RIP Nora Ephron

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RIP Nora Ephron

#1 Post by mellytu74 » Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:33 pm

Of leukemia. Age 71.

Turned her marriage to Carl Bernstein (OK, the break up of her marriage) into Heartburn.

Daughter of Oscar-nominated writers Phoebe and Henry Ephron.

Oscar winner for the screenplay of Silkwood.

Writer of wonderful romantic comedies - Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally.

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I have all of Nora Ephron's books in Wildwood. Wonderful beach reading. Wonderful rainy day reading.

All of a sudden I have a mad desire to go to the top of the Empire State Building.
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#2 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:52 pm

mellytu74 wrote:Writer of wonderful romantic comedies - Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally.
Actually my friend, Jeff Arch, wrote Sleepless in Seattle, Nora directed it and also got credit for a minor rewrite. It took him years to sell it, everyone kept saying, "No one is going to see a romantic comedy where the leads don't meet until the final scene!"
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Re: RIP Nora Ephron

#3 Post by mellytu74 » Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:55 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
mellytu74 wrote:Writer of wonderful romantic comedies - Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally.
Actually my friend, Jeff Arch, wrote Sleepless in Seattle, Nora directed it and also got credit for a minor rewrite. It took him years to sell it, everyone kept saying, "No one is going to see a romantic comedy where the leads don't meet until the final scene!"
Thank you. I stand corrected.
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#4 Post by Jeemie » Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:01 pm

They actually "met" in the middle of the movie..when she went out to Seattle to check him out.
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Re: RIP Nora Ephron

#5 Post by mellytu74 » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:33 pm

I just thought of something.

It's June of 2012.

I will bet Nora Ephron made the cut for the In Memoriam section of the 2013 Oscars.
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#6 Post by mellytu74 » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:40 pm

Jeemie wrote:They actually "met" in the middle of the movie..when she went out to Seattle to check him out.
That's right. And, after they looked at each other across the highway, she bemoans to Rosie O'Donnell that all she could do was say hello.

Just as Deborah Kerr bemoans the same thing about Cary Grant to Richard Denning. In Affair To Remember, which Meg and Rosie are watching on TV.
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#7 Post by SportsFan68 » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:24 pm

Heartburn blew me away, it was so high quality. I was expecting melodrama mixed with angst. It wasn't like that at all.

Sleepless in Seattle is wonderful, and my favorite is You've Got Mail. The music that plays over the opening credits always cheers me up. I wasn't going to buy it because it seems to come around on television every so often, but that won't always be the case. Guess I'll pick up a copy next time I see it.
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#8 Post by themanwho » Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:13 am

mellytu74 wrote:I just thought of something.

It's June of 2012.

I will bet Nora Ephron made the cut for the In Memoriam section of the 2013 Oscars.
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