瓶中信 Message in a Bottle

From: fatso.bbs@bbs.pccu.edu.tw         99-05-15

瓶中信  Message In a Bottle   華納出品
導演：路易斯曼度基 (Luis Mandoki)【秘密】、【當男人愛上男人】
製片：丹妮基狄諾葳 (Denise Di Novi)
演員：凱文科斯納 (Kevin Costner)【與狼共舞】、【誰殺了甘迺迪】
          羅蘋萊特 (Robin Wright Penn)【阿甘正傳】、【戀戀風暴】
          保羅紐曼 (Paul Newman)【虎豹小霸王】、【大智若愚】

親愛的薩琳：
失去妳幾乎讓我發狂，我只能對自己大發脾氣，怪為何不能留住妳。妳離去後，我有如大海中的孤帆，失去方向。妳可能不知道，每當我在茫然大海中航行時，望著指引我的北極星，就宛如看到妳。妳....是我的北極星，凝望著妳，我看到家的方向。我是如此真愛著妳，若上天再給我一次機會，任何人也無法把妳從我手中奪走.........。
獻給我的摯愛，Ｇ留

泰瑞莎（羅蘋萊特 飾）一日在海邊慢跑時，無意發現了一個埋在白沙中的玻璃瓶，瓶內裝著一封屬名Ｇ的信。泰瑞莎反覆看了又看，深深被信中Ｇ的熱情及真愛所打動了。她好奇著，是怎麼樣的感情，能讓一個人如此心痛。

泰瑞莎才從一段失敗的婚姻中走出，她把生活重心全放在工作和兒子身上。在別人眼中，她絕對是個成功的單親媽媽。她任職於芝加哥論壇報的專欄作家，這封她撿來的瓶中信，陰錯陽差的被刊登在報紙上，並得到熱烈的迴響。於是她被指派去尋找這個情感炙熱的主人，瞭解他傷痛的理由。

她積極細心的搜尋一切蛛絲馬跡，從瓶子、信紙、打字機....等線索，終於讓她尋得了信的出處。她整理行囊，來到了北卡羅萊納州靠海的小鎮，帶著尷尬複雜的心情，不是為了工作成就，而是為自己的感情再冒一次險。

如其所願，泰瑞莎遇見了帆船建造師蓋瑞（凱文科斯納 飾）。蓋瑞英俊多情，和畫家妻子凱薩琳如同一對神仙夫妻，感情甚篤。但自從凱薩琳因病過世後，蓋瑞一直無法走出悲傷陰影，他保留凱薩琳生前的畫筆和畫布，原封不動的在原來的位置，只為每天回味她，複習愛她的感覺。當泰瑞沙闖進蓋瑞的生活，確實讓蓋瑞又有新的感覺，本瑞莎對凱薩琳能得到蓋瑞完整的愛而感動，但卻也遺憾自己無法得到蓋瑞同等的愛而黯然神傷。

蓋瑞的父親導奇（保羅紐曼 飾），一直努力的想將自己的兒子拉出這個悲傷的深淵，眼見這樣一個好女孩就要與他擦身而過，但又不忍心見泰瑞莎對自己兒子的衷情得不到回應。就如他對蓋瑞所說：「要選擇過去或是未來，你好好做個決定，然後為它而活。」

然而，蓋瑞終將泰瑞莎的離去，讓他的心也隨之而去，他準備要對凱薩琳的愛揮別了，但蓋瑞能容易的放棄舊愛，尋求新愛嗎..............？！

本片是一個關於失去摯愛與發現真愛的浪漫愛情故事，改編自尼可拉斯史派克的同名小說「Message in a Bottle」。本書被「紐約時代雜誌」列入最佳銷售之一，改為電影後由「終極保鑣」凱文科斯納、「阿甘正傳」羅蘋萊特及金獎老牌巨星保羅紐曼共同演出，「當男人愛上女人」的導演路易斯曼度基所執導。

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標  題: Message in a Bottle (1999)
發信站: 交大資工天龍資訊站 (Mon Feb  1 02:59:23 1999)

Message in a Bottle (1999)

芝加哥論壇報記者 Robin Wright Penn 在海邊慢跑時撿到一瓶中信, 為裏面深情的字句感動, 見報後各方熱心提供線索下共搜集到三封, 深入追查, 找出真實身份為北卡造船木匠凱文柯斯納,

單親媽媽的萊特前往造訪, 但隱瞞來意, 可想而知1.她為男的 sensitive 與懷念亡妻的深情所打動, 2.男無意間發現其最初動機後生氣離去, (三封中之一是亡妻寫的) 大半段的步調稍嫌緩慢, 保羅紐曼客串的演出普通....

