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Message in a Bottle
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6.3A 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.
Released: 1999-02-22131 minDir: Luis MandokiRomance, DramaBudget: $80.0MBox office: $119M
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
Themes
- sailboat
- anonymous letter
- sailing
- love letter
- bottle
- cape cod
- message in a bottle
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
42,099 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
32%
Metacritic
40/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Message in a Bottle
- Director
- Luis Mandoki
- Screenwriter
- Nicholas Sparks
- Cast member
- Mauricio Ochmann
- Composer
- Gabriel Yared
- Producer
- Kevin Costner
- Cinematographer
- Caleb Deschanel
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Maine
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 331677
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- message-bottle.warnerbros.com
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- publication date
- 1999-08-26
- title
- Message in a Bottle
- film editor
- Steven Weisberg
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 30000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 40/100
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