Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy film, it stars Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin and Meg Ryan as Annie Reed. Sam Baldwin, a Chicago architect, loses his wife to cancer. He and his young son Jonah start new lives in Seattle, but Sam still grieves.
从妻子病逝后,Sam就一直带着8岁的儿子Jonah默默地生活着。他谢绝了朋友的安慰和再婚的介绍,他相信真正的爱只有一次,他永远不会再找到象玛吉一样的女人了。为了调整心情,他决定离开芝加哥到西雅图去过一种新的生活。

18 months later, Jonah--who wants his father to find a new wife--calls into a talk radio show. He, on the advice of the radio show host, persuades Sam to go on the air to talk about how much he misses his wife. Hundreds of women from around the country hear the program, and touched by the story, write to Sam. One of the listeners is Annie Reed, a Baltimore Sun reporter. She is engaged to a man named Walter but feels that there is something missing from their relationship. Annie impulsively writes a letter suggesting that Sam meet her on top of the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day.
时间已经是一年半以后。巴尔的摩的一位女记者Annie与男朋友Walter订婚了。她决定去华盛顿和男友一起过圣诞节。在汽车上,Annie打开收音机听情感热线,正好听到Jonah打电话要求给爸爸找一个妻子。Sam十分生气,但在主持人的耐心劝导下,他讲述了自己的经历。他知道Jonah需要一个新妈妈,但他明白再也找不到像原来那样完美的家了。Annie被这个伤感的故事深深触动了。Annie告诉自己她爱着的是Walter,可奇怪的是她又很关心那个“西雅图未眠人”。Annie每次听那节目录音都感动得热泪盈眶,她终于写信去约Sam情人节在纽约帝国大厦顶楼见面。

Sam begins to date a coworker, Victoria, whom his son dislikes. Jonah likes Annie but fails to convince his father to go to New York to meet Annie. On the advice of his friend Jessica, Jonah replies to Annie agreeing to the New York meeting.While dropping Victoria off at the airport for a flight, Sam sees Annie exiting from her plane and is infatuated, although he has no idea who she is. Annie spies on Sam and Jonah playing on the beach together, but mistakes Sam's sister Suzy for his girlfriend. He recognizes her from the airport and says "Hello", but Annie can only respond with another "Hello" before fleeing. She decides she is being foolish, and goes to New York to meet Walter for Valentine's Day.
Sam在同事的劝说下,决定同一个叫Victoria的女子见面约会。Jonah认为Victoria不适合父亲,却对Annie的来信很亲近。Annie以做报道为名来到西雅图,正看见Sam迎接好友Suzy,她误认为那是Sam的女友而放弃与Sam见面,两人只打了个照面。Annie回来后,决定彻底放弃这种古怪的感情,而不再理会那个约会了。

Jessica helps Jonah fly to New York. Sam follows his son and finds him at the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Annie sees the skyscraper from the Rainbow Room, where she is dining with Walter, and confesses her doubts. They amicably end their engagement. Jonah and Sam get on the down elevator just before Annie reaches the observation deck. She finds Jonah's backpack, not knowing whom it belongs to. Jonah and Sam return for the backpack and finally meet Annie for the first time. They leave, Sam and Annie walking off hand in hand.
由于Sam并不打算去纽约赴约,Jonah偷偷地上了飞机,独自来到了纽约去见那个“Annie”。而Annie在经过认真考虑后也将自己这一段时间的感情经历告诉了男友Walter,并将戒指还给了他。Walter早已觉察到她的变化,他平静地接受了分手。Sam知道Jonah独自去了纽约,也赶了过去。天黑时,Sam终于在帝国大厦顶楼找到了苦苦等候的儿子。Annie终于决定去赴约会,但她赶到时只看到了一只帆布背包。正在此时,留下那只包的Jonah拉着父亲又回到了这里。双方一见面就立刻明白了对方是自己要见的人,也正是自己内心中所希望的伴侣。Jonah伸出双手,一边牵着父亲,一边拉着Annie。三个人一起走进了美丽的夜色之中。

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Work hard! Work will save you. Work is the only thing that will see you through this.
努力工作吧!工作能拯救你。埋头苦干可令你忘记痛楚。

People who truly loved once are far more likely to love again.
真爱过的人很难再恋爱。

You know it's easier to get killed by a terrorist than get married over the age of 40.
你知道,女人过了40岁想出嫁就难了,被恐怖分子杀死都比这容易。

When you're attracted to someone it just means that your subconscious is attracted to their subconscious, subconsciously. So what we think of as fate, is just two neurosis knowing they're a perfect match.
当你被某个人吸引时,那只是意味着你俩在潜意识里相互吸引。因此,所谓命运,就只不过是两个疯子认为他们自己是天造一对、地设一双。

I don't want to be someone that you're settling for. I don't want to be someone that anyone settles for.
我不想要你将就,我也不想成为将就的对象。

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