When Harry Met Sally...
Association Category Nominee Results
Academy Award Best Original Screenplay Nora Ephron Nominated
Golden Globe award Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Nominated
Golden Globe award Best Director - Motion Picture Rob Reiner Nominated
Golden Globe award Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Nora Ephron Nominated
Golden Globe award Best Lead Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Meg Ryan Nominated
Golden Globe award Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Billy Crystal Nominated
British Academy Film award Best Film Rob Reiner Nominated
British Academy Film award Best Screenplay - Original Nora Ephron Won
Directors Guild award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Rob Reiner Nominated
Writers Guild award Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nora Ephron Nominated
American Society of Composers Top Box Office Films Marc Shaiman Won
Casting Society of America Best Casting for Feature Film , Comedy Jane Jenkins Janet Hershenson Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress Meg Ryan Nominated
David di Donatello award Best Foreign Director Rob Reiner Nominated
David di Donatello award Best Foreign Actress Meg Ryan Nominated
American Comedy award Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture Meg Ryan Won
American Comedy award Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture Billy Crystal Won
American Comedy award Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Carrie Fisher Nominated
DVD Exclusive award Best Audio Commentary Rob Reiner Nominated
Accolades
When Harry Met Sally. is a 1989 American romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. It stars Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan as Sally. The story follows the title characters from the time they meet just before sharing a cross-country drive, through twelve years of chance encounters in New York City. The film raises the question Can men and women ever just be friends? and advances many ideas about relationships that became household concepts, such as high-maintenance and the transitional person. The origins of the film were derived from Reiner's return to single life after a divorce. An interview Ephron conducted with Reiner provided the basis for Harry. Sally was based on Ephron and some of her friends. Crystal came on board and made his own contributions to the screenplay, making Harry funnier. Ephron supplied the structure of the film with much of the dialogue based on the real-life friendship between Reiner and Crystal. The soundtrack consists of standards performed by Harry Connick Jr., with a big band and orchestra arranged by Marc Shaiman.