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* [[Meg Ryan]] as Sally Albright
* [[Carrie Fisher]] as Marie, Sally's friend
* [[Bruno Kirby]] as Jess
* [[Steven Ford]] as Joe, Harry's
* [[Lisa Jane Persky]] as Alice
* [[Michelle Nicastro]] as Amanda Reese, Sally's friend and Harry's girlfriend while he was at university
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In 1984, director [[Rob Reiner]], producer Andrew Scheinman, and writer [[Nora Ephron]] met over lunch at the [[Russian Tea Room]] in New York City to develop a project.<ref name="keyser">{{cite news | title=It's Love at the box office for ''Harry Met Sally...'' | work=[[The Washington Times]] | date=July 25, 1989 | last=Keyser | first=Lucy}}</ref> Reiner pitched an idea for a film that Ephron rejected.<ref name="dvd1">{{cite news | title=It All Started Like This | publisher=[[20th Century Fox]] | work=When Harry Met Sally... Collector's Edition DVD | year=2008}}</ref> The second meeting transformed into a long discussion about Reiner and Scheinman's lives as single men. Reiner remembers, "I was in the middle of my single life. I'd been divorced for a while. I'd been out a number of times, all these disastrous, confusing relationships one after another."<ref name="weber">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/09/movies/film-can-men-and-women-be-friends.html | title=Can Men and Women Be Friends? | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=July 9, 1989 | access-date=September 23, 2007 | last=Weber | first=Bruce | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101095514/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/09/movies/film-can-men-and-women-be-friends.html | archive-date=November 1, 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref> The next time they all met, Reiner said that he had always wanted to do a film about two people who become friends and do not have sex because they know it will ruin their relationship but have sex anyway. Ephron liked the idea, and Reiner acquired a deal at a studio.<ref name= "keyser"/>
For materials, Ephron interviewed Reiner and Scheinman about their lives, creating the basis for Harry. Reiner was constantly depressed and pessimistic yet funny. Ephron also got bits of dialogue from these interviews. Sally was based on Ephron and some of her friends.<ref name= "keyser"/> She worked on several drafts over the years while Reiner made ''[[Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me]]'' (1986) and ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' (1987).<ref name= "dvd1"/> Billy Crystal "experienced vicariously" Reiner's (his best friend at the time) return to single life after divorcing comedian/filmmaker [[Penny Marshall]] and in the process was unconsciously doing research for the role of Harry.<ref name= "keyser"/> [[Tom Hanks]], [[Richard Dreyfuss]], [[Michael Keaton]] and [[Albert Brooks]] were all offered the role of Harry Burns but all of them turned it down, with Brooks feeling the movie was too reminiscent of [[Woody Allen]]'s work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com
During the screenwriting process when Ephron did not feel like writing, she would interview people who worked for the production company. Some of the interviews appeared in the film as the interludes between certain scenes featuring couples talking about how they met,<ref name= "keyser"/> although the material was rewritten and reshot with actors. Ephron supplied the structure of the film with much of the dialogue based on the real-life friendship between Reiner and Crystal.<ref name="lacey">{{cite news | title=Pals make "buddy picture" | work=[[The Globe and Mail]] | date=July 15, 1989 | last=Lacey | first=Liam}}</ref> For example, the scene depicting Sally and Harry in split-screen conversing with each other by telephone and simultaneously watching television and channel surfing was something that Crystal and Reiner did every night.<ref name= "lacey"/>
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Rita Kempley of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' praised Meg Ryan as the "summer's [[Melanie Griffith]] – a honey-haired blonde who finally finds a showcase for her sheer exuberance. Neither naif nor vamp, she's a woman from a pen of a woman, not some [[Cinderella]] of a ''[[Working Girl]]''."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/whenharrymetsallyrkempley_a0c9a5.htm | title=Romance That Dances | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=July 12, 1989 | access-date=June 15, 2008 | last=Kempley | first=Rita | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105102142/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/whenharrymetsallyrkempley_a0c9a5.htm | archive-date=November 5, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> Mike Clark of ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the film three out of four stars, writing, "Crystal is funny enough to keep Ryan from all-out stealing the film. She, though, is smashing in an eye-opening performance, another tribute to Reiner's flair with actors."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55933280.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+12%2C+1989&author=Mike+Clark&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=01.D&desc=%60Harry+Met+Sally%27+is+Reiner%27s+next+sure+thing | title=''Harry Met Sally'' is Reiner's next sure thing | work=[[USA Today]] | date=July 12, 1989 | last=Clark | first=Mike}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[David Ansen]] provided one of the rare negative reviews of the film for ''[[Newsweek]]''. He criticized the casting of Crystal, "Not surprisingly he handles the comedy superbly, but he's too cool and self-protective an actor to work as a romantic leading man", and felt that as a film, "of wonderful parts, it doesn't quite add up".<ref>{{cite news | title=To Make True Lovers of Friends | work=[[Newsweek]] | date=July 17, 1989 | last=Ansen | first=David}}</ref>
===Accolades===
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! Ref.
