"When Harry Met Sally... When Harry Met Sally… is a 1989 American romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. It stars Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan as Sally. The story follows the title characters from the time they meet just before sharing a cross-country drive, through twelve years of chance encounters in New York City. The film raises the question ""Can men and women ever just be friends?"" and advances many ideas about relationships that became household concepts, such as ""high-maintenance"" and the ""transitional person"". The origins of the film were derived from"
"people from the creative community. ""When Harry Met Sally"" was acknowledged as the sixth best film in the romantic comedy genre. It is also ranked #15 on Rotten Tomatoes' 25 Best Romantic Comedies. In early 2004, the film was adapted for the stage in a Theatre Royal Haymarket production starring Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan. Molly Ringwald and Michael Landes later replaced Hannigan and Perry for the second cast. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: ""When Harry Met Sally..."" was first released on VHS in late 1989, a few months after its theatrical release. It"
"Sinise, Jason Alexander, Christopher McDonald, Marisa Tomei, and John Schneider. Perry appeared on Broadway in 2001, in a revival of ""The Rocky Horror Show"", playing Brad Majors. In 2004 he appeared in the London production of ""When Harry Met Sally"" as Harry, alongside Alyson Hannigan as Sally. Following his appearance in the stage adaptation of ""When Harry Met Sally"", Perry was asked to reprise his role as Dylan McKay in a guest appearance on ""90210"". Owing to scheduling conflicts with Shannen Doherty, he was subsequently written out of the episode. He appeared as the American version of Inspector Space-Time in"
"the documentary """" (2005). In 2013, Reiner headed a team to fund and market medical software. Reiner is married and has five children. Tracy Reiner Tracy Reiner (born Tracy Henry; July 7, 1964) is an American actress who is the daughter of filmmaker Penny Marshall. She was adopted by Marshall's second husband, filmmaker Rob Reiner, taking the Reiner family name. She is known for her roles in ""When Harry Met Sally..."", ""Masque of the Red Death"", ""A League of Their Own"", and ""Apollo 13"". Reiner was born Tracy Henry in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of actress and director Penny"
"own with Tonto. After Tonto's death, Harry is living alone, making new friends, enjoying the climate. As the film ends, he sees a young cat who looks exactly like Tonto, and follows him to the beach, where a child is building a sand castle. Also appearing toward the end of the film as Celia is Sally Marr, mother of Lenny Bruce. Mazursky had James Cagney in mind for the role of Harry, but the actor turned the part down, as did Laurence Olivier and Cary Grant. Mazursky then saw Art Carney in a play and approached him. Carney initially declined"
"Meg Ryan Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra; November 19, 1961) is an American actress and producer. Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles before joining the cast of the CBS soap opera ""As the World Turns"" in 1982. Subsequently, she began to appear in supporting roles in films during the mid 1980s, achieving recognition in independent films such as ""Promised Land"" (1988) before her performance in the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989) brought her widespread attention and her first Golden Globe nomination. Ryan subsequently established herself, both nationally and internationally,"
"science fiction film. The film is one of two movies that triggered a resurgence of romantic comedy in Hollywood, the other being ""When Harry Met Sally"". Following this film's success, Roberts became the romantic comedy queen of the 1990s. Casting of the film was a rather lengthy process. Marshall had initially considered Christopher Reeve, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Denzel Washington for the role of Edward, and Al Pacino and Burt Reynolds turned it down. Pacino went as far as doing a casting reading with Roberts before rejecting the part. Gere initially refused but when he met with Roberts, she persuaded him"
"Tracy Reiner Tracy Reiner (born Tracy Henry; July 7, 1964) is an American actress who is the daughter of filmmaker Penny Marshall. She was adopted by Marshall's second husband, filmmaker Rob Reiner, taking the Reiner family name. She is known for her roles in ""When Harry Met Sally..."", ""Masque of the Red Death"", ""A League of Their Own"", and ""Apollo 13"". Reiner was born Tracy Henry in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of actress and director Penny Marshall and Michael Henry. She is filmmaker Garry Marshall's niece. Her mother was married for 10 years to Rob Reiner, who adopted her"
