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  Message in a Bottle (1999)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A woman discovers a tragic love letter in a bottle on a beach, and is determined to track down its author.
Message in A Bottle packages the strength of a love story about finding love again, with the breathtaking beauty of the sea, and seasoned actors who make endearing characters come alive to bring an unforgettable romance to the screen.
I thought the development of the story was fast paced at the start, when the mystery of the letter sender was quickly revealed in the first quarter of the movie that I wondered what was to be expected to happen for the rest of the story.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0139462   (1066 words)

  
  Message in a Bottle (ISBN 0446606812):   Very Well Said
Message in a Bottle has the earmarks of sentimental tongue-wagging at its finest and should please romantics and cynics alike--it's sure to bring romantics to their knees, while cynics will be slapping theirs in laughter.
Message in a Bottle is a remarkable book, and like all Nicholas Sparks books it is a truly touching love story that leaves marks on your soul.
Message in a bottle is a love story with the consistent message of trust and strength.
www.verywellsaid.com /titles/m/message-in-a-bottle-0446606812.php   (9262 words)

  
 Message in a Bottle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Messages in a bottle are not even a new phenomena to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Message #48 in Grethe's collection was from Christine Wilson, wife of the radio operator on board the British cargo passenger RMS St. Helena.
Messages in a bottle are attractive, providing a sense of travel through both time and space.
www.timespub.tc /Astrolabe/Archive/Fall2001/message.htm   (4088 words)

  
 Review of "Message in a Bottle", 3/99
"Message in a Bottle" details the romance between Garret Blake, a shipwright still grieving his dead wife, and Theresa Osborne, a newspaper researcher still grieving her failed marriage.
The message is published in her newspaper, public interest is aroused, more bottled notes are found, and Theresa decides to find our nautical poet.
The subtext of the book was that a male character had to be somehow disabled to be in an equal partnership with a female character.
www.newenglandfilm.com /news/archives/99march/message.htm   (789 words)

  
 Message in a Bottle
Our goal with this book series is to capture the things we think, and unfortunately don’t take the time to say to those we love - whether it be nuggets of wisdom, words of love, or hopes for the future.
Our first book as you know is for fathers to send to their children.
By submitting a Message in a Bottle you agree that full and final compensation is that of a copy of the book that your Message is published in.
www.tylerhayden.com /default.asp?mn=1.17.112   (494 words)

  
 CNN - Books: Review -"Message in a Bottle" - April 8, 1998
Ultimately though, "Message" lacks originality (the plot is eerily reminiscent of "Sleepless in Seattle"), sophisticated prose, or a clear, strong personal voice or perspective.
In the bottle is a poignant love letter written by a man named Garrett to his late wife, Catherine.
"Message" is in the same vein of romantic escapism, so if you are looking for a sentimental tear-jerker to throw in the beach bag along with the Coppertone and bottled water, then look no further.
www.cnn.com /books/reviews/9804/10/index.html   (555 words)

  
 Message in a Bottle - Nicholas Sparks
Message In A Bottle thrown to the waves, and to fate, the bottle could have ended up anywhere.
For "Garrett," the man who signs the letter, the message is the only way he knows to express his undying love for a woman he has lost.
Shimmering with suspense and emotional intensity, Message in a Bottle takes readers on a hunt for the truth about a man and his memories, and about both the heartbreaking fragility and enormous strength of love.
www.audiobooksonline.com /shopsite/426058.html   (435 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Message In A Bottle: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Message in a Bottle deals with the most important question of all: What is Man? Percy contends, as any good Heideggerian would, that we are essentially castaways on an island.
Message in a Bottle is designed to stimulate the reader rather than fill them with useless information.
I finished reading this book with the desire to read it again, and whenever I see it on the bookshelf I am comforted by the thought that there are people in the world who think for themselves, and who have the courage to print what they think.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0312254016   (874 words)

  
 Message in a bottle-Rest of World-World-NEWS-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
LONDON: A six-year-old girl who tossed a bottle with a message in it from a Scotland coast, hoping the waters would take it to Norway was surprised to know that it was received much further away in New Zealand.
"It is brilliant, this bottle travelled farther than I ever have," quipped an excited Keely Reid after she received a letter from another six-year-old, James Wilson of Whangamata on the north island of New Zealand, saying he discovered her message and the plastic bottle.
During a holiday with her grandparents on the north-east coast of Scotland, Keely threw a bottle with a message in it, hoping the tide might carry it to the shores of Scandinavia, which ended up in New Zealand, much to the amazement of the family.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/2166402.cms   (344 words)

