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- Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
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Jul 12, 2019 · The answer is: not much. We know that Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) takes an hour and a half to order a sandwich, and that Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) rates Mallomars as “the greatest cookie of...
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Nora Ephron’s near-perfect screenplay for When Harry Met Sally has the idiosyncratic wit of a Woody Allen script, but where Allen’s humor can often be alienating or oversophisticated, When Harry Met Sallyis consistently accessible and universal. The snappy back-and-forths in the dialogue, whether it’s been couples or friends or complete strangers, ...
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There have been so many romantic comedies, and so many that follow the same well-worn story structure and character archetypes, that it’s rare for any rom-com characters to feel like real people. But Harry and Sally do feel like real people. Harry has plenty of flaws, uses humor as a defense mechanism, and really grows following the misery of his d...
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The core idea at the heart of When Harry Met Sallyis the question of whether or not heterosexual men and women can just be friends. The fact that Harry and Sally end up falling in love suggests that the film’s stance is that, no, they can’t. But the movie brings a number of other factors into play. It popularized such romantic concepts as being hig...
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While a lot of rom-coms have aged horribly since their release, like Never Been Kissed and Rumor Has It, the humor in When Harry Met Sallyis timeless. The movie can be enjoyed just as much today as it was back in 1989. The film’s attitude toward gender roles is surprisingly progressive, perhaps as a result of a male director working closely with a ...
William Wyler’s Roman Holiday, one of the finest masterpieces in the history of American cinema, set the initial benchmark for the Hollywood rom-com. Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck are an on-screen pairing for the ages as a disillusioned princess and a reporter. Shot on location in Rome at the height of the “Hollywood on the Tiber” era, Roman Holi...
Feb 17, 2022 · In the movie, Harry and Sally give their best friends, Jess (Bruno Kirby) and Marie (Carrie Fisher), a call for some much-needed advice. It took the four actors 61 times to get the perfect take...
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Jul 20, 2024 · Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
- Can men and women be friends? "You realise of course that we could never be friends... men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way" - Harry.
- The big break-up... and then get married. "I've been doing a lot of thinking, and the thing is, I love you" - Harry. "What?" - Sally. "I love you" - Harry. "How do you expect me to respond to this?"
- Moving in/breaking up arguments over stuff. "Right now everything is great, everyone is happy, everyone is in love and that is wonderful. Sooner or later you're gonna be screaming at each other about who's gonna get this dish.
- What a fake orgasm looks like. "I'll have what she's having" - diner customer. The scene: Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan. The set-up: Sally says most women have faked it.
Mar 6, 2023 · Reiner and Ephron condense the film down to romance and friendship – nothing else matters in the world of When Harry Met Sally and that’s why it is so good. The film isn’t preoccupied with external conflicts, thus allowing sex and relationships to be explored in minute and nuanced detail.
Jul 3, 2019 · (Sony) It was inspired by conversations between two friends, one male and one female, who asked, "Can men and women be just friends?" — and it ended up becoming one of the biggest romantic...
