When Harry Met Sally - full ending

this is definitely my favorite ending from any romantic comedy. WHMS is a genuinely intelligent (for a change) film on the tenuous relationships of men & women.

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[Gerald Ollie]

One of the great romantic endings of all time with Sinatra singing in the background. Doesn't get much better than that.

[PoisonErin]

I had to watch this on New Year's Eve

[tooplanx]

Ah... that's interesting to know. Wonder what it would have been like with a different ending... The ending it has is pretty iconic, and avoids being too cheesy by Sally saying "I hate you.." rather than 'I love you".

[justacondom]

Yup, you're quite right then, the characters are similar too

Sally cf. Annie (optimistic )/ Alvy cf. Sally (depressive)

I just read that Reiner was initially gonna end the story with their sex ruining the relationship up. The final "happily ever after" ending was the script writer's idea.

That changed the whole premise of the film and the purpose of the techniques used.

[tooplanx]

Here is a perfect example: compare and contrast!

Search youtube for "Final Scene from Woody Allen's Annie Hall" by jlgodard and see how similar the two are (I don't mean the story, I mean the editing etc.)

[tooplanx]

Yeah, the stories are very different, but the feel of the movies is very similar. I think it's the script that I find very similar- lots of intelligent witty dialogue, and that's the thing that carries both films. Obviously they're both heavily set in New York, and both have a certain 'Jewish' perspective (Allen, Reiner, and Crystal are all from Jewish families). Plus the cinematography is similar: lots of static shots where the characters are small and move across the scene etc.

[justacondom]

The use of old traditional pop u mean?

The premise of the two films are so different.

I adore both though.

[tooplanx]

Annie Hall and this are just the best Romantic Comedies ever. It's like they're siblings or something. I get the impression that Annie Hall influenced this movie a great deal. This is how to make a RomCom!

[2138red]

nope it is the one and only Frank Sinatra. when the scene ends and goes into the credits then its harry connick Jr. but during the scene its all Frank.

[shamiir18]

I know she said "I hate you" 3 times to him but the last one really felt like "I love you" instead.

[Victoria Mentz]

Nope it's Frank Sinatra. Yes Harry Connick Jr did the soundtrack but if you listen to the movie they have different artists like Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald in the background. I've even watched it with the director's commentary and they said they chose Sinatra instead of HCJ because it seemed like for Harry's character when he realizes he's in love he would hear Ol' Blue Eyes.