Message In A Bottle Page #5

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


418

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31:00,348 -- 00:31:01,668

Watch your head with the boom.

419

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31:45,346 -- 00:31:47,306

Do you hear from your mama?

420

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31:49,388 -- 00:31:50,738

Got a letter.

421

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31:52,221 -- 00:31:53,621

Still doesn't like you.

422

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31:56,137 -- 00:31:57,617

No fooling.

423

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32:05,220 -- 00:32:07,650

Looks a little small for you.

424

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32:08,220 -- 00:32:09,290

What?

425

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32:09,845 -- 00:32:10,725

The jacket.

426

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32:11,054 -- 00:32:12,174

What jack--

427

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32:15,053 -- 00:32:16,323

-lt's hers.

-Whose?

428

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32:17,428 -- 00:32:19,018

Woman from today.

429

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32:19,512 -- 00:32:21,182

She left it on board.

430

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32:22,678 -- 00:32:25,068

Well, did you tell her?

Did you call her?

431

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32:25,553 -- 00:32:26,513

No.

432

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32:26,803 -- 00:32:30,163

l thought maybe you'd drop it off

for me in town at the hotel.

433

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32:31,761 -- 00:32:33,881

l'm not going to do it.

Take her the jacket.

434

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32:36,344 -- 00:32:38,014

You don't want to see her again?

435

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32:40,011 -- 00:32:40,811

Maybe.

436

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32:41,136 -- 00:32:42,286

So?

437

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32:44,094 -- 00:32:46,524

So, Dad, it's not an easy thing.

438

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32:49,636 -- 00:32:51,116

You be her.

439

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32:51,760 -- 00:32:52,750

l'll be you.

440

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32:53,969 -- 00:32:55,319

Here's your jacket.

441

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32:59,552 -- 00:33:01,062

Jackets like that. . .

442

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33:01,510 -- 00:33:03,980

. . .don't come along

every week, you know.

443

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33:15,635 -- 00:33:16,755

One second.

444

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33:25,551 -- 00:33:26,351

You forgot this.

445

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33:26,634 -- 00:33:27,904

Thank you.

446

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33:28,676 -- 00:33:30,746

l stayed in.

l didn't even notice.

447

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33:31,551 -- 00:33:32,621

Thanks.

448

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33:34,717 -- 00:33:36,067

You want to come in?

449

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33:44,050 -- 00:33:45,320

Nice place.

450

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33:46,800 -- 00:33:49,030

lt's Victorian, 1 91 1 .

451

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33:49,550 -- 00:33:51,940

Made into an inn in 1 944.

452

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33:52,758 -- 00:33:53,558

But. . .

453

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33:53,925 -- 00:33:55,725

. . .you probably knew all that stuff.

454

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33:57,550 -- 00:33:59,220

l've never been in here.

455

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33:59,966 -- 00:34:00,766

Oh, well.

456

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34:01,550 -- 00:34:03,940

Why would you be in here?

You're from here.

457

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34:04,300 -- 00:34:06,130

This is your hometown.

458

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34:10,008 -- 00:34:11,968

l had a really good time today.

459

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34:14,091 -- 00:34:14,921

The boat did well.

460

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34:15,466 -- 00:34:17,696

We didn't have to bail or anything.

461

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34:24,049 -- 00:34:26,119

Thanks for bringing the jacket.

462

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34:26,465 -- 00:34:27,785

You're welcome.

463

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34:29,507 -- 00:34:31,787

l just said thank you

about eight times. . .

464

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34:32,132 -- 00:34:34,852

. . .because l have no idea

what to say.

465

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34:35,590 -- 00:34:39,340

l wonder why you're here, because

you don't know what to say either.

466

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34:39,757 -- 00:34:40,987

l'm wondering that too.

467

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34:50,048 -- 00:34:51,238

You eat meat?

468

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34:53,423 -- 00:34:54,543

Eat red meat?

469

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34:55,298 -- 00:34:56,728

Sometimes.

470

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34:57,423 -- 00:34:59,813

l make a perfect steak.

471

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35:01,214 -- 00:35:03,094

lt's the best thing l do.

472

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35:07,089 -- 00:35:08,599

-You're bragging.

-l know.

473

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35:09,881 -- 00:35:11,281

But it's true.

474

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35:12,381 -- 00:35:15,291

Well, that's very interesting.

