Message in a Bottle
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UPC: 085391-698920 (DVD)
Region Coding: Region 1
Production Year: 1999
Rating: PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned)
A Scene of Sexuality
Running Time: 131 min.
DVD Release: 8/3/1999
Case Type: Snapper
Video Formats: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: $24.98
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 divorcée 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, movingly filmed tale.

Easter Eggs
Hidden bottles

There are 5 bottles:
1. Go into the "Select Language" screen off the Main Menu and go to the right
2. In the Special Features screen go to "Cast and Crew" and go down to "Paul Newman" and go right
3. In Paul Newman's area in the Cast and Crew section, go to screen three and press right, a bottle will appear between "main Menu" and "Continue"
4. In Denise Di Novi's area in the Cast and Crew section go right until one appears (I'm not sure wigh screen it's on
5.In the Special Features are go to Special delivery and go down between "Deleted sceens without commentary" and "Features"
Genres
Drama
Romance


Studios
Warner Bros.
Bel-Air Entertainment
TIG
Media Companies: Warner Home Video
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Production Notes
Closed Captioned
Subtitles
English
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
Cast
Kevin Costner as Garret
Robin Wright Penn as Theresa
Paul Newman as Dodge
John Savage as Johnny Land
Illeana Douglas as Lina
Robbie Coltrane as Charlie
Jesse James as Jason
Bethel Leslie as Marta Land
Tom Aldredge as Hank Land
Viveka Davis as Alva
Raphael Sbarge as Andy
Richard Hamilton as Chet
Rosemary Murphy as Helen At The B&B
Steven Eckholdt as David
Susan Brightbill as Catherine
Patricia Belcher as Annie
Steve Mellor as Man On Dock
Lance Gilbert as Man On Sinking Boat
Jennifer Lamb as Woman On Sinking Boat
Hayden Panettiere as Girl On Sinking Boat
Walt MacPherson as Pete The Cop
Justin DiPego as Typewriter Repairman
Meagan Riley-Grant as Mary
Karen Fowler as Mother In Car
Caleb Deschanel as Man At The B&B
Mauricio Ochmann as Mail Boy
Anthony Genovese as Photographer
Elizabeth Guindi as Christine
Donald Watson as Diner Patron #1
Clapham Murray as Diner Patron #2
Gregg Trzaskowski as Johnny Friend #1
Robert E. Tarlow as Johnny Friend #2
Philip Traynor as Boy In Car
Daniel V. Trefts as Policeman On Boat
Christina Bergstrom as Office Worker #1
Norman Fessler as Office Worker #2
Mark Thomason as Garret Photo Double
David W. Paris as Helicopter Pilot #1
Robert Kenney as Helicopter Pilot #2
Ayana Cahrr (uncredited)
Yasmine Delawari (uncredited)
Sherry Koftan as Girl on the Boat (uncredited)
Marcello Robinson as El Boy (uncredited)
Darla Rothman as Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Crew
Direction:
Luis Mandoki: Director
Writing:
Nicholas Sparks: Original Material By
Gerald DiPego: Screenwriter
Production:
Denise Di Novi: Producer
Jim Wilson: Producer
Kevin Costner: Producer
Cinematography:
Caleb Deschanel: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Steven Weisberg: Film Editor
Music:
Gabriel Yared: Composer
Beth Nielsen Chapman: Song Writer
Annie Roboff: Song Writer
Sound:
Jose Antonio Garcia: Production Sound Mixer
Bruce Stambler: Supervising Sound Editor
Richard E. Yawn: Supervising Sound Editor
Lance Brown: Sound Designer
John Reitz: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Campbell: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Rudloff: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Bernie Pollack: Costume Designer
Jeffrey Beecroft: Production Designer
Steve Saklad: Art Director
Mark Zuelzke: Art Director
Nick Scarano: Costume Designer
David Kelsey: Visual Effects
Special Effects
Alden Wayne Dumas: Visual Effects
Ronald MacInnes: Visual Effects
Scott Garcia: Visual Effects
Michael Rifkin: Visual Effects
Mike Roundy: Visual Effects
Aaron Walters: Visual Effects
Casey Cavanaugh: Visual Effects

Kathrine James: Make-up Artist
Francisco Perez: Make-up Artist
Monte Westmore: Make-up Artist
David J. Negron Jr.: Visual Effects
Visual Effects by Cinesite Digital Studios
Thomas J. Smith: Visual Effects

- Chicago Crew -
Rodman Kiser: Visual Effects