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  2. Message in a Bottle is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki, based on Nicholas Sparks's novel of the same name, and starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright and Paul Newman. It was filmed in Maine, Chicago and Wilmington, North Carolina. The film follows a writer in love with a shipbuilder after finding a letter inside the bottle. The film was released February 12, 1999, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was panned by the critics, but was a box-office hit, grossing $118 million against a $30 million budget.
    Release dateFebruary 12, 1999 (USA)
    Content ratingPG-13
    GenreDrama · Romance
    Directed byLuis Mandoki
    Plot

    Theresa Osborne, a former reporter, works as a researcher for the Chicago Tribune. On a trip to Cape Cod, she finds a mysterious, intriguing and typed love letter in a bottle in the sand, addressed to Catherine. She is fascinated … See more

    Cast

    Kevin Costner as Garrett
    Robin Wright Penn as Theresa
    John Savage as Johnny Land
    Illeana Douglas as Lina… See more

    Production

    The producers originally planned to film on Tangier Island, Virginia, but the Tangier town council voted against allowing it due to the drinking, swearing and sex in the script.
    Warner Bro… See more

    Reception

    The film grossed $52.9 million in North America, and $66.0 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $118.9 million. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $18.9 million, finishing first at the box office, … See more

     
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    Message in a Bottle (film) - Wikipedia

    Message in a Bottle is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki, based on Nicholas Sparks's novel of the same name, and starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright (under her then-married name Robin Wright Penn) and Paul Newman. It was filmed in Maine, Chicago and Wilmington, North … See more

    Theresa Osborne, a former reporter, works as a researcher for the Chicago Tribune. On a trip to Cape Cod, she finds a mysterious, intriguing and typed love letter in a bottle in the … See more

    Kevin Costner as Garrett
    Robin Wright Penn as Theresa
    John Savage as Johnny Land
    Illeana Douglas as … See more

    Filming
    The producers originally planned to film on Tangier Island, Virginia, but the Tangier town council voted against allowing it due to the drinking, swearing and sex in the script.
    Warner Bros. tried See more

    Box office
    The film grossed $52.9 million in North America, and $66.0 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $118.9 million. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $18.9 million, finishing first at the box office, knocking See more

    Message in a Bottle was released on VHS, LaserDisc and DVD August 3, 1999. See more

    Message in a bottle, about the history, nature and actual examples of bottled messages See more

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    During her morning jog on the beach, journalist Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn) discovers a bottle protruding from the sand. Inside it, she finds a heartbreaking, anonymous love...

  7. Message In A Bottle movie review (1999) - Roger Ebert

    Feb 12, 1999 · Robin Wright Penn plays Theresa, a researcher for the Chicago Tribune, who finds a letter in a bottle. It is a heartbreaking love note to “Catherine,” by a man who wants to make amends to his true north.

  8. Nicholas Sparks Message in a Bottle

    Kevin Costner as Garret and Robin Wright Penn as Theresa bring high-voltage starpower to Message in a Bottle, a tale of love lost and found based on Nicholas Sparks' bestseller and directed by Luis Mandoki (White Palace, When a Man …

  9. Message in a Bottle (1999) — The Movie Database …

    Feb 22, 1999 · While on vacation in the Northeast a researcher for the Chicago Tribune (Robin Wright Penn) finds a romantic message in a bottle that is truly moving. After her editor prints the letter it becomes a hit and she travels to …

  10. Amazon.com: Message in a Bottle : Kevin Costner, …

    Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn) is a successful journalist who discovers a bottle washed up upon the shore. The bottle contains a heartfelt love letter to an unknown woman called Catherine and signed 'G'.

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