Message In A Bottle Page #11

Synopsis: A 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.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Luis Mandoki
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
32%
PG-13
Year:
1999
126 min
1,017 Views


...and all regret...

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...and an end to all anger.

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Please, God.

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Amen.

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l never knew what she wrote.

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She. . .

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. . .never came back from that day.

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l dried her.

l tried to keep her warm.

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Took her to the hospital.

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She never. . . .

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She died three days later.

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l keep thinking if she hadn't

gone out that day--

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Garret, she knew.

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She said it.

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''Not even a little death can

knock down this house. '' She knew.

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l want to. . .

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. . .keep this.

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l'm sorry.

Would you rather be alone?

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Has he called?

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l left him a message, though.

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l said l was sorry.

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And l asked him to call.

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Well, then, he will.

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Lina, do you remember. . .

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. . .what l was always complaining about?

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All those times you let me cry

on your shoulder about David.

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Remember?

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Honesty. Trust.

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l was so scared.

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l don't. . . .

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l was falling in love

with Garret and l. . . .

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Half of my mind was saying,

''Tell him'' . . .

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. . .and the other half was saying. . .

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. . . ''Just wait. He's not

going to understand.

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Wait till the right moment.

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Just wait till you have the

right words. '' You know?

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And l blew it. l just. . .

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. . .killed it by being what l hate:

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A liar.

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You're not a liar.

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But to him l am.

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And l don't think he's ever

going to be able to trust me now.

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Don't you understand we all

have our own little lies. . .

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. . .and our little unspoken truths?

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And you just have to have a little

faith that he'll understand that.

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l don't know.

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l don't know if he can.

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l saw his pain. He was holding her

letter and he was reading it.

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And there was just. . .

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. . .so much pain and. . . .

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He has so much love for her,

you know?

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l don't know.

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You said if l was ever thinking about

writing a piece for the paper. . . .

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No kidding.

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ls he in here?

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No.

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Other stories.

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Good stories.

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lt's about time.

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People get hurt, they shut down.

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Till the pain goes away?

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l don't know.

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Maybe you just learn to take it in

like everything else.

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Kind of like a few pieces of cork

in a great glass of wine.

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You don't want to miss the wine.

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ls that in here?

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The cork in the wine thing?

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No.

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Good. l hate it.

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lt may be that most of us

write our own life story...

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...making it up as we go along.

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But others seem to have lives

that are already shaped and planned...

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...inescapable...

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...perfect as a circle.

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Open it.

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Slowly.

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-This is exciting.

-lt is.

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Front page of the section!

Great!

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Thanks, bud.

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Can l cut it out?

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Sure.

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-ls this okay?

-That is great.

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That's perfect. Thank you.

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Here's your mail, ma'am.

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Thank you.

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Sure.

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Nice.

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l love what you've done here.

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-Very minimalist.

-Very nice of you to stop by, sir.

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Yes, well, l come bearing a gift

for your new phone booth office.

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-Can l hang it?

-That is so sweet.

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l know.

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You'll never guess who it is.

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You seem happy.

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ls anything all right?

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Ahab.

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May l?

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lf you decide to go do something

wild and ridiculous. . .

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. . .it'll only prove one thing.

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And what's that?

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He's one lucky old son of the sea.

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That's a Charlie Toschi quote.

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You know, somebody's going to think

you're drying your skivvies up there.

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You look nice.

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Yeah, well, it hurts.

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She's beautiful, Garret.

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Thanks, Marta.

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Gerald Di Pego

Gerald Di Pego was born in 1941. He is a writer and producer, known for Instinct (1999), Phenomenon (1996) and The Forgotten (2004). He has been married to Christine DiPego since 1992. He was previously married to Janet Kapsin. more…

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