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Released
1999 · FILM

The Love Letter

Comedy that pushes the envelope

Runtime
88 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

In the New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, an unsigned love letter arrives and circulates among residents, prompting curiosity about its author and recipient. Helen MacFarquhar decides to discover who wrote the note, a pursuit that leads her into relationships with two men: George, an old friend, and Johnny, a younger man from her present life. The letter’s mystery reveals hidden information and causes unexpected changes throughout the town.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jacqueline CambasShot by Tami ReikerScored by Luis BacalovDesigned by Andrew Jackness

Box Office

1999 · Box office

Grossed $9.1M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$9.1M

Worldwide gross$9.1M

US & Canada: $8.3M 91% of worldwide · International: $837K (9%)

Also known as

  • Der Liebesbriefde
  • Carta de amores
  • Destinataire inconnufr
  • La lettera d'amoreit

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