You've Got Mail
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| You've Got Mail | |
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| Directed by | Nora Ephron |
| Produced by | Nora Ephron Lauren Shuler Donner |
| Written by | Nora Ephron Delia Ephron |
| Starring | Tom Hanks Meg Ryan Greg Kinnear Parker Posey David Chappelle Steve Zahn Jean Stapleton Dabney Coleman |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
| Release date(s) | December 18, 1998 |
| Running time | 119 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $65,000,000 |
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You've Got Mail is an American romantic comedy released in 1998 by Warner Brothers. It is a remake of the film, The Shop Around the Corner (1940), in which two letter-writing lovers are completely unaware that their sweetheart is in fact the co-worker with whom they share a certain degree of animosity. You've Got Mail updates that concept to the use of e-mail. (The name of the film is the greeting that American AOL users hear when they receive new e-mail.) The film received significant media coverage leading up to its release in anticipation of the romantic coupling of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, who had appeared together previously in Joe vs. The Volcano (1990) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993).
You've Got Mail was directed by Nora Ephron and is set in the Upper West Side of New York City. Ephron insists that You've Got Mail was as much about the West Side itself as the characters, highlighting the 'small town community' feel that pervades the West Side.
The script was written by Ephron and her sister Delia Ephron (with a credit given to Miklós László, the writer of the original play). The production team included Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron (who worked with Nora on films such as Michael and Sleepless in Seattle), and Lauren Shuler Donner, responsible for the box-office-busting comedy Mr. Mom. The supporting cast included David Chappelle, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, and Dabney Coleman. The film is accompanied by a score written by George Fenton.
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[edit] Plot summary
Meg Ryan portrays Kathleen Kelly who is involved with Frank Navasky. While Frank, as a writer, is devoted to the typewriter, Kathleen prefers her laptop and logging into her AOL e-mail account. There, using the avatar Shopgirl, Kathleen communicates with NY152. This is the avatar for Joe Fox (Tom Hanks). Joe belongs to the Fox family which runs a chain of "mega" bookstores, Fox Books. Kathleen, on the other hand, runs the independent bookstore, The Shop Around The Corner, that her mother ran before her. The central conflict of the film revolves around the ability of Kathleen and Joe to interact well in virtual reality while they are business competitors in the "real world."
[edit] Cast
- Joe Fox - Tom Hanks
- Kathleen Kelly - Meg Ryan
- Frank Navasky - Greg Kinnear
- Patricia Eden - Parker Posey
- Birdie Conrad - Jean Stapleton
- George Pappas - Steve Zahn
- Christina Plutzker - Heather Burns
- Kevin Jackson - Dave Chappelle
- Nelson Fox - Dabney Coleman
- Schuyler Fox - John Randolph
- Veronica Grant - Deborah Rush
- Annabelle Fox - Hallee Hirsh
- Matthew Fox - Jeffrey Scaperrotta
- Gillian Quinn - Cara Seymour
[edit] Soundtrack
You've Got Mail featured a number of popular songs, and a successful soundtrack was released in December of 1998. The soundtrack featured a mixture of classics from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as new original recordings and covers.
[edit] Soundtrack tracklisting
- "The Puppy Song" — Harry Nilsson
- "Dreams" — The Cranberries
- "Splish Splash" — Bobby Darin
- "Dummy Song" — Louis Armstrong
- "Remember" — Harry Nilsson
- "Dream" — Roy Orbison
- "Rockin' Robin" — Bobby Day
- "Lonely at the Top" — Randy Newman
- "Signed Sealed Delivered, I'm Yours" — Stevie Wonder
- "I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City" — Sinéad O'Connor
- "Over the Rainbow" — Harry Nilsson
- "Anyone at All" — Carole King
- "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" — Billy Williams
- "Suite from "You've Got Mail"" — George Fenton
- "You Made Me Love You" — Jimmy Durante
The song "Never Smile At A Crocodile" is featured in the movie (in the scene where Joe first meets Kathleen in her bookstore) but not on the soundtrack album. Also, the movie features a Harry Nilsson version of "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City"; a small part of the Sinéad O'Connor version featured on the soundtrack album is played during the closing credits.
[edit] Trivia
- Michael Palin's part was cut out of the final movie.
