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A backstage look at the making of Nora Ephron's revered trilogy--When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, and Sleepless in Seattle--which brought romantic comedies back to the fore, and an intimate portrait of the beloved writer/director who inspired a generation of Hollywood women, from Mindy Kaling to Lena Dunham.

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Nora Ephron’s classic rom coms When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail are, I am certain, the two movies I have rewatched the most, and I could still flip them on right now, and revel in every second, laugh again at every joke, swoon at every romantic turn. And Ephron herself, a journalist-turned-filmmaker, has been a lifelong inspiration to me.

So it’s no surprise that I adore Carlson’s look behind the making of these two films, plus Sleepless in Seattle, which I also like but is not a tentpole of my existence like the other two.

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