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Bob Rueland, a Chicago architect, promises his wife Elizabeth, a zoologist at Lincoln Park Zoo, that he will finish the primate house she is raising money for. She dies in a car crash after the fundraiser, and her heart is given to Grace Briggs, an artist who has had heart disease since she was 14. A year on, Grace can finally make plans, and her friend Megan Dayton pushes her to start dating. Bob, still grieving, agrees to a blind date at an Irish-Italian restaurant, and the evening goes badly, but the waitress, Grace, whose grandfather owns the restaurant, interests him more than his date does. The two begin seeing each other, neither aware of what links them.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Return to Me (2000)
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- The project was announced in July 1997 as Distance Calls, with Bonnie Hunt signed to direct for MGM from a script by Andrew Stern and Samantha Goodman that she rewrote; by January 1999 the title was Return to Me, with David Duchovny attached and Minnie Driver in final negotiations.
- Return to Me, which was filmed in Chicago and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, was Carroll O'Connor's final film before his death the following year.
- The film opened in fourth place at the North American box office with $7.8 million, behind The Road to El Dorado, Erin Brockovich and Rules of Engagement, and returned $32,662,299 over its entire run.