  
 Message in a Bottle Audio Book
While jogging along the Cape Cod shore, a thirtysomething single mother struggling to recover from a difficult divorce stumbles upon a half-buried bottle containing a touching love letter that sends her on an uncertain odyssey of self-discovery, renewal, and the possiblility of new love.
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE was adapted for film in 1999 and starred Kevin Costner, Paul Newman, and Robin Wright Penn.
Some content for books is owned by Baker & Taylor, Inc. or its licensors and is subject to copyright and all other protections provided by applicable law.
www.audioeditions.com /showbook.cfm?pcode=M2W605   (361 words)

  
 :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Message In A Bottle (xhtml)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
``Message in a Bottle'' is a tearjerker that strolls from crisis to crisis.
But ``Message in a Bottle'' believes in the kind of love where the romantic music comes first, trembling and sweeping under every scene, and the dialogue is treated like the lyrics.
Theresa, a divorced mother of one, is deeply touched by the message, and shares it with a columnist named Charlie (Robbie Coltrane), who of course lifts it for a column.
rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19990212/REVIEWS/902120304/1023   (747 words)

  
 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - BOOK HELP WEB REVIEW
There was a soft, quick intake of her breath as she envisioned the bliss of the next few moments and the promise about to be fulfilled.
That’s right, Message in a Bottle was misrepresented on the back cover blurb (and interior quotes by various newspapers and magazines) as an interesting novel with a fresh concept…NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Kevin Costner (whom I tolerate) and Robin Wright-Penn (whom I like), and Paul Newman (whom I REALLY like.)
Well, simply to be able to write the review, and warn all the other good folks of Book Help Web and the general public away from the sorry excuse for a novel that is Message in a Bottle.
www.bookhelpweb.com /authors/sparks/0446606812.htm   (800 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Message in a Bottle: Books: Nicholas Sparks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"Message In A Bottle" is not only a beautiful story of real love, but one that is also a journey of self awareness, of opening up to the possiblities that life has to offer.It is one that you will probably need a hankie or two as well.
Message in a Bottle is a unique romantic story and a fine novel.
Unfortunately, Nicholas Sparks set the bar quite high with 'The Notebook,' and I consequently found 'Message in a Bottle' to be a bit too melodramatic as it was consistently full of cliches along with a predictable story line.
www.amazon.com /Message-Bottle-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446606812   (1998 words)

  
 eBay - Message in a Bottle Reviews
Message in a Bottle launches a remarkable woman on a mysterious voyage of self-discovery and renewal when she finds a deeply-felt love letter hidden in a bottle.
Message in a Bottle is devoid of substance.
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks (1999) NEW
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 Message in a Bottle Book at Shop Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I have passed this book on to friends and I had to go and buy a second copy because the first one was coming apart.
Never have I felt such emotion whilst reading a book, the story line is enthralling, often clutching at your heart strings.I have loaned this book out to all my friends who have also thoroughly loved it.
My sister recommended this book to me. She did warn me how sad it was, but it far outweighed any expectations.
www.shopireland.ie /books/reviews/055381270X   (485 words)

  
 Message in a Bottle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Actually, it's a cute idea for a book, since the film is based on Nicholas Sparks' novel of the same name.
Apparently the book is more moving than the film: "I didn't cry during this but when I read the book I couldn't hold back the tears," an older gentleman commented during the end credits.
Message in a Bottle bids Costner a return to his more romantic roots, but since he's in mourning throughout most of the picture, he slips into portraying The Carpenter.
members.dca.net /dnb/reviews/messageinabottle.htm   (530 words)

  
 Message in a Bottle -- Nicholas Sparks
Listen to books, magazines, newspapers and radio shows.
A 36-year-old woman recovering from a wrecked marriage stumbles across a half-buried bottle along the shores of Cape Cod.
Inside, she finds a love letter from a man to his "darling Catherine" written only 3 weeks earlier.
www.audible.com /adbl/store/CJProduct.jsp?productID=BK_TIME_000117   (171 words)

  
 Wired News: Message in a Bottle
Bottle Mail is aiming to turn one of the most obvious characteristics of the online world - the presence of millions of communicative people who don't know one another - into a resource.
Bottle Mail users download proprietary software - currently available for Windows machines only - via email for a small fee (US$2.60), and then create messages, using colorful templates and icons if they wish, which are converted to.bmp files.
These files are then sent to the Bottle Mail server, which randomly and anonymously mails them to Bottle Mail subscribers as "bottles" that wash up on a display of a pastel beachfront on the recipient's screen, with the soothing sound of waves ploshing in the background.
www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,8468,00.html   (610 words)

