Sleepless in Seattle [25th Anniversary] [Blu-ray]

Director: Nora Ephron, Gary Foster Nora Ephron

Overview

Sleepless in Seattle, the sophomore directorial effort from Nora Ephron, is a light romantic comedy inspired by the 1957 film An Affair to Remember. Tom Hanks stars as widower and single father Sam. When Sam's son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), calls into a talk radio program looking for a new mother, Sam ends up getting on the phone and laments about his lost love. Thousands of miles away, Annie (Meg Ryan) hears the program and immediately falls in love with Sam, despite the fact that she has never met him and that she is engaged to humdrum Walter (Bill Pullman). Believing they are meant to be together, Annie sets out for Seattle to meet Sam, who, meanwhile, contends with an onslaught of letters from available women equally touched by his phone call. Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson, and Rob Reiner also star.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/26/2018
UPC:	0043396512542
Original Release:	1993
Rating:	PG
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	14,932

Special Features

Audio Commentary with Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron; Love in the Movies Featurette; "When I Fall In Love" Music Video; Theatrical Trailer; All-New Special Feature; 4 Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tom Hanks	Sam Baldwin
Meg Ryan	Annie Reed
Bill Pullman	Walter Jackson
Ross Malinger	Jonah Baldwin
Rob Reiner	Jay
Rosie O'Donnell	Becky
Gaby Hoffmann	Jessica
Victor Garber	Greg
Rita Wilson	Suzy
Carey Lowell	Maggie Baldwin
Tom Riis Farrell	Rob
Le Clanche Du Rand	Barbara Reed
Kevin O'Morrison	Cliff Reed
David Hyde Pierce	Dennis Reed
Dana Ivey	Claire
Calvin Trillin	Uncle Milton
Frances Conroy	Irene Reed
Valerie Wright	Betsy Reed
Tom Tammi	Harold Reed
Caroline Aaron	Dr. Marcia Fieldstone,Voices
Linda Wallem	Loretta
LaTanya Richardson	Harriet
Tom McGowan	Keith
Marguerite Schertle	Baltimore Waitress
Brian McConnachie	Bob
Hannah Cox	Jessica's Mother
Rich Hawkins	Jessica's Father
Diane Sokolow	Tiffany Saleswoman
Tamara Plank	Actor
Michael Badalucco	New York Taxi Dispatcher
Jeff Mazzola	New York Taxi Dispatcher
Julie Janney	Cynthia
Tony Zazula	Actor
John Boylan	Actor
Le Clanché du Rand	Barbara Reed
Steve Mellor	Wyatt
Barbara Garrick	Victoria
Victor Morris	Seattle Maitre D'
Robert Livingston	Actor
Amanda Maher	Clarise
Philip Mihalski	Seattle Waiter
Donald J. Lee Jr.	Seattle Detective
Mary A. Kelly	Nervous Woman on Airplane
Philip Levy	Taxi Driver
Ross Mallinger	Actor
Juliet Taylor	Actor
Sarah Trigger	Actor
Matt Smith	Mailman
Donald Lee	Seattle Detective
Sidney Armus	Information Booth Man
Gaby Hoffman	Actor
Marc Shaiman	Composer

Technical Credits

Nora Ephron

David S. Ward

Jeff Arch

Larry Atlas

Nora Ephron	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
David S. Ward	Screenwriter
Jeff Arch	Screenwriter
Gary Foster	Producer,Director
Pat Crowley	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
Lynda Obst	Executive Producer,Producer
Conrad Palmisano	Stunts
Bob Riggs	Special Effects
Rick Fichter	Special Effects
Juliet Taylor	Casting
Bruce Paul Barbour	Stunts
Bob Balzarini	Sound Effects
Casey Pritchett	Special Effects
Louis Bertini	Sound Effects
Stan Bochner	Sound Effects
Kay Colvin	Sound Effects
Lee Dichter	Sound Effects
Jane Bartelme	Producer
James W. Skotchdopole	Producer
Larry Atlas	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Nora Ephron's gentle romantic comedy, a throwback to the tearjerkers of the '40s and '50s, is saved from mawkishness by a combination of deft one-liners and a typically winning performance by Tom Hanks. Ephron, who made her reputation as a tough, no-nonsense journalist and author in the '60s before moving on to screenwriting, was also famous for having eviscerated her two ex-husbands in print. Whether her late-career foray into romantic comedy signaled a new-found vulnerability or a keen awareness of film industry economics, only she can say. The film uses Leo McCarey's An Affair to Remember (1957) as a touchstone, and its gossamer plot is similarly based on coincidence, as an affianced journalist (Meg Ryan) becomes enamored of an architect (Hanks) after hearing him express his love for his deceased wife on a radio call-in show. Though the film offers little in the way of surprise, Ephron was shrewd in casting Hanks, an actor whose rare ability to play both his character's melancholy and deadpan wit help to keep the project's saccharine quotient at a tolerable level. Ross Malinger, who plays his young son, also scores here, a kid with the timing and delivery of a veteran tummler. Ryan is appealing, but is saddled with a vague character defined mostly by her date with destiny. To enhance the mood the film, it features a soundtrack of love songs from earlier decades by the likes of Nat King Cole and Ray Charles, which can be enjoyed even by those who are a mite skeptical about what they've been watching.

All Movie Guide - Michael Costello