Message In A Bottle Page #4

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
944 Views


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l keep imagining what l'd say to you

if somehow you came back. ''

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Bob. lt's Theresa at the Tribune.

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l know, it's been a while.

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l've got something for you.

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lt's two traces.

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A sheet of stationery

has an imprint on it.

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Also,

where do l go for a typewriter trace?

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The typewriter you're looking for...

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. . .is an Olympic Herzfogen 980.

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German. And old.

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Would it have been sold commercially. . .

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. . .in the last 30 years?

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Well, it's been re-keyed.

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People who like manuals

buy these reconditioned.

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This letter was probably typed

within the last 5 years.

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So he's out there.

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And he could be young.

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You'll like this.

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Remember the report l did?

Cork came back.

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lt's been in the water

approximately two years.

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That's it? Two years?

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Thank you.

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Don't look at me.

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Aqua glass.

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Eighty-nine. . .

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. . .looks like an ''A. ''

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l'm sending you Polaroids.

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That sounds great.

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You like the baby, then?

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You're always so busy.

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l never get a chance to talk to you.

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-Hang up!

-Hang on one second.

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Remember the message

on the restaurant wall in Virginia?

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The stationery, the logo

and the typewriter are there.

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Hit line five.

She's waiting for you.

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-l never get to talk to him.

-Call him back.

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Can she fax it?

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Fax it? lt's Virginia.

Ellie's House of Crabs.

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How do l know if

she has a fax machine?

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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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