You've Got Mail

The Rom Com Rewrite

This month, a message in a bottle from the dawn of the internet dating age washes up on our shore.

You’ve Got Mail

Year: 1998

Written by: Miklós László, Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron

Directed by: Nora Ephron

Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan

Show notes:

In the third of the Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks rom coms, Kathleen owns a bookshop and Joe owns a bigger bookshop. What could possibly go wrong?

In this episode, we mention The Shop Around The Corner (1940) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/), Pillow Talk (1959) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053172/), Your Place Or Mine (2023) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12823454/), Catfish: The TV Show (2012- ) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2498968/), Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1782) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Liaisons_dangereuses), Dangerous Liaisons (1988) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094947/) and Cruel Intentions (1999) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139134/). We refer obliquely to Joe Versus The Volcano (1990) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099892/) and Sleepless In Seattle (1993) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108160/).

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We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.

Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzaltzaustwick.com). Artwork is by Lisa Findley.

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