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When Harry Met Sally...
Actors: John Arceri, Robert Alan Beuth, David Burdick, Frances Chaney, and Donna Hardy
Rated: R (Restricted)
Retail Price (not our price): $14.98
Release Date: 2001-01-09
Theatrical Release Date: 1989
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Run Time: 96 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 1


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Nora Ephron wrote the brisk screenplay for this 1989 romantic comedy, director Rob Reiner made a nicely glossy New York story (very much in a Woody Allen vein) out of it, and Billy Crystal's unstoppable charm made it something really special. Crystal and Meg Ryan play longtime platonic friends who keep dancing around their deeper feelings for one another, and Bruno Kirby and Carrie Fisher are their respective pals who fall in love and get married. Ryan doesn't get a lot of funny material, but her performance is typically alive and intuitive, and she more than holds her own with Crystal's comic motor mouth and sweet sentimentality. Reiner is on comfortable ground, liberated from the burden of making serious statements in the lead-footed manner of subsequent features. --Tom KeoghOn the DVD The Collector's Edition offers seven new featurettes (the previous Special Edition only had one documentary), beginning with a sit-down between director Rob Reiner and writer Nora Ephron waxing nostalgic on how the movie originated: He, recently divorced from Penny Marshall, was a miserable single man, while she was the screenwriter who rejected his initial pitch over lunch ("It was a shame," she remembers, "because we hadn't even eaten yet."). It's easy to see that Reiner is clearly Harry, and Ephron is clearly Sally: He's the squawking chatterbox and she's constantly corrects his memory (Sally's meticulous method of ordering food is also a direct rip-off of Ephron herself). Other featurettes show Billy Crystal's attempts to play Harry (or Reiner, as it were); location filming in New York; the love stories that served as interludes between scenes (again, the counselors-at-camp story is from Ephron's parents); the significance of the film over time; and more discussion on the film's famous question: "Can men and women really be friends?" Most of the stories from the featurettes are recycled in the new film commentary by Reiner, Ephron, and Crystal (Reiner mentions that the "I'll have what she's having" line, spoken by his mother, is in the top 10 of AFI's top 100 movie lines no less than five times overall), but the inclusion of Crystal, who contributed many improvised lines in the movie, makes for a nice easygoing repartee. Fans may be interested to know that Reiner originally thought Harry and Sally shouldn't get together, until he himself fell in love with his future wife on the set, but the most hilarious tidbit involves Reiner storming the production offices and polling all the women on whether or not they "fake it" because didn't believe that really happened. Seven deleted scenes--which were also included in the previous version--and original theatrical trailer round out the set, but Harry Connick Jr.'s "It Had to Be You" music video is missing. Still, the special features are a great look into a romantic comedy that clearly remains a meaningful experience for cast, crew, and audience alike. --Ellen A. Kim

2) Description
"Brimming over with style, intelligence and flashing wit" (Rolling Stone), this "splendid and irresistible" (Los Angeles Times) film from director Rob Reiner(American President is one of the best-loved romantic comedies of all time. Featuring dazzling performances from Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby, exceptional music from Harry Connick Jr., and an OscarÂ(r)-nominated* screenplay by Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally is an "explosively funny" commentary on friendship, courtships - and other hardships - of the modern age (Newsweek)! Will sex ruin a perfect relationship between a man and a woman? that's what Harry (Crystal) and Sally (Ryan) debate during their travels from Chicago to New York. And eleven years and later, they're still no closer to finding the answer. Will these two best friends ever accept that they're meant for each other...or will they continue to deny the attraction that's existed since the first moment When Harry Met Sally? *1989

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Thanks!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Great condition! Great price! It arrived in time for me to give the gift. Thanks!!

2) Review of Harry Met Sally DVD   [Rating: 1 out of 5]
I needed to return this DVD because when I received it I could hear numerous plastic parts rattling around in the unopened package. I purchased it from a local store instead of entrusting delivery to the UPS company. On the positive, Amazon processed the return and credit to my account very quickly.

3) Great Service   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Received DVD in a timely manner. Great condition. Would purchase from this buyer again.

4) I am so glad this movie has not been 're-invented'   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
When I watched this recently it was so good that I was surprised no-one in Hollyweird had tried to remake this movie for a 'hip' modern crowd. Just as well because the on-screen chemistry is so brilliant you won't ever see another movie like this.I hadn't seen this movie in years and had forgotten so much - but seeing it again was still funny. The movie is dated a little, but not terribly so.I would not class this as a 'rom-com' but a comedy with some romantic bits, which was a good move as it makes it much easier for men to watch.

5) Harry and Sally   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Started out as friends living togeter, with romace and comedy it's a love story witha twist. And this is the first time I've seen the movie.