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You've Got Mail (1998)

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You've Got Mail (1998) is an American romantic comedy directed by Nora Ephron, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, set around early internet email culture and loosely inspired by the 1940 Ernst Lubitsch film The Shop Around the Corner.

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Do Kathleen Kelly and Joe Fox know they are emailing each other?

Kathleen and Joe begin as anonymous AOL correspondents using the screen names Shopgirl and NY152. Joe discovers Kathleen's identity before she learns his, creating the central deception that must be resolved at the end.

Why are Kathleen Kelly and Joe Fox business rivals?

Kathleen owns the small children's bookstore The Shop Around the Corner, while Joe belongs to the family behind the Fox Books chain. A new Fox Books superstore threatens Kathleen's business even as the two unknowingly grow close by email.

Is You've Got Mail a remake of The Shop Around the Corner?

Nora Ephron's 1998 film is a modern reworking of Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 romantic comedy The Shop Around the Corner. It replaces anonymous letters and a Budapest shop with AOL email and competing bookstores in New York.

Where in New York was You've Got Mail set?

The story is closely associated with Manhattan's Upper West Side, including Riverside Park and neighborhood streets around Kathleen's bookstore. That setting helps contrast her intimate local shop with the large Fox Books chain.

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