Re: "You've Got Mail" the movie

[Joni J Rathbun <jrathbun@OregonVOS.net>]

>
>All film companies and movies in particular have a whole dept. to take
>care of properties and props.  These people are in constant negotiations
>with companies re: products used in films...everything from the pet food
>to the computer, so unless the writer or the producer include a
>particular product to enhance the story the product is aquired not for
>the film per se but as a result of some monetary consideration.

Yes, that's fairly well known. But I am still confident that
putting Meg Ryan on a Powerbook and Tom Hanks on a Thinkpad
running Linux was a conscious decision on someone's part. It
plays ... perfectly =)





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