Love Letter (The)
- Director: Peter Chan
- Writer: Cathleen Schine; Maria Maggenti
- Producer: Kate Capshaw; Beau Flynn
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The power of words and images to open hearts. Helen runs, miles a day, to burn off energy: she's an emotional celibate. Going through the post at her shop, she finds a romantic and poetic letter between the couch cushions, unsigned, and thinks it's for her. It melts her resistance to feelings, and soon she undertakes an affair with Johnny, a collegiate employee. (He sees the letter and thinks she wrote it to him; he quotes some of it, so she thinks he wrote it to her.) In the background are Helen's long-time friend, George, who loves her, and her mother who abruptly left on a long trip months' before. Discovering who actually wrote the letter brings insight and promise.
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Cast & Characters
Kate Capshaw as Helen;
Blythe Danner as Lillian MacFarquhar;
Ellen DeGeneres as Janet Hall;
Julianne Nicholson as Jennifer;
Tom Everett Scott as Johnny;
Tom Selleck as George Matthias;
Gloria Stuart as Eleanor;
Bill Buell as Officer Dan;
Alice Drummond as Postal Clerk;
Erik Jensen as Ray;
Margaret Ann Brady as Selma;
Jessica Capshaw as Kelly;
Walter Covell as Post Office Customer;
Patrick Donnelly as Bookstore Customer;
Lucas Hall as Garbage Man