Sleepless in Seattle

UPC: 043396040588

Studio: Columbia TriStar

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Suitable for Children, Adult Language]

Summary: 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. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Category: Romance

Awards: Best Score – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – null Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Digitally remastered audio and anamorphic video
Audio: English two-channel [Dolby Surround]
Subtitles: English, Chinese, Korean, Thai
Nora and Delia Ephron audio commentary
"Love in the Movies" featurette
Music video: "When I Fall in Love" by Celine Dion and Clive Griffin
Theatrical trailers
Talent files
Scene selections
Widescreen and full-screen formats

Sleepless in Seattle

Format: DVD

Release Date: 09/28/1999

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen, 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 105 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Start [5:27]
2. Annie & Walter [7:17]
3. You & Your Emotions [2:13]
4. Sam & Dr. Marcia [7:25]
5. Staff Meeting [2:13]
6. Lunch With Becky [1:48]
7. New Year's Eve [3:28]
8. Claire's Problem [1:30]
9. Mail Call [2:48]
10. Sleepless in Baltimore [5:28]
11. Tiramisu & Swatches [1:52]
12. "H.N.G" [1:22]
13. Back in the Saddle [1:53]
14. An Affair to Remember [6:13]
15. Researching Sam Baldwin [2:13]
16. Sign Language [1:38]
17. Victoria [4:12]
18. Closet Case [4:51]
19. Annie's Field Trip [8:34]
20. A Letter From Sam? [2:13]
21. The Dirty Dozen [6:07]
22. Annie & Walter in N.Y. [4:54]
23. "N.Y." [2:26]
24. Empire State Building [1:44]
25. In Pursuit [1:36]
26. Walter's Sacrifice [1:49]
27. Reunited [2:20]
28. Destiny Fulfilled [9:14]

Michael Costello

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. ~ Michael Costello, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Le Clanche DuRand  Actor 
John Boylan  Actor 
Michael Badalucco  Actor 
Philip Levy  Actor 
Tom McGowan  Actor 
Tom Tammi  Actor 
Caroline Aaron  Actor 
Kevin O'Morrison  Actor 
Juliet Taylor  Actor 
Donald Lee  Actor 
Victor Morris  Actor 
Sarah Trigger  Actor 
Julie Janney  Actor 
Linda Wallem  Actor 
Rich Hawkins  Actor 
Frances Conroy  Actor 
La Tanya Richardson  Actor 
Calvin Trillin  Actor 
Tom Riis Farrell  Actor 
Brian McConnachie  Actor 
Diane Sokolow  Actor 
Hannah Cox  Actor 
Matt Smith  Actor 
Sidney Armus  Actor 
Dana Ivey  Actor 
David Hyde Pierce  Actor 
Jeff Mazzola  Actor 
Larry Atlas  Screenwriter 
Nora Ephron  Director 
Nora Ephron  Screenwriter 
Gary Foster  Producer 
Lynda Obst  Executive Producer 
Marc Shaiman  Composer (Music Score) 
David S. Ward  Screenwriter 
Jeff Arch  Screenwriter 
Patrick Crowley  Executive Producer 
Tom Hanks  Actor 
Meg Ryan  Actor 
Bill Pullman  Actor 
Ross Malinger  Actor 
Rosie O'Donnell  Actor 
Gaby Hoffmann  Actor 
Victor Garber  Actor 
Rita Wilson  Actor 
Barbara Garrick  Actor 
Carey Lowell  Actor 
Rob Reiner  Actor 

Country: USA