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Message in a Bottle
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Message in a Bottle
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List Price: $14.96
Sales Rank : 2843
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Actors: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, Paul Newman, John Savage, Illeana Douglas
Directors: Luis Mandoki
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating:
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: August 3, 1999
Run Time: 131 minutes
Average Customer Review:
  147 customer reviews
Product 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
Product Description
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
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