Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 19 nominations total
- Helen
- (as Harley Kozak)
- Gary
- (as Kyle Heffner)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe segments of married couples telling the stories of how they met are real stories that director Rob Reiner collected for the film. Then they hired actors to relay the stories.
- GoofsNear the end, when Sally is typing on her computer, apparently she is typing the longest word in the history of modern language, because her fingers never touch the "space" bar.
- Quotes
Harry Burns: I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
- SoundtracksOur Love Is Here To Stay
Written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Published by Chappell & Co.
Performed by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Products, a Division of PolyGram Records Inc.
Performed by Harry Connick Jr.
Courtesy of CBS Records
By Arrangement with CBS Records Music Licensing Department
Like all good films coming from the genere, this film thrives most on its witty dialgue and cleverness in not "sentimnetalizing" it too much. In other words, there is that perfect equilibrium between scenes of sheer poignancy and scenes of brutal comic relief. The thespians involved, of course, have a lot to do with the film's success and overall appeal. Ryan and Crystal are perfect for the roles assigned, each one of them bringing their charisma and fresh breath of life to the screen. Crystal fits snugly into that character we find all too obnoxious but can't help but loving and Ryan, well, she is as adorable as always.
The issue the film tackles is an important one, I think. It asks us a question of universal importance, namely, can women and men ever be friends?. I'll leave that for you and your friends to talk about at Pizzaria Uno. For now, I'll just say that with heaps of quirky, funny dialogue, a taut script from Nora Ephron, and clean directing form Reiner, "When Harry met Sally" is a highly enjoyable film that unsurprisingly has held strong a decade after its inception.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Cuando Harry conoció a Sally...
- Filming locations
- Katz's Delicatessen - 205 East Houston Street, East Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(interiors: Harry & Sally discuss "faking it")
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $93,117,425
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,094,453
- Jul 16, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $93,275,066
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1