Message In A Bottle
Drama, Romance
Warner Bros.  (1999) 131 mins PG-13

5.5 (10,850 votes)
"A radiant romance of sweet surprises and tender feelings. Beautifully acted" - David Sheehan, CBS-TV

Grieving widower Garret Blake builds boats for a living. Rebuilding his life - that's another matter. But that's before Theresa Osborne comes to his North Carolina village. Theresa, a lonely divorcee and researcher for the Chicago Tribune, knows Garret is the author of the message she found inside a bottle on a Cape Cod beach. And she knows the message spoke to her in a way that profoundly touched her heart.

Kevin Costner as Garret and Robin Wright Penn as Theresa bring high-voltage starpower to Message in a Bottle, a tale of love lost and found based on Nicholas Sparks' bestseller. "You choose - the past or the future. Pick one and stick with it," Garret's spry father Dodge (Paul Newman) advises. The advice sticks. So does the impact of this tender, ...

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Cast and Crew
Kevin Costner  ......  Garret Blake
Robin Wright Penn  ......  Theresa Osborne
Paul Newman  ......  Dodge Blake
John Savage  ......  Johnny Land
Illeana Douglas  ......  Lina Paul
Robbie Coltrane  ......  Charlie Toschi
Director  .....  Luis Mandoki
Producer  .....  Kevin Costner; Denise Di Novi
Writer  .....  Nicholas Sparks; Gerald Di Pego; Gerald DiPego
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: The Enterprise rental car that Theresa uses on her first trip is a Toyota. The car she takes on her last trip is a Dodge. Strangely, they both have the same license plate. (more)

Trivia:
Two of the rental cars had nearly sequential license plates: RZ-1551 and RZ-1553. (more)

Filming Locations:
Bath, Maine, USA (more)

Quotes:
Dodge Blake: If I was about 150 years younger, you'd be in trouble, young lady. (more)

Awards:
5 nominations (more)