| Message In A Bottle (1999)
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| Front Cover |
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| Kevin Costner |
Garret Blake
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| Robin Wright |
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| Paul Newman |
Dodge Blake
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| Robin Wright Penn |
Theresa Osborne
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| John Savage |
Johnny Land
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| Illeana Douglas |
Lina Paul
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| Robbie Coltrane |
Charlie Toschi
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| Jesse James |
Jason Osborne
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| Bethel Leslie |
Marta Land
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| Tom Aldredge |
Hank Land
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| Viveka Davis |
Alva
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| Plot |
| If, as they say, you're in a certain mood, Message in a Bottle can be just the ticket. Based on Nicholas Sparks' bestselling novel, this handsome but overly calculated romantic 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 |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Romance |
| Director |
Luis Mandoki |
| Producer |
Kevin Costner; Denise Di Novi |
| Writer |
Nicholas Sparks; Gerald Di Pego |
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| Country |
UK
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
12 and over |
| Running Time |
126 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
1999 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
132 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 2 |
| Release Date |
18/10/1999 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| PAL Widescreen |
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