The Love Letter Page #2

Synopsis: The power of words and images to open hearts. Helen runs, miles a day, to burn off energy: she's an emotional celibate. Going through the post at her shop, she finds a romantic and poetic letter between the couch cushions, unsigned, and thinks it's for her. It melts her resistance to feelings, and soon she undertakes an affair with Johnny, a collegiate employee. (He sees the letter and thinks she wrote it to him; he quotes some of it, so she thinks he wrote it to her.) In the background are Helen's long-time friend, George, who loves her, and her mother who abruptly left on a long trip months' before. Discovering who actually wrote the letter brings insight and promise.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Production: DreamWorks SKG
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
PG-13
Year:
1999
88 min
496 Views


[Girls Chattering]

Yea!

Well, here we go! Thank you!

Greetings, booksellers.

Hey, fireman.

Hey, girls.

I found these little monkeys

hanging out of a tree.

- Hello, little monkeys. Hey, George.

- Hey.

Heard about that toaster oven fire.

What was the deal with that?

- English muffin.

- I heard it was a PopTart.

- No. English muffin.

- Did it have raisins in it?

- No, traditional English muffin.

- Thank God, 'cause raisins

can be... Poof! They just...

I had a raisin catch fire once

in my toaster, and it's...

[Laughs] All right.

Well, anyway, enjoy.

Did my books come in yet?

Jan, did George's books

come in yet?

[McNeely]

He's in love with her.

- He's been in love with her since

high school. She told me.

- [Johnny] She did not.

All right, so she didn't

tell me, but I can tell anyway.

It's typical

midlife crisis behavior.

Women don't have midlife crisis. Most

hit their peak in their 40s and 50s.

That's a known fact.

And my research suggests...

that most women reach their

highest potential at that age...

because they're finally free

of childbearing.

I was talkin'

about George.

Okay, well,

here are your books.

Uh, The Complete Idiot's Guide

to Surviving Divorce.

- The Divorce Workbook,

- Yeah. Thank you.

And, of course,

How Come Nobody Loves Me?

- [Clamor, Girls Shouting]

- Uh-oh, what's going on here?

- Oh! Oh!

- [Girls Crying]

[Panting]

- [Ringing]

- Because you're on the...

- Janet, watch the kids!

- I got 'em. Okay.

- [Alarm Continues]

- Be careful.

Daddy's going to play

with his fire hose!

- That didn't sound right.

- [Engine Starts]

[Siren Wailing]

- [Siren Stops]

- [Glass Shattering]

[George] Back away, folks.

All right, be careful, everyone.

Back away. Stay calm.

Coming through.

[Loud Clattering]

[Snorting]

(music) I love Loblolly

Love Loblolly, love Loblolly (music)

(music) Love, love Loblolly, love (music)

Do me a favor, will you?

Will you put bills in one pile,

junk mail in another pile?

- Right, right, right, right.

- Don't throw anything out

until I see it, please?

- Yep. I promise.

- Please? Promise? Okay.

[Thunder Rumbling]

- Hey, you wanna go

to dinner tonight?

- Oh, I can't. I've got a date.

- You know Fabio? His cousin's neighbor.

- Good. Yeah, good.

- He's a plumber.

- [Bell Jingles]

- Good night!

- [Door Closes]

[Sighs]

Hmm.

[Helen's Voice] Dearest, do you know

how in love with you I am?

Did I trip?

Did I stumble?

Lose my balance?

Graze my knee? Graze my heart?

I know I'm in love

when I see you.

I know when I long to see you,

I'm on fire.

Not a muscle has moved.

Leaves hang unruffled by

any breeze. The air is still.

I have fallen in love

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Maria Maggenti

Maria Maggenti (born c. 1962) is an American film director and screenwriter for film and television, who has traditionally created independent films. She was the script editor for the American television series, Without a Trace (2003) and has written many episodes for the show as well, but is perhaps best known for her feature film, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995). Her film Puccini for Beginners was in competition at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2006. She was also an activist with ACT UP for many years. more…

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