00:00I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody,
00:04you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
00:07Iconic rom-com win Harry Met Sally will kick off the 10th annual TCM Classic Film Festival
00:12on April 11th at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
00:15The 1989 classic, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan,
00:19examine the age-old question, can men and women ever truly just be friends?
00:24No man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive.
00:26He always wants to have sex with her.
00:28So you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?
00:33No, you pretty much want an L.M. too.
00:35Reiner, Crystal and Ryan are all expected to attend the 30th anniversary screening of the film.
00:39To make a long story short, we did it.
00:42They did it!
00:43That's great, Sally.
00:44We've been praying for it.
00:45We should have done it in the first place.
00:46Meanwhile, Turner Classic Movies, which presents the festival, which showcases vintage movies,
00:51will celebrate its own 25th anniversary on April 14th, the closing night of the event.
00:55According to Ben Mankiewicz, TCM primetime anchor and official host of the TCM Classic Film Festival,
01:01there are romantic comedies, and then there's When Harry Met Sally.
01:04The chemistry between Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan makes them part of a legacy that includes
01:09the greats of classic movies, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn,
01:12Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, and Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.
01:16And Rob Reiner, utilizing Nora Ephron's word-perfect screenplay,
01:20follows in the rarefied air of the filmmaking giants who made those earlier pictures.
01:24Plus, you know, they've basically been keeping Katz's deli in New York in business
01:28thanks to this scene.
01:29Yes! Yes! Yes! Oh! Oh!
01:34I'll have what she's having.
01:36To read more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:39For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.
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