![]() Awash in references to An Affair to Remember, it’s a Nora Ephron romantic comedy that positively bleeds with affection for romantic Hollywood films, and uses its myriad references to one of the all-time greats which starred Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as a way to foreshadow its own fairy tale ending atop the Empire State Building. Based upon a story by Jeff Arch, it’s a film where the poster and the advertising sells it on a film featuring two of Hollywood’s biggest stars but who end up sharing little screen time throughout, not meeting up fully until the very end of the film. ![]() Like Ephron’s script for When Harry Met Sally, there is something of a lovely bittersweet hook with Sleepless in Seattle’s screenplay. READ MORE: Smallville 2×22 – ‘Calling’ – TV Rewind The same cannot be said of Sleepless in Seattle which has become something of an increasingly perennial favourite amongst romantic comedy fans and was even being referred to as something of a modern classic as soon as 1996’s The Cable Guy, admittedly a film that is as far away from a film like this as possible. ![]() That film was something of an oddity, met with respectable box office and reviews, but it’s strangely a film that’s fallen through the cracks when it comes to the collaborations between Hanks and Ryan. That honour belonged to Moonstruckwriter John Patrick Shanley’s Joe Versus the Volcano However, Sleepless in Seattle was not the first time Hanks and Ryan starred in the same film. They both shared a genre (romantic comedy) and they both shared the same writer and director (and it’s here that we say hello once again to the great Nora Ephron). Set The Tape presents Rom-Com Rewind, a series looking at the history of the genre and how it has developed over the course of nearly a hundred years of movie history.Īsk anyone about the films that Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan starred in together and chances are two will come to mind because they are two that anyone remembers. After the story attracts the attention of relationship-troubled Annie Reed, played by Meg Ryan, the two go through twists and turns until finally meeting at the top of the Empire State Building for what is sure to be the beginning of a happily ever after.The romantic comedy has proved an enduring genre for the silver screen, from the screwball comedy of the 30s to its peak in the 90s, and resurgent popularity in the 2010s. Nominated for two Academy Awards, "Sleepless in Seattle" is a story of widowed architect Sam Baldwin - played by Tom Hanks - whose young son calls into a radio help show (those were a thing back then) to explain how his father is lonely and he wishes that he would find love, according to IMDb. Released in 1993, "Sleepless in Seattle" was written and directed by the late and legendary Nora Ephron, who was also responsible for romantic comedy classics like "When Harry Met Sally," "Michael," and "You've Got Mail," according to her IMDb. ![]() Among these films, there is one that might stand above the rest. There was plenty to love about the pop culture in the 90s, including baggy jeans, neon everything, and hilarious sitcoms like " Friends" and " Seinfeld." There were also tons of quality tear-jerking romance films, like "Ghost" and "City of Angels," that left more than one moviegoer crying into their popcorn.
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