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You've Got Mail
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*You've Got Mail* is a 1998 American romantic comedy and Christmas film directed by Nora Ephron. The screenplay was written by Delia Ephron and Nora Ephron, who also served as producers alongside Lauren Shuler Donner. The cast includes Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, and Parker Posey. Produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment and The Donners' Company, the film was shot in New Jersey and features narrative locations in New Jersey and New York City. George Fenton composed the score, while John Lindley was the director of photography and Richard Marks was the film editor.
The movie has a runtime of 119 minutes and was released in the United States on December 18, 1998. It received a PG rating and has a main subject of computing. The film earned a box office revenue of $250,821,495 against a budget of $65,000,000. It has received 6 wins and 8 nominations. Audience and critic scores include an IMDb rating of 6.7 based on 246,284 votes, a Metascore of 58, and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 69%. The film is distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix in video on demand format.
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Film · TMDB
6.7Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Cast
- Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly
- Tom Hanks as Joe Fox
- Greg Kinnear as Frank Navasky
- Parker Posey as Patricia Eden
- Heather Burns as Christina Plutzker
- Dave Chappelle as Kevin Jackson
Themes
- bookshop
- businessman
- anonymous letter
- romcom
- falling in love
- manhattan, new york city
- class conflict
- online dating
- woman director
- christmas
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
244,152 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
69%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 6 wins & 8 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Nora Ephron
- Screenplay by
- Nora Ephron Delia Ephron
- Based on
- The Shop Around the Corner , by Samson Raphaelson Parfumerie , by Miklós László
- Produced by
- Lauren Shuler Donner Nora Ephron
- Starring
- Tom Hanks Meg Ryan Parker Posey Jean Stapleton Dave Chappelle Steve Zahn Greg Kinnear
- Cinematography
- John Lindley
- Edited by
- Richard Marks
- Music by
- George Fenton
- Production company
- Lauren Shuler Donner Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- December 18, 1998 ( 1998-12-18 )
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $65 million
- Box office
- $250.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Christmas film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- computing
- Director
- Nora Ephron
- Screenwriter
- Nora Ephron
- Cast member
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Composer
- George Fenton
- Producer
- Lauren Shuler Donner
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- John Lindley
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 379470
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/movies/youve-got-mail
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- publication date
- 1999-02-11
- film editor
- Richard Marks
- title
- You've Got Mail
- distributed by
- Netflix
- box office
- 115821495
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- review score
- 58/100
- capital cost
- 65000000
- set in environment
- bookstore
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Encyclopedic overview
You've Got Mail is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Nora Ephron, and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan alongside Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Dave Chappelle, Steve Zahn, and Greg Kinnear. Inspired by the 1937 Hungarian play Parfumerie by Miklós László (which had earlier been adapted in 1940 as The Shop Around the Corner and in 1949 as In the Good Old Summertime), the screenplay was co-written by Nora and Delia Ephron. It tells the story of two people in an online romance who are unaware they are also business rivals. It marked the third pairing of Hanks and Ryan, who previously appeared together in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993), the latter directed by Ephron. The film takes its name from the greeting AOL users receive when they get a new email.
Principal photography took place primarily on New York City's Upper West Side, from February to June 1998. You've Got Mail was released in the United States by Warner Bros. on December 18, 1998. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $250.8 million worldwide against a $65 million budget, making it Nora Ephron's highest-grossing film.
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