WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... tracks a star-crossed pair as they repeatedly drift apart and meet again over a span of 13 years and gradually fall madly, deeply, passionately into friendship, a friendship ever teetering on the edge of love. Harry meets Sally when they share a car ride to New York City upon graduation from the University of Chicago. A few minutes into the trip, the conversation between womanizing, neurotic Harry (Billy Crystal) and driven, equally neurotic Sally (Meg Ryan) becomes heatedly contentious. The question arises: Can a man and a woman be just friends? Harry contends this proposition is impossible, that sex will always come along to screw up the friendship. Sally is aghast and disagrees, proclaiming the idea a distinct possibility. The two part ways rather acrimoniously in New York but before long meet again and eventually decide to indeed be friends. As life's mysterious coincidences pull Harry and Sally closer together, they share mystical, tender moments, confess secrets to each other, console each other, attend major holidays together, and do all the other things couples traditionally do. The question then reemerges: Can Harry and Sally remain mere friends, or will they--must they--fall in love? And can anyone forget Ryan's classic faking-it scene in Katz's Deli?
Rating: Not Rated Rating Reason: n/a Runtime: 96 minutes DVD Code: Region 1 US, CA Genre: Comedies Color: Color Contemporary Classics - Special Edition Rating: DVD Features:
Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround - English, Spanish, French
Stereo 2.0 - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes (7)
Audio Commentaries - Rob Reiner - Director; Nora Ephron - Screenwriter; Billy Crystal - Star
Featurettes - 1. "What Harry Meeting Sally Meant"
2. "I Love NY"
3. "Stories of Love"
4. "It All Started Like This"
5. "When Rob Met Billy"
6. "Billy on Harry"
7. "All Women Fake It"
8. "So Can Men and Women Really Be Friends?"
Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailer
Billy Crystal, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, B. Kirby, Bruce Kirby Jr., Meg Ryan, Lisa Jane Persky
Rob Reiner
"...[Crystal and Ryan] are appealing and sometimes even unpredictable....Perfectly pleasant..."
New York Times (07/12/1989) "...This sweet, romantic fairy tale speaks for itself." -- Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (01/12/2001) "...Affection, as well as simmering wit, is definitely in the air....The results are charming..." Los Angeles Times (07/14/1989) "...Warm-hearted..." Chicago Sun-Times (08/21/1992) "...A benchmark for laugh-packed rom-coms, filled with witty dialogue and classy comedy performances..."
Total Film (04/01/2001) |