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When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.

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Harry and Sally meet when she gives him a ride to New York after they both graduate from the University of Chicago. The film jumps through their lives as they both search for love, but fail, bumping into each other time and time again. Finally a close friendship blooms between them, and they both like having a friend of the opposite sex. But then they are confronted with the problem: "Can a man and a woman be friends, without sex getting in the way?" Written by Greg Bole <[email protected]>

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Can two friends sleep together and still love each other in the morning? See more »

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21 July 1989 (USA)  »

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$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,094,453, 16 July 1989, Limited Release

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$92,823,600
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Trivia

Director Rob Reiner and producer Andrew Scheinman are credited on some drafts of the script. See more »

Goofs

When Harry and Jess are talking in the crowd at the Giants vs Lions game, the overhead shots of the crowd doing the wave is not at the Giants stadium. It is actually the Rich Stadium, the home of the Buffalo Bills; now known as Ralph Wilson Stadium. See more »

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Documentary Couple: I was sitting with my friend Arthur Kornblum, in a restaurant, it was a Horn and Hardart cafeteria. And this beautiful girl walked in and I turned to Arthur and I said Arthur, you see that girl? I'm going to marry her. And two weeks later we were married. And it's over fifty years later and we are still married.
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Referenced in What I Like About You: When Holly Met Tina (2003) See more »

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Lady's Lunch
Written by Marc Shaiman
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Beautiful film, giving hope to all those seemingly unrequited loves.
16 October 2002 | by See all my reviews

Can you beat some of the lines in this film? As a guy, which I am, I identified with Harry's lines so much, and you can't help but side with him. The chemistry between the two actors, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan is superb, and you believe in them when they talk, you feel for them when they look at each other. Even the friends are well casted, Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby. It's such relaxed acting and filming that you do nothing but watch these people fall in love, and pretty soon you feel like you're involved as well. With a fantastic soundtrack, direction, script and acting, it's a great film.


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