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* {{Trope Namer|s}}: WhenHarryMetSvetlana, by proxy.
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* CreatorRecovery: Creator/RobReiner got the idea for the film after a divorce and a string of complicated relationships before then. He met his next wife while developing the film, and their marriage inspired him to change the ending so Harry and Sally do get together after all.

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* CreatorRecovery: Creator/RobReiner got the idea for the film after a his divorce from first wife Creator/PennyMarshall, and a the string of complicated relationships before then. that had preceded this marriage. He was going to have Harry and Sally not end up together, to reflect his view of relationships at the time. However, he met his next subsequent (and current) wife while developing the film, and their marriage inspired him to change the ending so Harry and Sally do get together after all.



* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/RobReiner met his wife, photographer Michelle Singer, while making this movie. This even inspired him to give the film a happy ending.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/RobReiner met his second (and current) wife, photographer Michelle Singer, while making this movie. This even inspired him to give the film a happy ending.
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* ReferencedBy: In ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'', Bill proposes to Mary. She gives a BigYes three times, so Dick snarks "I'll have what she's having".
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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/NoraEphron credited Creator/MegRyan not only with the idea of faking an orgasm in the famous restaurant scene, but also with the idea of setting it in a restaurant in the first place.

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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/NoraEphron credited Creator/MegRyan not only with the idea of [[FakeOrgasm faking an orgasm orgasm]] in the famous restaurant scene, but also with the idea of setting it in a restaurant in the first place.



* ColbertBump: Katz's Deli, the site of the fake orgasm scene, was cemented as a New York landmark because of it. Now there's even a sign pointing out the very table.

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* ColbertBump: Katz's Deli, the site of the fake orgasm FakeOrgasm scene, was cemented as a New York landmark because of it. Now there's even a sign pointing out the very table.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The ''{{Film/Casablanca}}'' scene. If the movie was made in 2022, Harry and Sally most likely would have watched the movie over a Discord or Skype call, rather than flipping to the same channel and calling each other.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The ''{{Film/Casablanca}}'' scene. If the movie was made in 2022, today, Harry and Sally most likely would have watched the movie over a Discord or Skype call, rather than flipping to the same channel and calling each other.
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** Creator/AlbertBrooks was offered the role of Harry Burns, but turned it down, finding it too derivative of Creator/WoodyAllen. Creator/TomHanks was offered the role, but he felt it was too lightweight. Creator/JeffBridges,Creator/RichardDreyfuss, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/BillMurray were also considered for the role. Even Creator/RobReiner debated taking the part.

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** Creator/AlbertBrooks was offered the role of Harry Burns, but turned it down, finding it too derivative of Creator/WoodyAllen. Creator/TomHanks was offered the role, but he felt it was too lightweight. Creator/JeffBridges,Creator/RichardDreyfuss, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/RichardDreyfuss, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/BillMurray were also considered for the role. Even Creator/RobReiner debated taking the part.
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* StarMakingRole: Creator/MegRyan.

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* StarMakingRole: Creator/MegRyan.For Creator/MegRyan as a leading lady.

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* MethodActing: To help him capture the mood of a newly divorced, single man, Creator/BillyCrystal would hole himself up in a hotel room in isolation, deliberately keeping himself away from cast and crew.



** Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/AlbertBrooks, Creator/RichardDreyfuss, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/BillMurray were all considered for the role of Harry. Even Reiner debated taking the part.
** Creator/RobReiner initially envisioned Creator/SusanDey for the role of Sally Albright. When she declined, he later considered Creator/ElizabethMcGovern and Creator/ElizabethPerkins. Creator/MollyRingwald was offered the role, but was forced to decline due to a busy schedule. She would later go on to play the character in 2004 in the stage version of the film, on London's West End.

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** Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/AlbertBrooks, Creator/RichardDreyfuss, Creator/AlbertBrooks was offered the role of Harry Burns, but turned it down, finding it too derivative of Creator/WoodyAllen. Creator/TomHanks was offered the role, but he felt it was too lightweight. Creator/JeffBridges,Creator/RichardDreyfuss, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/BillMurray were all also considered for the role of Harry. role. Even Reiner Creator/RobReiner debated taking the part.
** Creator/RobReiner Reiner initially envisioned Creator/SusanDey for the role of Sally Albright. When she declined, he later considered Creator/ElizabethMcGovern and Creator/ElizabethPerkins. Creator/MollyRingwald was offered the role, but was forced to decline due to a busy schedule. She would later go on to play the character in 2004 in the stage version of the film, on London's West End.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The ''{{Film/Casablanca}}'' scene. If the movie was made in 2022, Harry and Sally most likely would have watched the movie over a Discord or Skype call, rather than flipping to the same channel and calling each other.
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* UsefulNotes/AFIS100YearsSeries:
** AFIS100Years100Laughs: #23
** AFIS100Years100Passions: #25
** AFIS100Years100Songs:
*** #60, "It Had To Be You"
** AFIS100Years100MovieQuotes:
*** #33, "I'll have what she's having"
** AFIS10Top10:
** #6, Romantic Comedy
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