When I saw the movie When Harry Met Sally... (directed by Rob Reiner), when it first came out in 1989, I picked up on a whole lot of Woody Allen influence, there. That is part of the reason I loved it.
The influence is all over the movie, all through it, woven in. However, there are two scenes where they are just like scenes in Woody Allen's 1979 film Manhattan.
And - nothing wrong with that. It was great.
The first scene: the main characters who are destined to be a couple are out and about in New York City, and they unexpectedly encounter a former lover.
In When Harry Met Sally, Sally and Harry are shopping and Harry's ex-wife and her new (either boyfriend or husband) walk up and speak to them.
In Manhattan, Isaac and Mary are out, and Mary's ex, played by Wally Shawn, comes up and speaks to her.
The second scene that is the same, in the two movies, is the ending.
In Manhattan, Woody Allen's character, Isaac, realizes he's still in love with Tracy, and he tries calling her but the line is busy. He decides to go and see her, and tries to get a cab, but traffic is too busy and he ends up just running across many blocks in the city to get to Tracy's apartment building.
In When Harry Met Sally, Billy Crystal's character, Harry, realizes he's in love with Sally and must talk to her - he can't get a cab either because it's New Year's Eve and there are not enough taxis for the people who want one, so he ends up just running through a section of New York City to see Sally as soon as possible.
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