Peter Day Movies

Based on a Spanish classic by Juan Valera, this film respectfully and effectively handles its potentially melodramatic story, and received critical acclaim in its native land. In the story, Luis de Varga (Peter Day) is a young man who has been studying for the priesthood. He is returning to his hidalgo (large landowner) father's home in Andalusia for a vacation. The father, Pedro de Vargas (Stanley Baker), is an educated man with a generous and sensitive nature. Among his concerns is to improve the condition of the peasantry. Pedro is preparing to marry a lively young widow, Pepita Jimenez (Sarah Miles). When Luis comes on the scene, he tries to sidestep the feelings he quickly develops for Pepita, but the two eventually make love. Not wishing to endanger his father's plans, he leaves before his vacation is over and returns to the seminary. Pedro discovers what has happened and is properly furious, but before long he generously makes it possible for Luis to return and marry the lovely Pepita. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Rob Reiner's romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as the title pair. The film opens with the two strangers, both newly graduated from the University of Chicago, share a car trip from Chicago to New York, where they are both going to make their way. During the trip, they discuss aspects of their characters and their lives, eventually deciding it is impossible for men and women to be "just friends." They arrive in New York and go their separate ways. They meet a few years later on an airplane and Harry reveals he is married. They meet again at a bookstore a few years after that where Harry reveals he is now divorced. From that point on, the two form a friendship. Eventually their closeness results in their respective best friends (played by Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby) meeting and falling in love with each other. At a New Year's Eve party Harry and Sally confront the complex tangle of emotions they feel for each other. The soundtrack consists primarily of Harry Connick Jr. crooning standards like "It Had to Be You." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide