
With Jessica's help, Jonah flies to New York and goes to the Empire State Building to find Annie.

She returns to Baltimore and then goes to New York to meet Walter for Valentine's Day. Sam recognizes Annie from the airport and says "hello" but Annie only responds with "hello" before leaving. The next day she goes again to Sam's houseboat but when she sees Sam's sister Suzy with him, she mistakenly assumes Suzy is his girlfriend. She later secretly watches Sam and Jonah playing on the beach together. While dropping Victoria off at the airport for a flight, Sam sees Annie exiting from her plane and is mesmerized by her, although he has no idea who she is. With the urging of his friend Jessica, Jonah replies to her, agreeing to the New York meeting. When Jonah reads Annie's letter addressed to both off them, he instintively feels that she could 'be the one,' (it mentions the Baltimore Orioles), but he fails to convince his father to go to NYC on Valentine's Day to meet Annie. Sam begins dating a co-worker, Victoria, whom Jonah dislikes. She decides not to mail it, but her friend and editor Becky does it for her and later agrees to send Annie to Seattle. One of the listeners is Annie Reed, a Baltimore Sun reporter who is engaged to Walter, but feels there is something missing from their relationship.Īfter watching the film An Affair to Remember, Annie writes a letter suggesting that Sam meet her on top of the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day.

Thousands of women from around the country hear the program and are touched by the story and write to Sam.

Released on June 25, 1993, the film was released to critical acclaim and was a commercial success, grossing over $227 million worldwide.Īfter Chicago architect Sam Baldwin loses his wife Maggie to cancer, he and their seven-year-old son Jonah start a new life in Seattle, but they continue to grieve.Ī year and a half later on Christmas Eve, Jonah calls in to a radio talk show, and persuades a reluctant Sam to go on the air to talk about how much he misses Maggie. It stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, alongside a supporting cast featuring Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rob Reiner, Rosie O'Donnell, Gaby Hoffmann, Victor Garber, and Rita Wilson. Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Nora Ephron, based on a story by Jeff Arch.