但本片後二十分鐘有頗令人滿意的高潮, 北上航行捨身救人, 與臨行前寫下的第四封的瓶中信,  遣詞用句與真摯告白把我也感動了, 深為造化弄人感到惋惜。

最近同樣是比較 serious 的浪漫片, 另一部 At First Sight 相較下後半就缺少了高潮, "學看"的那段不是拍的很奏效, 父親相認亦嫌累贅, 最佳的部份只有前面初識時的互動。"瓶"略勝一籌。

找到本片的碴, 女主角租車第一部銀色Camry, 與第三部綠色車的車牌一樣 (北卡牌 RZ-1533)Rx-nnnn 是 rental plate 沒錯, 另北卡應只掛後面一張牌, 我的猜測是本片在緬因拍攝, 故只運來幾張北卡車牌臨時掛上, 才出此差錯。

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發信人: "Kityi" , 看板: movies
標  題: "瓶中信"的三封信
發信站: Giganews.Com - Premium News Outsourcing (Sun May 16 00:58:54 1999)

1.
Dear Catherine,
I'm sorry I haven't talked to you in so long. I feel I've been lost.
No bearings, no compass. I kept crashing into things, a little crazy
I guess. I've never been lost before. You were my true north. I could
always steer for home when you were my home. Forgive me for being so
angry when you left. I still think some mistake's been made and I'm
waiting for God to take it back. But I'm doing better now. The work
helps me. Most of all, you help me. You came into my dream last night
with that smile of yours that always held me like a lover, rocked me
like a child. All I remember from the dream is a feeling of peace. I
woke up with that feeling and tried to keep it alive as long as I
could. I'm writing to tell you that I'm on a journey toward that peace.
And to tell you I'm sorry about so many things. I'm sorry I didn't take
better care of you so that you never spent one minute being cold or
scared or sick. I'm sorry I didn't try harder to find the words to
tell you what I was feeling. I'm sorry I never fixed the screen door.
I fixed it now. I'm sorry I ever fought with you. I'm sorry I didn't
apologize more. I was too proud. I'm sorry I didn't bring you more
compliments on everything you wore and every way you fixed your hair.
I'm sorry I didn't hold on to you with so much strength that even God
couldn't pull you away. All my love. G."

2.
Dear Catherine,
There isn't an hour of my life without you in it. I mend
the boats, test them, and all the while the memories come
in like the tide. I was thinking today of when we were young
and you left our world for a bigger world. I was a lot more
scared than I would admit. I fought my fear by telling myself
you'd come back someday and trying to think of the first thing
I'd say to you when I saw you again. I must have tried out a
hundred possibilities. What did I finally say? Not much.
My mouth wouldn't work except to kiss you. And when you said,
"I'm here to stay", that said it all. Well, I'm doing it again.
I keep imagining what I'd say to you if somehow you came back."

3.
Dear Catherine,
My life began when I found you. And I thought it had ended when
I failed to save you. I thought that hanging on to your memory
was keeping us both alive. But I was wrong. A woman named Theresa
showed me that if I was brave enough to open my heart, I could love
again, no matter how terrible my grief. She made me realize I was
only half-alive. It scared me and it hurt. And I didn't know how
much I needed her until the night I watched her fly away. When that
airplane took off, I felt something inside of me tear away. And I knew.
I should have stopped her. I should've followed her home. And now
tomorrow, I'm going to sail to the windy point and I'm going to say
goodbye to you. Then I'm going to go to this woman and see if I can
win her heart. If I can, I know you'll bless me and bless us all.
If I can't, then I'm still blessed because I've had the privilege
of loving twice in my life. She gave me that. And if I tell you
I love her as much as I loved you, then you'll know the whole story.
Rest in peace, my love. Garret."

To all the ships at sea and all the ports of call. To my
family and to all friends and strangers. This is a message
 and a prayer. The message is that my travels taught me a
great truth. I already had what everyone is searching for
and few ever find. The one person in the world who I was
born to love forever. A person like me, of the Outer Banks
and the blue Atlantic mystery. A person rich in simple
treasures, self-made, self-taught, a harbor where I am
forever home. And no wind or trouble or even a little death
can knock down this house. The prayer is that everyone in
the world can know this kind of love and be healed by it.
If my prayer is heard, then there will be an erasing of all
guilt and all regret, and an end to all anger. Please, God. Amen."

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標  題: [轉錄][OST]Message In A Bottle瓶中信
發信站: 交大機械 BBS 站 (Tue May 25 22:51:13 1999)

1. I Could Not Ask For More - Edwin McCain
2. No Mermaid - Sinead Lohan
3. Let Me Let Go - Faith Hill
4. I Will Know Your Love - Beth Nielsen Chapman
5. Only Lonely - Hootie & The Blowfish
6. Don't - Yve.n.Adam
7. Carolina - Sheryl Crow
8. I Love You - Sarah Mclachlan
9. Fallen Angels - Marc Cohn
10. Somewhere In The Middle - Nine Sky Wonder
11. What Will I Do - Clannad
12. I'll Still Love You Then - Anna Nordell
13. One More Time - Laura Pausini
14. Theresa & Garret - Gabriel Yared
15. Message In A Bottle - Gabriel Yared
16. Dear Catherine - Gabriel Yared