"Kyle T. Heffner Kyle Troy Heffner (born May 21, 1957) is an American television and film actor. Heffner graduated from Northwestern University. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles and met Garry Marshall, who cast him in ""Young Doctors in Love"" (1982). Heffner also appeared in the films ""Flashdance"" (1983), ""The Woman in Red"" (1984), ""Runaway Train"" (1985), ""Spellbinder"" (1988) and ""When Harry Met Sally"" (1989). Heffner has appeared in numerous television series such as the CBS sitcom ""Rules of Engagement"" (2010), as well as television pilots, guest spots, commercials and more films. He played the role of 'shadowy government"
"a member of the Actors Studio in 2006, less than six months before his death. Kirby married Lynn Sellers on September 29, 2003. He died August 14, 2006, from complications related to leukemia at the age of 57. Bruno Kirby Bruno Kirby (born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu Jr.; April 28, 1949 – August 14, 2006) was an American actor, singer, voice artist, chef, and comedian. He was known for his roles in ""City Slickers"", ""When Harry Met Sally..."", ""Good Morning, Vietnam"", ""The Godfather Part II"", and ""Donnie Brasco"". He voiced Reginald Stout in ""Stuart Little"". Kirby was born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu"
"Connie Sawyer Connie Sawyer (born Rosie Cohen; November 27, 1912 – January 21, 2018) was an American stage, film, and television actress, affectionately nicknamed ""The Clown Princess of Comedy"". She had over 140 film and television credits to her name, but was best known for her appearances in ""Pineapple Express, Dumb and Dumber"", and ""When Harry Met Sally..."". At the time of her death, she was the oldest working actress in Hollywood and oldest member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Connie Sawyer was born on November 27, 1912, in Pueblo, Colorado,"
"Nicky Katt Nicholas Katt (born May 11, 1970) is an American actor known for his role as unorthodox teacher Harry Senate on David E. Kelley's Fox drama series ""Boston Public"". Katt's film roles include Clint Bruno in ""Dazed & Confused"" (1993), Billy Ray Cobb in ""A Time to Kill"" (1996), Tim in ""SubUrbia"" (1996), Stacy the hitman in ""The Limey"" (1999), Greg Weinstein in ""Boiler Room"" (2000), Adolf Hitler in ""Full Frontal"" (2002), Fred Duggar in ""Insomnia"" (2002), Stuka in ""Sin City"" (2005), and Nate Petite in ""Snow Angels"" (2008). Katt has co-starred in many movies and received critical praise"
"Walks Into a Bar, Meet Dave (2008) is a bawdy space comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Elizabeth Banks, directed by Brian Robbins and written by Rob Greenberg and Bill Corbett. Komarnicki received great critical acclaim for writing Sully (2015), starring Tom Hanks and directed by Clint Eastwood. Sully is about Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenburger’s emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, based on Sullenburger’s 2009 autobiography Highest Duty. [3] The film debuted at $35.5 million in the U.S. its opening weekend, and went on to gross a total of $238 million worldwide, outperforming initial expectations. Sully"
"operative' in the 2014 movie ""Red Sky"". Heffner resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. Kyle T. Heffner Kyle Troy Heffner (born May 21, 1957) is an American television and film actor. Heffner graduated from Northwestern University. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles and met Garry Marshall, who cast him in ""Young Doctors in Love"" (1982). Heffner also appeared in the films ""Flashdance"" (1983), ""The Woman in Red"" (1984), ""Runaway Train"" (1985), ""Spellbinder"" (1988) and ""When Harry Met Sally"" (1989). Heffner has appeared in numerous television series such as the CBS sitcom ""Rules of Engagement"" (2010),"
"the film would flop at the box office because it was up against several summer blockbuster films, like ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"" and ""Batman"". The film went into wide release on July 21, 1989, and grossed $8.8 million on its opening weekend in 775 theaters. This was later expanded to 1,174 theaters and the film grossed a total of $92.8 million in North America, well above its $16 million budget. Reviews for ""When Harry Met Sally..."" were positive. It has a rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 67 reviews with an average rating of 8/10. The"
"Rudoy respectively). Kevin Peter Hall played the role of Harry in both the film and TV series, until his death late in the production of the first season. He was replaced first by Dawan Scott and then by Brian Steele in the third season (Steele had filled in for Scott in the Harry costume for numerous scenes during season two, before taking over the role full-time). Harry's vocal effects were provided by Patrick Pinney where the vocal effects were previously provided by Fred Newman in the film. In the series, George and Nancy were an upwardly mobile two-career couple, with"
"Linal Haft Linal Haft (born 23 March 1945 in Leeds) is an English actor, best known for playing controlling or manipulative characters in both film and television, most notably his role as businessman Harry Gold in the popular BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" from 2010 to 2011. He is sometimes credited as Lionel Haft. Haft made his acting debut in an episode of ""Homicide"" as Harry Bruce in 1968. He went on to play his second role later the same year, as Adams in an episode of ""Contrabandits"". From 1968 to 1978, he had many more roles, including Curly in an"
