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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 08/03/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 11 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 26 Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Melodrama See Also: Message in a Bottle [Mother's Day Gift Set], Message In a Bottle, Message in a Bottle

Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, Message In A Bottle stars Robin Wright Penn as Theresa Osborne, a writer for the Chicago Tribune. While her son visits her cheating ex-husband, Theresa goes on a vacation by herself. One day, while running on the beach, she finds a bottle washed up on the shore. She opens it and inside finds a love letter unlike any she's ever read. Captivated by the author's words of love, she returns to her job at the Tribune where she convinces her boss to run an article about the mystery writer, known only as "G." He approves, and Theresa begins her hunt. Scrutinizing every physical detail of the letter and the path the bottle may have taken, she eventually locates Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), a North Carolina boat-restorer who has not been the same since the tragic death of his beloved wife Catherine. Since her death, Garret has written several letters to his dead wife, put them in a bottles, and let them loose in the sea. As Theresa spends time with Garret, she quickly falls in love with him, though she neglects to tell him she knows about the letters. Garret, prodded by his cantankerous, no-nonsense dad, Dodge (Paul Newman), emerges from his shell of grief and develops an interest in Theresa as well. Theresa returns to Chicago and Garret soon visits her; he meets her son, Jason (Jesse James), but also discovers her knowledge of the letters. Eventually the two, who have both lost love, must cast off their emotional baggage and decide if they will pursue love even if it can't always last. ~ Ron Wells, All Movie Guide

Kevin Costner - Garret Blake
Robin Wright Penn - Theresa Osborne
Paul Newman - Dodge Blake
John Savage - Johnny Land
Illeana Douglas - Lina Paul

Kevin Costner and Robin Wright Penn star in this touchingly romantic adaptation of author Nicholas Spark's best-selling tale of love lost and found, presented on DVD with some insightful extra features. Presented in the original 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio (enhanced for widescreen TVs), the image is accompanied by a rich, closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack with optional English subtitles. Extra features include a full-length audio-commentary track with director Luis Mandoki and producer Denise Di Novi, deleted scenes with commentary, and five "hidden" documentary special effects segments in addition to filmographies and a theatrical trailer. Fans of romantic dramas won't want to be without this fine release from Warner Home Video. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide