The Love Letter
1999 · 88 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 4,780 VOTES · DIR. Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Overview
In the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter - ardent, sensual... and unsigned. As the letter falls into different hands, residents of the small town to eye one another with renewed interest - wondering who it's for and who it's from. Determined to find the letter's author, Helen MacFarquhar begins a quest that will open her life to a new chapter involving two decidedly different men: George, an old friend from her past, and Johnny, a young man very much in her present. Unexpectedly, one mysterious love note has the power to unlock some startling secrets, leaving a trail of wonderful surprises as it turns an entire town upside down.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,127 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:22 (music) [Jazz]
00:03:54 - [Siren Wailing] - [Girls Cheering]
00:07:07 Hi. I have, um
00:09:19 - [Clamor, Girls Shouting] - Uh-oh, what's going on here?
00:12:50 - Oh! Ow! Damn it! - Sorry I'm late.
00:15:20 but have I ever been on fire?
00:18:33 (music) I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth (music)
00:23:05 Shut up!
00:26:10 The air is still, isn't it?
00:30:41 because we really need someone tall at the bookstore.
00:34:32 Graze my knee? Graze my heart?
00:37:30 Okay. Do you know how in love with you I am?"
00:40:57 So, Helen gave me two tickets to the Keaton Film Festival tonight
00:44:12 I remember I was getting married.
00:47:09 No one knows what they want, Jennifer. That's the human condition.
00:50:49 (music) All right (music)
00:54:04 You never responded.
00:58:42 to gossip.
01:01:13 - Arm wrestle? - Arm wrestle.
01:04:25 [Chattering]
01:08:18 So, there you are, darling. Mommy's a dyke.
01:11:26 but you're wrong, because you love me.
01:15:57 Is it?
01:20:29 a great guy who will be a great man when he grows up."