Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Meg Ryan
Annie Reed
Tom Hanks
Sam Baldwin
Ross Malinger
Jonah Baldwin
Bill Pullman
Walter
Rosie O'Donnell
Becky
Barbara Garrick
Victoria
Rob Reiner
Jay
Gaby Hoffmann
Jessica
Rita Wilson
Suzy
Victor Garber
Greg
Tom Riis Farrell
Rob
Carey Lowell
Maggie Baldwin
Le Clanché du Rand
Barbara Reed
Kevin O'Morrison
Cliff Reed
David Hyde Pierce
Dennis Reed
Valerie Wright
Betsy Reed
Frances Conroy
Irene Reed
Tom Tammi
Harold Reed
Calvin Trillin
Uncle Milton
Caroline Aaron
Dr. Marcia Fieldstone
Linda Wallem
Loretta
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Harriet
Tom McGowan
Keith
Steve Mellor
Wyatt
Marguerite Schertle
Baltimore Waitress
Dana Ivey
Claire
Brian McConnachie
Bob
Matt Smith
Mailman
Amanda Maher
Clarise
Victor Morris
Seattle Maitre D'
Philip Mihalski
Seattle Waiter
Donald J. Lee Jr.
Seattle Detective / Second Assistant Director
Mary A. Kelly
Nervous Woman on Airplane / Script Supervisor
Diane Sokolow
Tiffany Saleswoman
Hannah Cox
Jessica's Mother
Rich Hawkins
Jessica's Father
Tamara Plank
Stewardess
Michael Badalucco
New York Taxi Dispatcher
Jeff Mazzola
New York Taxi Dispatcher / Property Master
Philip Levy
Taxi Driver
Julie Janney
Cynthia
Tony Zazula
Maitre D'
John Boylan
Elevator Man
Robert Livingston
Elevator Man
Butch Stevenson
Valet
Sidney Armus
Information Booth Man
Philip Anagnos
Car Driver (uncredited)
Jason Bortz
Baltimore Mail Clerk (uncredited)
Scott Duthie
Tourist (uncredited)
William Rossman
Driver (uncredited)
Nick Taylor
Bartender (uncredited)
Clay A. Griffith
Set Decoration
Robert M. Reitano
Editor
David S. Ward
Screenplay
Jeffrey Townsend
Production Design
Marc Shaiman
Original Music Composer
Nora Ephron
Director / Screenplay
Jeff Arch
Screenplay / Story
Gary Foster
Producer
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Jeff Cronenweth
First Assistant Camera
Suzan Wexler
Assistant Art Director
Charlie Daboub
Set Designer
James W. Skotchdopole
First Assistant Director / Associate Producer
Brick Mason
Storyboard Artist
Daren Dochterman
Production Illustrator
James Mazzola
Property Master
Patrick Crowley
Unit Production Manager / Executive Producer
Wendy Skerritt
Art Department Coordinator
Richmond L. Aguilar
Chief Lighting Technician
Gershon Ginsburg
Art Direction
Marty Oppenheimer
Second Unit Director of Photography
Charley Beal
Art Direction
Kevin Jewison
Camera Operator
Paul Caven
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Paul A. Levin
Post Production Supervisor
Nicholas Meyers
Music Editor
Ira Spiegel
Sound Editor
Eytan Mirsky
Assistant Sound Editor
Stan Bochner
Sound Editor
Jack Bauer
Best Boy Grip
Joe Hicks
Dolly Grip
Harriet Fidlow
ADR Editor
Bob Riggs
Special Effects Coordinator
Richard Friedlander
First Assistant Editor
Jeffrey Pollack
Music Consultant
Gene Kearney
Key Grip
Dan Korintus
Sound Editor
Louis Bertini
Sound Editor
Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith
Sound Editor
Paul P. Soucek
Assistant Sound Editor
Diane L. Langone
Post Production Accountant
Betsy Sokolow-Sherman
Unit Publicist
Richard Q. King
Assistant Sound Editor
Judy Pursley
Assistant Accountant
Jennifer Campbell
Assistant Production Coordinator
Robert T. Chestnut
Transportation Captain
Al Cerullo
Pilot
Judith M. Brown
Studio Teacher
Sharon Ilson
Key Makeup Artist
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter
David Wahnon
Assistant Sound Editor
Laura Rosenthal
Casting Associate
Michael McCombe
Greensman
Leonard Engelman
Makeup Artist
Maggie Murphy
Second Second Assistant Director
Bob Kaiser
Color Timer
Amy Caton-Ford
Extras Casting
Colleen Callaghan
Key Hair Stylist
Aleen Keshishian
Casting Assistant
Sally Roberts
Costumer
Tamara Bally
Production Accountant
Eve Battaglia
Casting Assistant
Dennis W. Milliken
Transportation Coordinator
Harold Collins
Construction Coordinator
Dow Griffith
Location Manager
Kay Colvin
Cableman
Heidi Shulman
Key Costumer
Dan Edelstein
Assistant Sound Editor
Warren Shaw
Apprentice Sound Editor
Mitchell E. Dauterive
Production Coordinator
Ramsay McLean
Lyricist
Michael Kirchberger
Supervising Sound Editor
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Kirk Francis
Production Sound Mixer
Kimberly Adams
Assistant Costume Designer
Jane Bartelme
Associate Producer
Lynda Obst
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 24, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Content RatingPG
Budget$21,000,000
Box Office$227,799,884
Filming LocationsChicago, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed by Nora Ephron, from a screenplay she wrote with David S. Ward and Jeff Arch. Starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, the film follows a journalist (Ryan) who becomes enamored with a widowed architect (Hanks), when the latter's son calls in to a talk radio program requesting a new partner for his grieving father. In addition to Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, and Rob Reiner, the film features Rosie O'Donnell, Gaby Hoffmann, Victor Garber, Rita Wilson, Barbara Garrick, and Carey Lowell.
Inspired by director Leo McCarey's An Affair to Remember (1957), which itself was a same-script remake of McCarey's Love Affair (1939), Sleepless in Seattle was conceived as a romantic drama by Arch in 1989. Several studios rejected his script, deterred by the idea that its main couple does not meet for nearly the entire film. Ward and Ephron were among several writers hired to re-write the script into a funnier film, with Ephron eventually being promoted to director. Although both Hanks and Ryan had been favored for the lead roles from the beginning, several other actors expressed interest in both parts. The film was shot mostly in Seattle during the summer of 1992. Several of its most pivotal scenes were filmed on a former naval base due to the city's lack of sound stages, including a recreation of the Empire State Building's observation deck when the New York skyscraper was not available.
Sleepless in Seattle was released on June 25, 1993, to positive reviews, receiving praise for Ephron's writing and direction, as well as Hanks and Ryan's performances. The film received 2 nominations at the 66th Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Song. Despite competition from several blockbusters released around that same summer, the film was a surprise commercial success, earning $17 million during its opening weekend (the highest opening for a romantic comedy at the time), and ultimately grossing over $227.9 million worldwide. It was one of the highest-grossing films of 1993, and remains one of the most successful romantic comedies in box-office history. The soundtrack was also successful, peaking at number one on the Billboard 200.
Several critics and media publications agree that Sleepless in Seattle is one of the greatest romantic comedy films of all time. The film is also credited with establishing Ephron as a celebrated romantic comedy filmmaker.