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Message in a Bottle
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780790740812
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790740818
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D16989D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 03, 1999
Running Time: 131 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 12, 1999
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Editorial Review:
If, as they say, you're in a certain mood, Message in a Bottle can be just the ticket. Based on Nicholas Sparks's bestselling novel, this handsome but overly calculated romance tale stars Robin Wright Penn as Theresa, a Chicago Tribune researcher who finds a note encased in a green bottle that has floated onto a Cape Cod shore. The message within is a heartfelt, yearning declaration of love to a woman named Catherine, but the author is unknown until Theresa (rather improbably) tracks him down in North Carolina. He's Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), a taciturn builder of sailboats and a grieving widower whose late wife, poetically speaking, was the intended recipient of the seafaring note Theresa found. Theresa, a divorcée with a son, decides to meet Garret, only to find him as bottled-up as his message. Nevertheless, a romance blooms on the strength of quality time in a sailboat and lots of cuddling, though the script tosses in bits of conflict to keep their relationship spicy. Directed by Luis Mandoki (When a Man Loves a Woman), this love story is entirely by the numbers, with Costner inhabiting (rather than performing) a stock fantasy of a man perfect in every way save his broken heart. Penn brings more vibrancy to her equally predictable part, but fortunately for all, Paul Newman, John Savage, Robbie Coltrane, and Illeana Douglas are on hand in nicely textured character parts. Sometimes predictability is exactly what one wants when settling in for an evening of home video, and this movie fits the bill nicely. The appealing cinematography is by ace cameraman Caleb Deschanel. --Tom Keogh
Grieving widower Garret Blake builds boats for a living. Rebuilding his life-that's another matter. But that's before Theresa Osborne comes to his North Carolina village. Theresa a lonely divorcee and researcher for the Chicago Tribune knows that Garret is the author of the message she found inside a bottle on a Cape Code beach. And she knows the message spoke to her in away that profoundly touched her heart. Kevin Costner as Garret and Robin Wright Penn as Theresa bring high-voltage starpower to Message in a Bottle a tale of love lost and found based on Nicholas Sparks' bestseller and directed by Luis Mandoki (White Palace When a Man Loves a Woman). "You choose-the paste or the future. Pick one and stick with it" Garret's spry father Dodge (Paul Newman) advises. The advice sticks. So does the impact of this tender movingly filmed tale.Running Time: 132 min.System Requirements:Starring: Kevin Costner Robin Wright Penn Paul Newman Robbie Coltrane Illeana Douglas and John Savage. Directed By: Luis Mandoki Running Time: 2 hrs. 11 mins. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 1999 Warner Home VideoFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG-13 UPC: 085391698920
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Message In A Bottle
I just love Kevin Koster! Great movie if you're a romantic person!!!! But make sure you have plenty of tissues handy!!!! DVD arrived on time and in excellent condition! Thanks!
Rating: - Message In A Bottle
this movie was amazing.. I loved it, even when i was crying like a baby!
as always true Nicholas Sparks style. even in his movies.. he gets you totally sucked in emotionally. GREAT MOVIE!
Rating:  - "Choose between yesterday and tomorrow. Pick one. Stick with it."
While on vacation, a single mother identified as Theresa discovers a 'message in a bottle' on the shore that has moving honest words of love addressed to a woman named Catherine...
The trail leads her to a sailboat builder named Garrett and also to his father, Dodge in a small North Carolina coastal town... It turns out that Catherine is Garret's deceased wife, and the intriguing letters were written, two years earlier, after her decease...
Some people find the one true ... Read More
Rating: - Ocean waves and gorgeous sceneries surround this unique and refreshing love story...
"Message in the Bottle" is, like the tag-line suggests, a tale of love lost and found. The way I was introduced to this film is rather interesting, I suppose. Many years ago I came across it when I was searching online for information regarding the 1977 classic Disney film "The Rescuers." Both films share the theme of the "message in the bottle" so the connection lead me to this 1999 film. Finally, I saw it for sale in a grocery store's bargain DVD bin and just had to bring it home with me, so ... Read More
Rating:  - Fabulous Movie....
... but only if you are deaf. Seriously. This movie is visually gorgeous. That's about it. The actual message found in the bottle should be enough to make you go right to mute. Then, if you are not deaf, maybe put on some Chopin Nocturns and enjoy 2 hours of beautiful cinematography.
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