Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of busin... Read allBook superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
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- TriviaThe scene where Joe accidentally closes the door of Kathleen's shop on the balloons was unscripted. Tom Hanks actually did that, and ad libbed the line, "Good thing it wasn't the fish." Nora Ephron thought it was so funny that she kept it in.
- GoofsWhen Joe picks up the book Kathleen has brought at the café and says 'Pride and Prejudice, I bet you just love this book', it is actually the cover of Jane Austen's Persuasion.
- Quotes
Kathleen Kelly: [in an email to Joe Fox] The odd thing about this form of communication is that you're more likely to talk about nothing than something. But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings.
- Crazy creditsWhen the 75th anniversary variation of the Warner Bros. logo finished, the clouds and the 75th anniversary wordings is fading to the computer wallpaper with the words "WARNER BROS. PRESENTS", leaving the shield logo and then it zooms out to show a computer desktop, segueing into the opening credits, and the WB logo moves to the upper-left corner. The sounds of computers and fax machines playing over the logo.
- Alternate versionsSeveral scenes were originally scripted and partly filmed but not included in the final cut:
- A scene in which Kathleen gets involved with two garbagemen and first gets tongue-tied.
- Extended scenes referring to the roof-top murderer including a love affair with George.
- A scene with Kathleen and Christina talking about falling in love.
- Extended scenes that characterize Patricia: a presentation of an author (the woman in the later elevator scene)
- Extended scenes that characterize Frank: he meets an famous author whom he adores.
- Scenes on Kathleen's and Joe's childhood.
- A scene in which Joe explains Annabel why the Shop Around the Corner had to close.
- SoundtracksThe Puppy Song
Written by Harry Nilsson
Performed by Harry Nilsson
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment
But the majority of women, and many of those men who do not see themselves as the Governor of California will surely find much to like in this charming eye-moistener.
Tales of this ilk can easily be mawkish, but this one largely avoids the trap, thanks to an intelligent script, the believability of the lead pair (as well as the supporting cast) and good pacing that leaves the denouement until the closing shot.
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Box office
- Budget
- $65,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $115,821,495
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,426,749
- Dec 20, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $250,821,575
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1