Message In A Bottle Page #7

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


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-She wanted to come home to us!

-This was her home!

641

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Now he's killing her mother.

642

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49:13,767 -- 00:49:15,727

l hear her heart break

every goddamn day.

643

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49:16,059 -- 00:49:17,539

l gave you everything of hers.

644

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49:17,851 -- 00:49:19,841

The paintings!

You got yourself another woman.

645

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-What the hell do you care?

-You son of a b*tch.

646

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49:23,142 -- 00:49:24,542

Just stay out of this.

647

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49:24,850 -- 00:49:25,970

Step aside!

648

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She painted them here.

649

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She hung them here.

650

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49:33,600 -- 00:49:36,400

She was the last to touch them!

That's how it'll stay!

651

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49:38,850 -- 00:49:40,920

This is what you want, isn't it?

652

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lf l cut it up

you can all have a piece.

653

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49:43,808 -- 00:49:45,038

You can all have a piece of her!

654

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Just set it down, Dad.

655

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Step aside!

656

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My God. . .

657

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49:54,266 -- 00:49:56,416

. . .is this what she is to you?

658

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49:58,599 -- 00:50:01,589

Something to fight over, pull apart?

Look at you.

659

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50:02,141 -- 00:50:04,341

All three of you

have blood in your eyes.

660

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50:04,849 -- 00:50:06,079

ls that for Catherine?

661

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Or is that so you can walk around and

beat your chest like a bunch of apes?

662

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50:11,057 -- 00:50:12,487

Goddamn it, you're outside of this.

663

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Well, l loved her too.

664

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And l want something

to remember her by.

665

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50:17,140 -- 00:50:18,730

Piece of this will do.

666

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She'd hate this!

667

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She'd hate it, Hank.

668

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Dodge is right.

She'd hate this. . .

669

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. . .worse than dying!

670

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Crazy people.

671

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They're only half the war.

672

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You saw them.

You heard what they said.

673

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But you carry your half around

pretty good too.

674

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Are you okay with this?

675

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Until you. . .

676

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53:53,341 -- 00:53:57,171

. . .l didn't even think about

being close to anybody else.

677

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Sometimes. . .

678

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54:06,840 -- 00:54:08,640

. . .l still feel her. She's. . .

679

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. . .here.

680

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And l don't want to

cheat you, Theresa.

681

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You're going to eat

that whole bag?

682

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Why do you have

two bags of marshmallows?

683

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Ammo.

684

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Wait.

685

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lt's so great here.

686

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lt was so nice outside.

687

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l decided to set the table out there.

ls that okay?

688

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56:39,710 -- 00:56:41,910

You said to come in, right?

689

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l know.

690

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We can eat

in the kitchen if you want.

691

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And l got angel food cake,

so l hope your dad likes cake.

692

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57:01,001 -- 00:57:02,831

l was going to put that back.

693

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Look, l just didn't know

where the boundaries were.

694

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57:16,167 -- 00:57:18,597

l didn't know where

the boundaries were either.

695

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57:19,709 -- 00:57:21,779

Let me get this out of the way.

l'm sorry.

696

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57:22,125 -- 00:57:23,035

l really--

697

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Let me get it.

698

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57:27,125 -- 00:57:28,605

Let me clean it up, okay?

699

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-l'll get a rag. l can do it.

-l'll get it.

700

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l said, l'll get it!

701

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57:38,250 -- 00:57:40,240

Just give me a minute.

702

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58:02,415 -- 00:58:03,685

So you're the jacket.

703

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58:05,415 -- 00:58:06,455

Yeah, that's me.

704

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58:06,749 -- 00:58:09,259

You were looking around here

a couple days ago.

705

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58:09,623 -- 00:58:10,893

Find what you wanted?

706

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58:12,373 -- 00:58:13,443

l don't know.

707

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58:14,748 -- 00:58:16,228

l'm Theresa.

708

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58:18,331 -- 00:58:19,451

Dodge.

709

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58:20,456 -- 00:58:21,686

Like the pickup.

710

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58:22,748 -- 00:58:25,498

He said you were pretty.

He should've said beautiful.

711

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58:26,248 -- 00:58:27,998

Why didn't he inherit that charm?

712

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58:29,164 -- 00:58:31,524

You had a fight.

That's a good sign.

713

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58:32,456 -- 00:58:33,686

l made a mistake.

714

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l moved something

out of its place.

715

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58:40,747 -- 00:58:42,707

Don't pay that any mind.

716

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58:43,247 -- 00:58:44,437

He's still not right about it.

717

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lt's like a truck hit him.

Swear to God.

718

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Clams, better here than anywhere.

Come on inside.

719

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58:56,538 -- 00:58:58,178

lt's pretty crowded in there.

720

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You want to take a walk?

721

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He won't tell you much.

722

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The man talks

about as much as a fish.

723

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Anyway. . .

724

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. . .wasn't good

right from the beginning.

725

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Her family thought

that she would be the one. . .

726

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. . .to bust out of here

and just shake the world.

727

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Garret was too much like them.

728

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They thought, anyway,

that he would be. . .

729

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. . .an anchor around her,

keep her life small.

730

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How did she die?

731

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Pregnancy just took

the stuffing right out of her.

732

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Keeled over at her parents' house

and they kept her there.

733

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So Garret went over

and kicked the door down.

734

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Carried her out.

735

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She was glad too.

736

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He took care of her

the best he could. . .

737

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. . .for about a month, l guess.

And then. . . .

738

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Well, she just. . .

739

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. . .gave out.

740

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Now you know why Garret

don't talk much.

741

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Because his old man never shuts up.

742

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Can we eat now?

743

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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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