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Message in a Bottle Details

1999

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The story of a long distance love connection that is made when Penn, a Chicago journalist, discovers a love letter that Costner, a widowed sailboat repairer, let drift into the ocean. She quickly tracks him down and an honest bond forms between the two. When he discovers that she hasn't been entirely honest with him, the .. Read more

Starring	John Savage, Illeana Douglas, Robbie Coltrane, Viveka Davis
Director	Luis Mandoki
Genres	Drama, Romance

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Message in a Bottle

Starring	John Savage, Illeana Douglas, Robbie Coltrane, Viveka Davis, Rosemary Murphy, Raphael Sbarge, Bethel Leslie, Kevin Costner, Tom Aldredge, Robin Wright Penn, Jesse James, Paul Newman, Richard Ha
Director	Luis Mandoki
Studio	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 6 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Romance
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Romanian
Released	Production year: 1999 To Rent: DVD: 18 Oct 1999

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  Kevin Costner plays a soppy lad who wrote some letters to his late wife and threw them in the ocean. A lonely woman walks by who also happens to be a reporter ... read more »
  
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  Bit of a let down
  
  After reading the book I thought I would watch the film and was really dissapointed with it. Too much of the story has been altered and they have brought ... read more »
  
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  a bit of phwoar for sailing enthusiasts
  
  Romantic but melancholy. Lovely shots of boats and water, though. As with all Kostner films, too too long. Should be half an hour shorter.
  
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  I loved this film, beautiful moments, a good one for a weep when missing someone you loved who is lost.
  
  I loved this film, its got some beautiful moments which tugged my heart strings and so get the tissues out! a great film for a good weep when you're missing... read more »
  
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  The story of a long distance love connection that is made when Penn, a Chicago journalist, discovers a love letter that Costner, a widowed sailboat repairer, let drift into the ocean. She quickly tracks him down and an honest bond forms between the two. When he discovers that she hasn't been ...