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Message in a Bottle
A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
1999 · Directed by Luis Mandoki · 131 min · Romance · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
A story of love lost and found.
Crew
- Screenplay: Gerald Di Pego
- Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel
- Edited by: Steven Weisberg
- Music: Gabriel Yared
- Production design: Jeffrey Beecroft
- Produced by: Denise Di Novi, Kevin Costner, Jim Wilson
Cast
- Kevin Costner as Garrett Blake
- Robin Wright as Theresa Osborne
- Paul Newman as Dodge Blake
- John Savage as Johnny Land
- Illeana Douglas as Lina Paul
- Robbie Coltrane as Charlie Toschi
- Jesse James as Jason Osborne
- Bethel Leslie as Marta Land
- Tom Aldredge as Hank Land
- Viveka Davis as Alva
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Bel Air Entertainment, Tig Productions, Di Novi Pictures
- Budget: $80,000,000
- Box office: $118,880,016
- Themes: sailboat, anonymous letter, sailing, love letter, bottle, cape cod, message in a bottle
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