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The Love Letter (1999)

The Love Letter poster
Directed by
Peter Chan
Genre
comedy drama, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 72 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An anonymous love letter circulates through a small New England town causing romantic confusion among the residents. A woman finds the letter and wonders who sent it to her.

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What happens

The Love Letter is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Chan and starring Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Everett Scott, and Tom Selleck. It is based on the novel by Cathleen Schine. The original music score was composed by Luis Enriquez Bacalov. The film takes place in the fictional Massachusetts town of Loblolly-by-the-Sea and was filmed in Rockport, Massachusetts. This was Kate Capshaw's final film before her retirement from acting in 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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