"in February 2014. It was clear that Harry did not get along with his father. When Billy started to charm Serena Campbell (Catherine Russell), Harry became concerned, especially when he later offered to fund her general surgery project. Knight said the relationship between them was ""interesting"". After arriving on the AAU ward, Harry ""wastes no time"" in flirting with fellow doctor Gemma Wilde (Ty Glaser) and nurse Mary-Claire Carter (Niamh McGrady). Harry had a brief relationship with Gemma. She initially mistook him for a psychiatric consultant, but he later impressed her when he solved a case of a patient who"
"of 58. Harry begins working at Holby City Hospital in June 2002. He is pleased when his old flame Selena Donovan (Liz Carling) arrives to carry out a drugs trial in the department, and invites her to dinner. He cancels a driving lesson with his teenage daughter Tally (Ashlie Walker), who asks her mother Beth (Lynda Rooke) to take her instead. They crash, and Beth is fatally injured. Harry blames Tally for the accident and develops an anti-depressant dependency, forging senior house officer Lara Stone's (Christine Stephen-Daly) signature to prescribe himself drugs. Harry clashes with registrar Simon Kaminski (Christopher Colquhoun)"
"Russell Tovey Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor. He is known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural drama ""Being Human"", Rudge in both the stage and film versions of ""The History Boys"", Steve in the BBC Three sitcom ""Him & Her"", Kevin Matheson in the HBO original series ""Looking"" and its subsequent series finale television film """", and as Henry Knight on BBC TV series ""Sherlock"". He has also starred as Harry Doyle in the drama-thriller series ""Quantico"" on the ABC network. In addition, he also stars as Ray"
"Handley (Bernard Curry), an older man and Malcolm starts a relationship with Danni Stark (Eliza Szonert). Despite being reasonably stable in his marriage, Karl develops feelings for Kate Cornwall (Christie Sistrunk), a terminally-ill patient and confesses to Susan that they kissed before she died. Susan forgives him, but her trust is shaken further when he cheats on her with his young attractive receptionist Sarah Beaumont (Nicola Charles). They briefly separate, but reconcile and try and put their trust issues behind them. Karl's father Tom Kennedy (Bob Hornery) visits and tells Karl that he is not his biological father, leading him"
"the stage in a production starring Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan. In 1977, Harry Burns and Sally Albright graduate from the University of Chicago and share the drive to New York City, where Sally is beginning journalism school and Harry is starting a career. Harry is dating Sally's friend Amanda. During the drive, Harry and Sally discuss their differing ideas about relationships; Sally disagrees with Harry's assertion that men and women cannot be friends as ""the sex part gets in the way"". At a diner, Harry tells Sally she is attractive, and she angrily accuses him of making a pass"
"1980s and a second marriage from 1997 to 2007 with entertainment lawyer Gregory Aldisert, with whom she has three children. Harley Jane Kozak Harley Jane Kozak (born January 28, 1957) is an American actress and author. She made her film debut in the horror film ""The House on Sorority Row"" (1982), and had a recurring role as Mary Duvall on the soap opera ""Santa Barbara"" between 1985 and 1989. She later had supporting parts in ""Clean and Sober"" (1988) and ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989), before starring in the major studio films ""Parenthood"" (1989) and ""Arachnophobia"" (1990). Kozak continued to"
"Steven Hartley Steven Hartley (born 12 August 1960, in Shipley) is an English actor known internationally for his television, film and theatre roles. He has appeared in over 50 principle and leading roles on television and film since 1985, including ""EastEnders"", ""The Bill"", ""The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles"", ""Rumble"", ""Strictly Confidential"", ""Badboys"", ""Trial & Retribution"", ""Sharman"", ""Holby City"", ""Casualty"", ""Doctors"", ""Pie in the Sky"", ""The Cut"", ""Agatha Christie's Marple"", ""Merlin"", ""Married... with Children"", ""The Borgias"", ""Vera"" alongside Brenda Blethyn, ""Ripper Street"", and the acclaimed BBC series ""Happy Valley"" and ""Silent Witness"" in 2015. He has worked opposite notable actors on"
"Michelle Nicastro Michelle Nicastro (March 31, 1960 – November 4, 2010) was an American actress and singer. Nicastro was born in Washington D.C., the daughter of Carole Rose (née Guarino) and Norman Joseph Nicastro, who was an ophthalmologist. She provided the speaking voice of Princess Odette in ""The Swan Princess"" and its first two sequels, """", and """", and the singing voice of Callisto for the """" episode ""The Bitter Suite"". She also had guest starring roles in ""Airwolf"", ""Knight Rider"" and ""Wings"". She appeared, briefly, as the college sweetheart of Billy Crystal in ""When Harry Met Sally"". In 1996"
