Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

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Wikidata Q107167, film, IMDb tt0108160, TMDB 858: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the best known by that title (52 Wikipedias; the next, 0); 1 more episode agrees.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

You've Got Mail: 4 lines theme ×2 contrast ×1 craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): You've Got Mail → Sleepless in Seattle. Both Hanks-Ryan films are experiments on the rom-com: one withholds the couple until the last scene, the other puts them together and makes them unpleasant.
    “sleepless in Seattle is obviously like, can you create a rom-com with chemistry between the 2 actors without them ever actually communicating until the last scene of the movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:31:34 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Hanging Up: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Hanging Up → Sleepless in Seattle. Ephron made chemistry between leads who never share a room in Sleepless; Hanging Up's phone-separated sisters lack it.
    “Nora Efron made a fucking movie, Sleepless in Seattle, where your 2 leads have chemistry together, despite not actually speaking until the last 10 minutes of the movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:58:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Twister: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Twister → Sleepless in Seattle. Dr. Melissa is the stable fiance archetype that rom-coms usually give to the guy, like Bill Pullman in Sleepless in Seattle and Greg Kinnear in You've Got Mail.
    “It's like Bill Palman in Seattle and Greg Canair and you got mail.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:05:33 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): You've Got Mail → Sleepless in Seattle. Sleepless in Seattle has a more convoluted plot yet runs an hour 45; You've Got Mail runs too long.
    “Like sleepless in Seattle, which has a more convoluted plot than this, is an hour 45.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:17:07 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Hanging Up → Sleepless in Seattle. Ephron made chemistry between leads who never share a room in Sleepless; Hanging Up's phone-separated sisters lack it.
    “Nora Efron made a fucking movie, Sleepless in Seattle, where your 2 leads have chemistry together, despite not actually speaking until the last 10 minutes of the movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:58:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): You've Got Mail → Sleepless in Seattle. Both Hanks-Ryan films are experiments on the rom-com: one withholds the couple until the last scene, the other puts them together and makes them unpleasant.
    “sleepless in Seattle is obviously like, can you create a rom-com with chemistry between the 2 actors without them ever actually communicating until the last scene of the movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:31:34 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (theme): Twister → Sleepless in Seattle. Dr. Melissa is the stable fiance archetype that rom-coms usually give to the guy, like Bill Pullman in Sleepless in Seattle and Greg Kinnear in You've Got Mail.
    “It's like Bill Palman in Seattle and Greg Canair and you got mail.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:05:33 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): You've Got Mail → Sleepless in Seattle. Another memorable Ephron food moment: the apple in Sleepless in Seattle.
    “The Apple and sleepless in Seattle.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:04:07 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): You've Got Mail → Sleepless in Seattle. Ryan's loneliness is only hinted at in Sleepless but is the persistent subject here.
    “This movie's so much more honest about how sad she is.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:59:28 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

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