When Harry Met Sally is one of my all time favorite movies. It’s probably safe to say it’s my favorite “rom com” of all time. It opened in theatres the year I graduated from high school, but I didn’t appreciate it until much later. Hubbie and I have seen it so many times that we have memorized half the dialogue. And there is some GREAT dialogue. And that is thanks to the smart writing of Nora Ephron.
Nora passed away yesterday at the age of 71. She will always be remembered as the romantic comedy queen. She wrote Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, Bewitched, Julie & Julia, and all these great lines from When Harry Met Sally:
“It’s amazing. You look like a normal person but actually you are the angel of death.”
“All I’m saying is that somewhere out there is the man you are supposed to marry. And if you don’t get him first, somebody else will, and you’ll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that somebody else is married to your husband.”
“Someone is staring at you in ‘personal growth.'”
“But I’d like the pie heated and I don’t want the ice cream on top, I want it on the side, and I’d like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it, if not then no ice cream just whipped cream but only if it’s real; if it’s out of the can then nothing. Not even the pie? No, I want the pie, but then not heated.”
“Draw SOMETHING resembling ANYTHING!”
“The fact that you’re not answering leads me to believe you’re either (a) not at home, (b) home but don’t want to talk to me, or (c) home, desperately want to talk to me, but trapped under something heavy. If it’s either (a) or (c), please call me back.”
..and probably the most famous:
“I’ll have what she’s having.”
And this clip is the best romantic comedy ending ever! Not only because it takes place on New Year’s Eve, but because it’s equally romantic and comedy. RIP, Nora.
“I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
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