"(2005). In total, Basil has directed 11 films, including ""Funky Monkey"" (2004), ""Fingerprints"" (2006) and ""Urban Decay"" (2007). Harry Basil Harry Basil is a stand-up comedian and comedy club operator, known for his impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Superman. As an actor, Basil appeared in the film ""Peggy Sue Got Married"". His film credits include ""Meet Wally Sparks"", which he co-wrote with Rodney Dangerfield. A native of Bergenfield, New Jersey, Basil attended Bergenfield High School, where he made a student film called ""Land Shark"". As a high school student, Basil won a film award from the New Jersey Institute of"
"Jamie Parker Jamie Parker (born 14 August 1979) is an English actor and singer, best known for his role as Harry Potter in the original cast for the West End play ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"", for which he received an Olivier Award for Best Actor. He also received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play as a member of the original Broadway version. Other theater credits include King Henry in the 2012 Globe production of Shakespeare's ""Henry V"", with notable film roles being Donald Scripps in ""The History Boys"" (2006), adapted by Alan Bennett from"
"Goes Bang"". Nora Ephron Nora Ephron ( ; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for her romantic comedy films and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Writing: for ""Silkwood"" (1983), ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989), and ""Sleepless in Seattle"" (1993). She won a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for ""When Harry Met Sally..."". She sometimes wrote with her sister Delia Ephron. Her last film was ""Julie & Julia"" (2009). Her first produced play, ""Imaginary Friends"" (2002), was honored as one of the ten"
"wife actress Abby Francis and daughter Tess. Steven Hartley Steven Hartley (born 12 August 1960, in Shipley) is an English actor known internationally for his television, film and theatre roles. He has appeared in over 50 principle and leading roles on television and film since 1985, including ""EastEnders"", ""The Bill"", ""The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles"", ""Rumble"", ""Strictly Confidential"", ""Badboys"", ""Trial & Retribution"", ""Sharman"", ""Holby City"", ""Casualty"", ""Doctors"", ""Pie in the Sky"", ""The Cut"", ""Agatha Christie's Marple"", ""Merlin"", ""Married... with Children"", ""The Borgias"", ""Vera"" alongside Brenda Blethyn, ""Ripper Street"", and the acclaimed BBC series ""Happy Valley"" and ""Silent Witness"" in 2015."
"said the movie version would endeavor to make it appear ""somehow ethereal and emotional, but it can't be hokey"". The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon, Mark Wahlberg as Jack Salmon, Stanley Tucci as George Harvey, Rachel Weisz as Abigail Salmon, Susan Sarandon as Susie's Grandmother Lynn, and Rose McIver as Lindsey Salmon. The film opened to a limited release in three U.S. theaters on December 11, 2009, and received international and wide release on January 15, 2010. It met with mixed reviews, but nonetheless garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Tucci). A stage adaptation of"
"Franc Luz Franc Luz (born December 22, 1950, in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American actor of stage, film and television seen in popular leading dramatic film roles in the 1980s and 1990s. These credits were supplemented with TV guest appearances and several regular roles in TV series. Luz is perhaps best known for his parts in ""The Nest"", ""Ghost Town"", ""When Harry Met Sally..."", and, to ""Star Trek"" fans, as the symbiont Odan in a 1991 episode of """", in the season 4 episode ""The Host"". Luz attended New Mexico State University, with the intention of studying and breaking into"
"Fran Brill Frances Joan ""Fran"" Brill (born September 30, 1946) is an American actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on ""Sesame Street"" as well as playing Sally Hayes in the Hal Ashby film ""Being There"" (1979) and Lily Marvin in the Frank Oz film ""What About Bob?"" (1991). Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Linette and Joseph M. Brill. Her father was a physician. She is a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts. She began her career in theater, making her Broadway debut in the 1969 play ""Red, White and Maddox"". Her other"
"Billy Crystal William Edward Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and television host. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom ""Soap"" and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989), ""City Slickers"" (1991), and ""Analyze This"" (1999) and providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the ""Monsters, Inc."" franchise. He has hosted the Academy Awards nine times, beginning in 1990 and most recently in 2012. Crystal was born at Doctors"