the job to script doctor the film as easy money she needed.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Nathan Watt was originally cast as Jonah, but was replaced after a few days, because Tom Hanks found him to be too disruptive on set.
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** Jonah explains his far-too-advanced-for-his-age knowledge of sex by shrugging and saying, "Jed's got cable". Nowadays, every household in America has cable, even if it's just the basic channels, but at the time this movie was made, cable wasn't anywhere near universal (only about 4 out of 10 households had it).
*** Even at its height, cable wasn't close to "near universal", and today it's exactly as common as it was when the movie was made (40% of households). The real technological change that makes this scene seem old-fashioned is the same one that led cable to its decline——the Internet, which in turn is near universal.
*** Even at its height, cable wasn't close to "near universal", and today it's exactly as common as it was when the movie was made (40% of households). The real technological change that makes this scene seem old-fashioned is the same one that led cable to its decline——the Internet, which in turn is near universal.
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** Jonah explains his far-too-advanced-for-his-age knowledge of sex by shrugging and saying, "Jed's got cable". Nowadays, every household in America has cable, even if it's just the basic channels, but at the time this movie was made, cable wasn't anywhere near universal (only about 4 out of 10 households had it).
***it). Even at its height, cable wasn't close to "near universal", and today it's exactly as common as it was when the movie was made (40% of households). The real technological change that makes this scene seem old-fashioned is the same one that led cable to its decline——the Internet, which in turn is near universal.
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* ThoseTwoActors: Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks also star together in ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'' and ''Film/YouveGotMail''.
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** Creator/JuliaRoberts, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/NicoleKidman, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/NatashaRichardson and Creator/DebraWinger were considered for the role of Annie.
** Creator/DennisQuaid was considered for the role of Sam.
** Creator/DennisQuaid was considered for the role of Sam.
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** The story was first conceived as a play, where two people fall in love while speaking on the phone without meeting in person.
** Creator/JuliaRoberts, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/NicoleKidman, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/NatashaRichardson and Creator/DebraWingerwere considered lobbied for the role of Annie.
** Creator/DennisQuaid was considered for the role ofSam.Sam, as he was dating Meg Ryan at the time, but was turned down for not seeming funny enough. Kevin Costner was who the part was written for.
** Creator/JuliaRoberts, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/NicoleKidman, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/NatashaRichardson and Creator/DebraWinger
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** Annie was also first written to be a reporter based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
** An early draft had Sam himself calling the radio station, but it was changed to Jonah, with David S Ward, who had been hired to rewrite the script, maintaining that no self respecting man would publicly air his emotional grievances.
** Bill Pullman recalls the film being pitched to him as a LoveTriangle similar to ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'', with Walter in the 'Mike' role played by James Stewart in that, and he was surprised that the part ended up much smaller.
** An early draft had Sam himself calling the radio station, but it was changed to Jonah, with David S Ward, who had been hired to rewrite the script, maintaining that no self respecting man would publicly air his emotional grievances.
** Bill Pullman recalls the film being pitched to him as a LoveTriangle similar to ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'', with Walter in the 'Mike' role played by James Stewart in that, and he was surprised that the part ended up much smaller.