  
 Kenston High School ~ Message in a Bottle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"Message In A Bottle is about a woman who finds a letter in a bottle while on vacation.
“This book was about a girl who finds a bottle in the ocean with a sweet letter from a guy to a girl.
Summary: “This is a love story about 2 people falling in love as the result of messages in a bottle.
www.kenston.k12.oh.us /khs/strategicbooks/sparks_n01.htm   (411 words)

  
 : Message in a Bottle - DVD film
The message within is a heartfelt, yearning declaration of love to a woman named Catherine, but the author is unknown until Theresa (rather improbably) tracks him down in North Carolina.
When there is a movie version of a book, I tend to read it first and this was beyond the worst novel to silver screen adaptation.
So Robin Penn Wright finds 'the message in a bottle,' Costner's ode to the passing of his wife and his love, and falls in love with the sentiment.
www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/track.php?asin=B00000JGPC&type=dvd   (895 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Message in a Bottle at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Garrett, one of the main characters in Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks, has numerous dreams that seem to be trying to tell him something.
"Message in a Bottle" is the third book I have read by Nicholas Sparks.
Before I start with what I believe was wrong about this book, I do have to give some credit to Nicholas Sparks, the author of "Message in a Bottle".
www.epinions.com /Message_in_a_Bottle_by_Nicholas_Sparks_and_narrated_by_Kimberly_Schraf/display_~reviews   (899 words)

  
 The Neopian Times - Neopia's fill-in-the-blank news source
He hid the message and bottle, returning to the Guild to inform them that he was going on a quest of sorts to determine their future.
He wasn't sure why he was so determined to translate this message, other than he had been looking for a solution to his dilemma, and in someway, this had been provided as an answer.
Then again, Kanrik had no grasp of the original language or culture, which made it nearly impossible for him to catch the subliminal message, even if he could guess the type of thief (he suspected that this K person had been/still was a pickpocket).
www.neopets.com /ntimes/index.phtml?section=238865&issue=250   (1257 words)

  
 Book Information: Message in a Bottle :: Internet Book List :: A database of book information and reviews
Theresa Osborne is divorced and disillusioned, but all that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside.
What happens next is unexpected, and perhaps even miraculous- for it embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting....
Message in a Bottle (1999) :: IMDb Entry
www.iblist.com /book7459.htm   (108 words)

  
 DEAR CATHERINE : the Message in a Bottle Fanlisting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
DEAR CATHERINE : the Message in a Bottle Fanlisting
Welcome to the official MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE book & movie fanlisting.
To learn more about fanlistings, please visit TFL.org, to learn more about the book, please visit the About Section.
books.too-manic.net /miab   (61 words)

  
 Message In A Bottle
It is not a simple adaptation to translate something in book form to the screen.
With 'Message in a Bottle,' it was a great part.
Message in a Bottle is based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks and the screenplay is by Gerald DiPego.
message-bottle.warnerbros.com /cmp/production.html   (2949 words)

  
 Message in a Bottle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Someone might find your 'message in a bottle' tomorrow, or someone might find it six months from now.
You will be anonymous to the person who receives your 'bottle' unless you send your email directly to the other person.
After you enter your message, you will be asked to validate your email address.
www.gumballpoetry.com /miab/new_bottle.php   (190 words)

  
 MUNICHFOUND CITY MAGAZINE
Message In a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks Warner Books, 1998 As in his fist bestseller, The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks once aain pays tribute to the powers of true love.
When Theresa Osborn, a sivorced single mother and newspaper columnist, finds a sad and mysterious love letter in a bottle on a Cape Cod beach, she is deepöy moved.
Message in a Bottle is full of romance-novel moments.
www.munichfound.de /new.cfm?news_ID=493   (278 words)

  
 Message In A Bottle , An Unusual Way To Say Goodbye - CBS News
This time, he found his subject in an unconventional fashion; he found a message in a bottle, which led him to a West Virginia woman looking for some closure.
Hartman had come to Honolulu to speak to the Hawaiian Association of Broadcasters and was walking along the beach when he came across a message in a bottle.
It was quite possibly the lamest message in a bottle ever discovered.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/08/14/hartman/main568191.shtml   (650 words)

  
 Skype Journal: Message in a bottle
It in turn is inspired by the book Getting Things Done, which I’m too mean to buy (and too lazy to read), but have enjoyed reading this summary.
In a nutshell, it’s a system for turning your life goals into manageable itty bitty chunks that you have some hope of tackling on a dreary Monday morning in the office when you could easily be goofed off reading telecom blogs.
It holds messages back and batches them for me. I can now process a thousand messages a day where I might previously only handled a hundred.
www.skypejournal.com /blog/archives/2005/08/message_in_a_bo.php   (2145 words)

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