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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. When Harry Met
Sally... is a 1989 American romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron
and directed by Rob Reiner. It stars Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan
as Sally. The story follows the title characters from the time they meet
just before sharing a cross-country drive, through twelve years or so of
chance encounters in New York City. The film raises the question "Can
men and women ever just be friends?" and advances many ideas about love
that have become household concepts now, such as the "high-maintenance"
girlfriend and the "transitional person". The origins of the film came
from Reiner's return to single life after a divorce. Ephron interviewed
Reiner and it provided the basis for Harry. Sally was based on Ephron
and some of her friends. Crystal came on board and made his own
contributions to the screenplay, making Harry funnier. Ephron supplied
the structure of the film with much of the dialogue based on the
real-life friendship between Reiner and Crystal.
