Editing When Harry Met Sally... (section)

{{Short description|1989 film by Rob Reiner}}
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{{Infobox film
| image          = WhenHarryMetSallyPoster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Rob Reiner]]
| writer         = [[Nora Ephron]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Rob Reiner
* [[Andrew Scheinman]]
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!-- per poster -->
* [[Billy Crystal]]
* [[Meg Ryan]]
* [[Carrie Fisher]]
* [[Bruno Kirby]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]
| editing        = [[Robert Leighton (film editor)|Robert Leighton]]
| music          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Marc Shaiman]]{{efn|Music arrangements and adaptations.}}
* [[Harry Connick Jr.]]{{efn|Special performances and arrangements.}}
}}
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Castle Rock Entertainment]]
* [[Nelson Entertainment]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1989|7|21}}
| runtime        = 95 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $16 million
| gross          = $92.8 million
}}

'''''When Harry Met Sally...''''' is a 1989 American [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Rob Reiner]] and written by [[Nora Ephron]]. Starring [[Billy Crystal]], [[Meg Ryan]], [[Carrie Fisher]], and [[Bruno Kirby]], it follows the title characters from the time they meet in Chicago and share a drive to New York City through twelve years of chance encounters in New York, and addresses the question "Can men and women ever just be friends?"

Ideas for the film began when Reiner and [[Penny Marshall]] divorced. An interview Ephron conducted with Reiner 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. Ephron supplied the structure of the film with much of the dialogue based on the real-life friendship between Reiner and Crystal. The soundtrack consists of standards from [[Harry Connick Jr.]], with a [[big band]] and orchestra arranged by [[Marc Shaiman]]. For his work on the soundtrack, Connick won his first [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male|Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance]].

[[Columbia Pictures]] released ''When Harry Met Sally'' in selected cities, letting [[Word-of-mouth marketing|word of mouth generate interest]], before gradually expanding distribution. The film grossed $92.8 million in North America, and was released to critical acclaim. Ephron received a [[43rd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Award]], an [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay#1980s|Oscar nomination]], and a [[Writers Guild of America Award]] nomination for her screenplay. The film is ranked 23rd on [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs]] list of the top comedy films in American cinema and number 60 on [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo's]] "100 Funniest Movies". In early 2004, the film was adapted for the stage in a production starring [[Luke Perry]] and [[Alyson Hannigan]]. In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name="Ulaby">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/14/1141630795/iron-man-super-fly-and-carrie-are-inducted-into-the-national-film-registry|title='Iron Man,' 'Super Fly' and 'Carrie' are inducted into the National Film Registry|date=December 14, 2022|first=Neda|last=Ulaby|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>