Film

Message in a Bottle

1999 · 2h 11m · Romance · Drama

A story of love lost and found.

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

32%

Metacritic

40

A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.

Kevin Costner

Garrett Blake

Robin Wright

Theresa Osborne

Paul Newman

Dodge Blake

John Savage

Johnny Land

Illeana Douglas

Lina Paul

Robbie Coltrane

Charlie Toschi

Jesse James

Jason Osborne

Bethel Leslie

Marta Land

Tom Aldredge

Hank Land

Viveka Davis

Alva

Raphael Sbarge

Andy

Rosemary Murphy

Helen at the B&B

Steven Eckholdt

David Osborne

Susan Brightbill

Catherine Land Blake

David Paris

Helicopter Pilot #1

Patricia Belcher

Annie

• Luis MandokiDirector
• Gerald Di PegoScreenplay
• Nicholas SparksNovel
• Kevin CostnerProducer
• Denise Di NoviProducer
• Jim WilsonProducer
• Caleb DeschanelDirector of Photography
• Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
• Steven WeisbergEditor

Trailer

Release date

February 22, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$80,000,000

Revenue

$118,880,016

Genres

Romance, Drama

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