Though there were big action movies in release such as “Jurassic Park” and “The Last Action Hero,” when “Sleepless” came out, the film more than held its own at the box office, earning $220 million worldwide. I think we just proved him wrong.’ And we did.”Įven 25 years later, Foster is still friend with Ryan, Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, who plays Sam’s good friend Suzy, as well as with Delia Ephron, the filmmaker’s youngster sister who worked on the final draft of the Oscar-nominated script and was associate producer and with Jeff Arch, who wrote the story and the original script. After she called Warner, the Navy suddenly said, “’Sure, you can come and use the hangar.’”Įphron, who died in 2012 at the age of 71, informed Foster near the end of production that director Mike Nichols once told her “’no good movies come from a pleasant experience. That was former Republican senator from Virginia John Warner, who had been married to Elizabeth Taylor and had been Secretary of the Navy. The Federal bureaucracy was, you know, slow or saying no. “There was an old Navy base that was being shut down and we wanted to use one of their big hangars as our sound stage. “There were no stages in Seattle,” note Foster. But they almost didn’t get space to use as their sound stage. The rest of the sequence where Annie and Sam finally meet on the observation deck at night on Valentine’s Day was shot in Seattle. “She said OK, but they can only have it for six hours,” said Foster.Īnd that’s how they got the helicopter shot, the lobby scene with Annie and Josh walking around the observation deck asking women if they were Annie. Oh God! I loved that movie.The publicist asked the Queen of Mean, who owned the building, for permission. He busted his neck while they were parachuting down behind the Nazi lines.Īnd Richard Jaeckel - at the beginning he had on this shiny helmet. And Richard Jaeckel and Lee Marvin were sitting on top of this armored personnel carrier, dressed up like Nazis. Jim Brown was throwing these hand grenades down these airshafts. Without it falling down into weepy tears over some movie!Īlthough I cried at the end of The Dirty Dozen. Well I'm not looking for a mail-order bride! I just want somebody I can have a decent conversation with over dinner. and he looks and he comes out and he looks at her and he kind of just. Suddenly he goes, "I already sold the painting." And he like goes to the bedroom. with this blanket over her shriveled little legs. and never know why she's just lying there, you know, on the couch. And you think that he's just gonna walk out the door. he doesn't even notice that she doesn't get up to say hello. Oh, it's so amazing when he comes to see her because. And he's too proud to find out why she doesn't come. She's gonna meet him at the top of the Empire State Building. Did you ever see it? Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. On Valentine's Day.Īn Affair To Remember. She wants to meet me at the top of the Empire State Building. Sam Baldwin: And Richard Jaeckel - at the beginning he had on this shiny helmet. Sam Baldwin: He busted his neck while they were parachuting down behind the Nazi lines. Sam Baldwin: Jim Brown was throwing these hand grenades down these airshafts. Sam Baldwin: Although I cried at the end of The Dirty Dozen. Greg: She's, as you just saw, very emotional. Without it falling down into weepy tears over some movie! Sam Baldwin: Well I'm not looking for a mail-order bride! I just want somebody I can have a decent conversation with over dinner. Suzy: Suddenly he goes, "I already sold the painting." And he like goes to the bedroom. Sam Baldwin: She wants to meet me at the top of the Empire State Building.
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