The films of Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron wrote and directed the 2009 film "Julie and Julia." Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.

Meryl Streep is seen here, portraying Child in a scene from the film, which co-stars Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci.

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"Bewitched"

In 2005, Nora Ephron wrote and directed "Bewitched" with Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine. The plots centers around an egocentric actor, who unknowingly gets a witch cast in a television remake of the classic 1960s show "Bewitched."

Kidman and Ferrell's on-screen pairing earned them a Razzie Award for worst on-screen couple.

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"Hanging Up"

Nora Ephron co-wrote the 2000 film "Hanging Up," directed by Diane Keaton.

Starring Keaton, Meg Ryan and Lisa Kurdrow, the movie follows a trio of sisters as they bond over their ambivalence toward the pending death of their father.

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"Lucky Numbers"

Nora Ephron directed the film "Lucky Numbers," which hit theaters in 2000.

Inspired by the 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal, the movie tells the story of how a television weatherman manages to scam a local lottery. It stars John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow.

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"You've Got Mail"

"You've Got Mail" hit theaters in 1998, a movie that helped tear down the only-losers-make-friends-on-the-Internet stigma.

Nora Ephron directed and wrote the screenplay for the film about two business rivals who hate each other at the office, but fall in love over a string of emails.

The film was a box-office hit, grossing more than three times its $65 million budget.

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"Michael"

Nora Ephron directed the 1996 movie, "Michael," starring John Travolta and Andie MacDowell.

In the film, two tabloid reporters checking out a report of the Archangel Michael living with an old woman find that it's true. Randy Newman composed the music and the score.

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"Mixed Nuts"

Nora Ephron wrote and directed the 1994's "Mixed Nuts," starring Steve Martin. It's based on the 1982 French comedy film, "Le Pere Nool est une ordure." (1982).

The film follows what happens at a crisis hotline on one crazy night over the holidays.

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"Sleepless in Seattle"

"Sleepless in Seattle" is a 1993 romantic comedy, directed and co-written by Nora Ephron.

In the film, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, a recently-widowed man's son calls a radio talk show in an attempt to find his father a partner. It received two Oscar nominations: best original screenplay and best original song for "A Wink and a Smile." It lost in both categories.

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"My Blue Heaven"

Steve Martin and Rick Moranis star in "My Blue Heaven," a 1990 comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Nora Ephron.

In the movie, an uptight FBI agent must protect a larger-than-life mobster with a heart of gold who's under witness protection in the suburbs.

The film's title is taken from the song performed by Fats Domino, which also appears on the soundtrack.

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"When Harry Met Sally"

Nora Ephron wrote the classic 1989 romantic comedy, "When Harry Met Sally," directed by Rob Reiner.

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal are seen here in a scene from the 1989 romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally." Ryan's restaurant scene is one of the most recognizable in movie history, as is the line delivered by Reiner's mother (shown back left): "I'll have what she's having."
The film explores the question: "Can men and women ever just be friends?" "When Harry Met Sally" earned a best original screenplay Oscar nomination, but lost to "Dead Poets Society."

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"Heartburn"

Nora Ephron wrote the screenplay to the 1986 film, "Heartburn," a drama directed by Mike Nichols.

The screenplay is based on Ephron's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, which was inspired by her second marriage to Carl Bernstein and his affair with Margaret Jay.

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"Silkwood"

Meryl Streep stars in Nora Ephron's 1983 release, "Silkwood," about Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

The film also features Cher and Kurt Russell.

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