(nora ephron) two people are friends.that sex would ruin everything and then they have sex and they ruin everything. that was my goal. i don't think that movie redefined anything. what we were really trying in "when harry met sally" was to tell women some things about men they didn't know, and men some things about women they didn't know, and that was a very conscious part of our working process. when i worked with rob reiner and andy scheinman on it, they filled my notebook with horrible things -- i'm not saying i didn't know them about men -- but they were sort of my wildest nightmares. you meet someone, you have the safe lunch, you decide you like each other enough to move on to dinner. you go dancing, do the white man's overbite... go back to her place, you have sex; and the minute you're finished, what goes through your mind? "how long do i have to lie here and hold her before i can go home? is thirty seconds enough?" that's what you're thinking? is that true? sure. all men think that. (nora ephron) and then they sai

the late, great, nora ephron, we can't get into this bus it's a great sequence, i'll have what she'se woman in the deli is rob reiner's mother. >> yes. it's one of the best romantic films of all time. annie hall. >> home run. >> woody hal len. talk about some of the best dialogue. it sounds like music. diane keaton, woody allen. this is the last comedy to win best picture at the oscars. 1978. a comedy has not won best picture. this movie has comedy, romance and new york city. >> let's watch a clip. >> that co see sieve core. >> he's reading his opinions in my year. >> the joy of spirit, the -- i found it incredibly indulgent. he's one of the most indulgent filmmakers. >> i love his dialogue. it's so great. >> is this the one woody allen tries to pick up a woman, what are you doing in i'm committing suicide. what are you doing later? i'm committing suicide. he's attacked to her. >> and a young christopher walken. >> there was a young christopher walken? >> there was. >> here's a quirky movie, 500 days of summer. >> i call this the anticliche romantic comedy. joseph gordon levitt. you

i was born into a liberated universe, but, you know, abby, people like your mother, people like nora ephron you know, she said when she first started working, i think at "newsweek," she didn't think twice about being a writer at the beginning because that just wasn't done. things have changed so much because of people like your mom. >> my generation and certainly my daughters now, i have a 13-year-old, they have no idea how limited their options were because we've grown up, you know, with a smorgasbord that she actually laid the table for us. but that table didn't used to exist. and this film which really should be required viewing because it's not only great history. it's great filmmaking. it's just as alive and colorful as any documentary i've ever seen. so i'm proud to be in it for two minutes. the thing about the documentary is that it really shows you just how extreme the sexism was and how blatant, how unapologetic people were about saying incredible things about women's capability or lack of capability. so, you know, those of us who have ridden the coattails of their work, we just do