Kim Basinger also turned it down because she thought the premise was ridiculous (Good move Kim!!) After Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jodie Foster all declined as well, Meg Ryan landed the role.
Amazingly the role of Annie was originally offered to Julia Roberts, who turned it down. He is heartbreakingly excellent as the widower. Both are very different, but are equally brilliant.
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Who is drawn to Jim based on his story, despite already being engaged to Walter (Bill Pullman) 1993 was a massive year for Tom Hanks with both this movie and "Philadelphia" being huge hits. Among the many women who hear Sam's story and fall in love with him solely because of it is Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) a Baltimore-based newspaper writer. Sam ends up pouring his heart out about his magical and perfect marriage to his late wife, and how much he still misses her. On Christmas Eve, Jonah calls a national radio talk show and ask for a "new wife" for his Dad. His eight year old son Jonah (Ross Malinger) misses his mother, but he wants his father to get a new wife despite Sam having not even contemplated dating again. Plot In A Paragraph: Eighteen months after losing his wife, Sam (Tom Hanks) is still grieving and can't sleep. I will not lie to you, I will admit right from the off that I am biased. Hanks, Ryan and Ephron teamed up again for You've Got Mail, which is inferior but still worthwhile. The climax at the top of the Empire State Building takes its inspiration from the 1950s weepie An Affair to Remember(with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr), and is very effective. In terms of acting, both Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan give marvellous lead performances, while Ross Malinger is a nice surprise as Hanks's son. The scenery is striking, the soundtrack is very welcoming, the direction is solid and the script has heart and wit. The other is features a woman journalist from Baltimore, who overhears the broadcast with Hanks's son pouring his heart out about his concerns for dad and decides to track him down.
The idea to keep Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan apart for most of the movie is a dangerous one, but guess what, I found that it worked! Strictly speaking, Sleeping in Seattle is made up of two story lines, one is about a recently widowed man who moves to Seattle and does nothing but grieve. In general, Sleepless in Seattle is just a charming romantic comedy, co-scripted and directed by When Harry Met Sally writer Nora Ephron. The fact that it is somewhat old-fashioned is not a bad thing at all, in fact it is done wonderfully. Sleepless in Seattle is manipulative and unashamedly so.
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