When Harry Met Sally

Trivia: The guy in a Santa suit waving his bell while Harry and Sally are bringing home the Christmas tree is Billy Crystal's uncle. (00:48:25)

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Trivia: Before Meg Ryan was cast as Sally Albright, Molly Ringwald was offered the role, but had to decline due to a busy schedule. Ringwald went on to play the part of Sally in 2004 in the stage version of the movie on London's West End.

Trivia: In the famous faked orgasm scene, the woman who says, "I'll have what she's having. . ." is Rob Reiner's mother.

Trivia: When they are in the museum and Harry says "For the rest of the day, we are going to talk like this...", the last thing he says is ad libbed. "But I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie." is not in the script. You can see Meg Ryan look off-camera at the director and say "Oh, no" but she continues with him. It's obvious that she wasn't expecting it. [This is confirmed as true in the documentary on the DVD.]

Trivia: The scene where they're all talking on the phone after Harry and Sally make love took approximately sixty takes.

Trivia: Joe is played by former President Gerald Ford's son, Steven. He very much resembles his father.

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Suggested correction: Well, yes, but is it a relevant bit of trivia considering that he's been a professional actor for years and has dozens of cinema and TV roles to his credit?

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Trivia: In one scene, Harry is reading "Misery" by Stephen King. The movie version of Misery was by the same director, Rob Reiner. (00:36:05)

Trivia: The off-camera voice that says "Hey everybody, 10 seconds until New Year" is that of the director, Rob Reiner.

Trivia: The final interview at the end of the movie was completely improvised.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: During the first car ride scene Harry is spitting the seeds out the window. One of the shots shown of the car from the outside shows the window still up after he has rolled it down. (00:05:40)

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Quotes

Harry Burns: How long do you like to be held after sex? All night, right? See, that's your problem. Somewhere between 30 seconds and all night is your problem.
Sally Albright: I don't have a problem.
Harry Burns: Yes, you do.

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Question: When Billy and Meg are leaving from the college campus, Meg barely talks to Amanda. They only say a quick hello. I realize Amanda is enamoured with her boyfriend, but the girls don't even act like they know each other, and when Meg drives off neither one of them say goodbye or wave goodbye, not even a smile or a look. I thought they were supposed to be friends?

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Answer: Sally could be upset for having to drive Amanda's boyfriend, or it could be awkward because they don't know how to say goodbye. There could be a number of reasons why things appear tense between Sally and Amanda, just not explained.

That was a big question mark for me as well when I watched the movie, to the point that I had to re-watch the beginning because I was sure I had missed something; their behaviour doesn't make sense.

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