Thanks for telling me.

475

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35:18,714 -- 00:35:20,114

l'd like to make you one. . .

476

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35:20,589 -- 00:35:21,739

. . .tomorrow night.

477

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35:22,047 -- 00:35:23,197

You would?

478

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35:28,047 -- 00:35:31,957

You know, on the boat today. . .

479

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35:32,380 -- 00:35:34,210

. . .l had a good time too.

480

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35:41,379 -- 00:35:42,649

What time?

481

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35:44,254 -- 00:35:45,734

Six.

482

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35:47,004 -- 00:35:49,044

lt's 1 8 Foster Lane.

483

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35:49,504 -- 00:35:50,494

l know.

484

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35:51,629 -- 00:35:52,539

You do?

485

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35:54,087 -- 00:35:55,407

l know. . .

486

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35:55,712 -- 00:35:57,702

. . .it's got to be on the water.

Right?

487

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35:58,921 -- 00:36:01,391

Right. Everything's on the water.

488

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36:03,545 -- 00:36:05,375

-Night.

-See you.

489

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36:32,128 -- 00:36:33,168

You found it.

490

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36:37,044 -- 00:36:38,194

Come in.

491

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36:38,794 -- 00:36:40,784

l didn't know you were so close.

492

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36:41,211 -- 00:36:42,531

You walked!

493

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36:44,044 -- 00:36:45,194

l hope you like red.

494

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36:45,711 -- 00:36:47,781

l do. l already have one opened.

495

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36:50,960 -- 00:36:52,150

You need some help?

496

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36:52,460 -- 00:36:53,260

No.

497

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36:53,585 -- 00:36:54,545

Just. . .

498

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36:54,835 -- 00:36:56,475

. . .make yourself welcome.

499

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36:57,460 -- 00:37:00,210

-Can l pour you a glass?

-Yeah, please.

500

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37:05,710 -- 00:37:07,220

What a great house!

501

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37:08,876 -- 00:37:10,276

The light in here. . . .

502

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37:24,418 -- 00:37:26,648

l love this boat painting.

503

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37:27,376 -- 00:37:29,416

lt's incredible.

You can hear it, almost.

504

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37:29,751 -- 00:37:30,901

The wind.

505

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37:32,126 -- 00:37:34,036

ls it a local artist?

506

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37:34,917 -- 00:37:36,477

lt's my wife, Catherine.

507

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37:38,084 -- 00:37:40,154

She died two years ago.

508

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37:44,292 -- 00:37:45,612

l'm sorry.

509

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38:17,041 -- 00:38:18,111

Do you paint also?

510

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38:27,457 -- 00:38:30,177

My dad died when l was in college.

511

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38:30,582 -- 00:38:33,572

l remember my mom kept

one of his shirts. . .

512

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38:33,957 -- 00:38:36,917

. . .on the back of a chair

in my parents' bedroom.

513

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38:37,373 -- 00:38:39,763

And she probably

left it there for. . . .

514

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38:42,206 -- 00:38:44,356

Maybe it's still there,

l don't know.

515

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39:23,955 -- 00:39:26,235

Look, l was nervous. . .

516

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39:26,580 -- 00:39:29,250

. . .so l drank too much wine.

517

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39:29,705 -- 00:39:33,455

But listen, there's something

that l should tell you.

518

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39:33,871 -- 00:39:35,701

l was nervous too.

519

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39:38,496 -- 00:39:39,456

l just. . . .

520

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39:43,413 -- 00:39:44,453

What?

521

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39:50,454 -- 00:39:51,524

l didn't. . . .

522

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39:53,787 -- 00:39:55,457

l don't do this.

523

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39:55,829 -- 00:39:56,869

Thank God.

524

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39:57,162 -- 00:39:58,722

l don't do this either.

525

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39:59,037 -- 00:40:00,307

l'm not good at this.

526

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40:05,620 -- 00:40:08,500

For two people that don't do it,

we do it pretty well.

527

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40:15,203 -- 00:40:17,713

Does it feel cold enough for a fire?

528

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40:24,994 -- 00:40:27,384

l thought we were still in love.

529

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40:28,828 -- 00:40:31,058

But maybe l didn't even

think about it. . .

530

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40:31,411 -- 00:40:35,091

. . .because l had my son,

my work, my husband.

531

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l was on my way to becoming a writer.

532

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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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