Nora Ephron, 1941-2012

[starlady]

The fantastic screenwriter Nora Ephron died on Tuesday night. She will justly be remembered for screenplays like When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, but my favorite movie of hers will always be My Blue Heaven, which is the best movie that no one buy my family has ever seen. It stars Steve Martin as a mafioso in the Witness Protection Program, Rick Moranis as the strait-laced agent riding herd on him, and Joan Cusack as the local DA who really needs to loosen up, and it is hilarious. (It's also very accurate on New York-California differences, and relations. Sometimes I'm feel like I'm living this movie, I'm not going to lie.)

I embed one of the many hilarious scenes from the movie below. You should go watch it. She was great.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks for the rec. Ephron always made me laugh really loud, the honking-and-snorting kind.

When it was published, her meditation on aging "I Feel Bad About My Neck," was merely amusing. Around two months ago I saw a photo of myself and realized those exact words.