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| [[62nd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best
| [[Nora Ephron]]
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="3"| [[American Comedy Awards#1990 awards|
| Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
| [[Billy Crystal]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan="3" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite news|date=1990-03-18|title=AMERICAN COMEDY AWARDS|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1990/03/18/american-comedy-awards/90da5dfb-9c54-4434-a363-ec7d366826b9/|access-date=2020-07-01|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> <br />
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| Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
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| [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Comedy)|Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Comedy)]]
| Jane Jenkins and Janet Hirshenson
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 Artios Awards |url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1990 |access-date=2020-06-28 |
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| Top Box Office Films
| [[Marc Shaiman]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinblatt |first=Jim |date=2007 |title=Playback
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| rowspan="2"| [[43rd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web
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| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
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| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1989|
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Meg Ryan
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |
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| rowspan="2"|
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director|Best Foreign Director]]
| Rob Reiner
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mubi.com/films/when-harry-met-sally/awards |title=When Harry Met
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| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
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| [[42nd Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding
| rowspan="2"| Rob Reiner
| {{nom}}
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| Best Audio Commentary
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| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Audio Commentary. 2001 Winners and Nominees |url=http://www.dvdexclusive.com/HTMLNews/Winners/BestAudioCommentary.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040122200844/http://www.dvdexclusive.com/HTMLNews/Winners/BestAudioCommentary.html |archive-date=2004-01-22 |
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| rowspan="5"| [[47th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="5" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/when-harry-met-sally/ |title=When Harry Met Sally...
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| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor
| Billy Crystal
| {{nom}}
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| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
| Meg Ryan
| {{nom}}
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| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Rob Reiner
| {{nom}}
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| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| rowspan="2"| Nora Ephron
| {{nom}}
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| [[42nd Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best
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** Customer: "I'll have what she's having." – #33<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes100.pdf |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=2016-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150615/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes100.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2008: [[AFI's 10 Top 10]]:
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==Home media==
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}}</ref> A Collector's Edition DVD was released on January 15, 2008, including a new audio commentary with Reiner, Ephron, and Crystal, eight deleted scenes, all new featurettes (''It All Started Like This'', ''Stories Of Love'', ''When Rob Met Billy'', ''Billy On Harry'', ''I Love New York'', ''What Harry Meeting Sally Meant'', ''So Can Men And Women Really Be Friends?''), and the original theatrical trailer.<ref name="karpel"/> The film was released on [[Blu-ray]] on July 5, 2011, containing all of the special features found on the 2008 DVD release.<ref>{{cite web|last=Reuben|first=Michael|title=When Harry Met Sally Blu-ray Review|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/When-Harry-Met-Sally-Blu-ray/25490/#Review|publisher=Blu-ray.com|access-date=September 13, 2012|date=July 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918030014/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/When-Harry-Met-Sally-Blu-ray/25490/#Review|archive-date=September 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, a 30th anniversary Blu-ray was released by [[Shout! Factory]] from a new 4K transfer of the original camera negative, containing special features from previous home media releases, as well as a new interview with director Rob Reiner and Billy Crystal.<ref>{{cite web | title=When Harry Met Sally... Blu-ray (30th Anniversary Edition) | url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/When-Harry-Met-Sally-Blu-ray/216766/ }}</ref> In 2012, critic Linda Holmes observed that significant portions of the soundtrack had been changed for the Amazon digital release.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holmes |first=Linda |title=The Big Bad Swap: The Problem With Replaced Music. |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/01/03/144624329/the-big-bad-swap-the-problem-with-replaced-music |website=National Public Radio |date=January 3, 2012 }}</ref>
==Legacy==
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