TY - ADVS AU - Costner,Kevin AU - Wright,Robin AU - Newman,Paul AU - Sparks,Nicholas ED - Warner Bros. Pictures. ED - Bel-Air Entertainment (Firm) ED - Tig Productions. ED - Di Novi Pictures (Firm) ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - Message in a bottle SN - 0790740818 : U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 1999/// CY - Burbank, Calif. PB - Warner Home Video KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Drama KW - Widowers KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - "16989."; Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks; "Widescreen version presented in a "letterbox" widescreen format preserving the "scope" aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition."--Container note; Music, Gabriel Yared; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel; Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, John Savage, Illeana Douglas, Robbie Coltrane, Paul Newman; Rated PG-13 N2 - A reporter traces a lonely widower who wrote a heart-felt message, put it in a bottle, and threw it in the sea ER -