Production note The movie made $92.8 million and was released against a crowded summer slate including Batman and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Production note Harry Connick Jr. won a Grammy tied to the soundtrack.
Production note The final split-screen phone call reportedly took 61 takes.
Production note Rob Reiner reportedly lived apart from the cast and crew in a separate hotel room to get into Harry's divorced mindset.
Production note Ephron initially wanted to title the film 'How They Met.'
Production note The ending was initially written without the couple getting together; the happy ending came later.
Production note Gerald Ford's son Jack played Joe.
Production note Bill says the film feels unusually un-dated except for phones and a few 1980s specifics.
Annie Hall Compared to When Harry Met Sally by critics and by the hosts as a Woody Allen-like touchstone.
Manhattan Mentioned in the context of Woody Allen comparisons and New York as a setting.
Casablanca Referenced as an old movie the characters watch and as part of the film's movie-culture conversation.
It Happened One Night Cited as an older romantic-comedy ancestor referenced in deleted or related material.
Pillow Talk Named as another older rom-com reference in the film's lineage.
Sleepless in Seattle Discussed as another Nora Ephron movie that extends her interest in relationships and female perspective.
You've Got Mail Used as a later Ephron movie that Amanda feels she inherited as part of Ephron's world.
My Best Friend's Wedding Mentioned as a later formative friend-to-love story for Amanda.
Secret Admirer Cited as an earlier movie with a similar friend-to-romance premise.
City Slickers Used as part of Billy Crystal's career discussion.
Running Scared Mentioned as an underrated Billy Crystal buddy-cop movie.
The Godfather Part II Referenced indirectly through Bruno Kirby's young-Clemenza role.
A Few Good Men Used to illustrate Rob Reiner's later directorial run.
Misery Another Rob Reiner hit cited in his directing streak.
The Seinfeld Chronicles Discussed as a potential TV lineage connection to the film's New York conversational style.
