Message in a Bottle

1999
12
2h 6m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

41K

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Kevin Costner and Robin Wright in Message in a Bottle (1999)

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Drama Romance

A woman discovers a tragic love letter in a bottle on a beach, and is determined to track down its author.A woman discovers a tragic love letter in a bottle on a beach, and is determined to track down its author.A woman discovers a tragic love letter in a bottle on a beach, and is determined to track down its author.

Director
- Luis Mandoki
Writers
- Nicholas Sparks
- Gerald Di Pego
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

41K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Luis Mandoki
Writers
- Nicholas Sparks
- Gerald Di Pego
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 nominations total

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Message in a Bottle

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Trivia
The sites that were finally chosen for most of the shooting of the scenes of Garret's hometown were Northport and Popham Beach, Maine. Over $250,000. of renovations were done to the seasonal home in Popham that became Garret's house, including the addition of the room which held Catherine's artwork and the adjacent living room with fireplace (faux). At the end of filming the owner of the house demanded that it be returned to its original state costing the production company nearly as much to undo.

Goofs
Garret Blake's new boat is named Catherine, but the navel flags on the right side only say "atherine" without the C.

Quotes
[last lines]
Theresa Osborne: If some lives form a perfect circle, others take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been a part of my journey. But it has also shown me what is precious. So has a love for which I can only be grateful.

Crazy credits
"Girl with lantern" painting by Helen Turner Greenville County Museum of Art

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Message in a Bottle/My Favorite Martian/Children of Heaven/Blast from the Past/God Said, 'Ha!' (1999)

Soundtracks
I Will Know Your Love
Written by Beth Nielsen Chapman and Ann Roboff (as Annie Roboff)
Produced by Carmen Rizzo, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Ann Roboff (as Annie Roboff)
Performed by Beth Nielsen Chapman

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Featured review

9/10

Treasure

This is the movie that proves that most critics don't know what they're doing. The critics shed their sentimentalism sometime in the mid-1960's, so how could they know or care?

One must have a heart to enjoy "Message in a Bottle". It's a treasure--beautiful, poignant, tragic. The cast is wonderful, and if you don't cry at the ending, you aren't human (which most critics apparently aren't).