sleepless

With nowhere else to go, Hassan took his family to the seaside, where they spent a sleepless night squeezed together in the car.

Lynda Obst, the longtime producer whose credits included ‘Flashdance,’ ‘Interstellar’ and ‘Sleepless in Seattle,’ died Tuesday at 74, The Times has confirmed.

“When we watch ‘When Harry Met Sally’ or ‘You’ve Got Mail,’ it distills this sweeping sentiment of being in New York City in the fall and this magical feeling that comes once a year, like Christmas,” “Nora Ephron at the Movies” author Ilana Kaplan says, invoking two signature films that she groups with “Sleepless in Seattle.”

Manhattan’s Empire State Building notably plays a key role in “Sleepless in Seattle,” an Ephron homage to “An Affair to Remember”; like “When Harry Met Sally” and “You’ve Got Mail,” it stars Meg Ryan.

Ephron received three Oscar nominations for her screenplays, the first for “Silkwood,” followed by recognition for “When Harry Met Sally” and “Sleepless in Seattle.”