Photo: Touchstone/Kobal/ShutterstockReese Witherspoontook fans on a trip down memory lane.On Saturday, the actress celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of the hit romantic comedySweet Home Alabama.Sharing a short clip featuring the compilation of the famous scenes from the beloved movie, Witherspoon, 46, wrote in theInstagramcaption, “20 years agoSweet Home Alabamacame out and completely changed my life.”" 💫✨🌟Incredible memories of shooting this movie with these amazing actors—Josh, Patrick, Dakota, Melanie, Jean, Ethan, Mary Kay, Fred, and Candace, of course!" she continued. “So many great scenes and my favorite line… ‘So I can kiss you anytime I want.’ 💖🎬🥰 Do you remember seeing it for the first time?“Sweet Home Alabamawas released in September 2002 and took its title from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name.In its opening weekend, the film grossed over $35 million and earned over $130 million domestically during its theater run. It made another $53 million at the worldwide box office, with a budget of $30 million.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The film follows the story of Witherspoon’s character Melanie, a big-shot designer living in New York who must go back home to convince her ex to sign the divorce papers so she can get married again.While promoting her book,Whiskey in a Teacupin 2018, Witherspoon explained how the plot in thefilm mirrored her own life story.“When I read the script I was like, ‘Do these people know my life story?'” Witherspoon said at a press conference in New York,Page Sixreported. “Because no matter how much you love where you’re from, when you get a little bit older, you get nostalgic for it. When I was 18, I was like, ‘I am out of here! I am never coming back!'“Though the actress grew up in Nashville, Tenn., and not Alabama, Witherspoon still felt like her old self while shooting the movie in Georgia. According to Page Six, she said it brought back memories of feeling like home is where the heart is.“When I was going throughSweet Home Alabama,I was like, ‘This is exactly how so many young people feel,’ " she said at the time. “You want to leave home, and then you realize that there’s so many important things about the closeness of family or people who knew you before. And I feel really like that movie really encapsulated those ideas. And it was a lot of fun. It was so much fun. I had a great time doing it.”
Photo: Touchstone/Kobal/Shutterstock
Reese Witherspoontook fans on a trip down memory lane.On Saturday, the actress celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of the hit romantic comedySweet Home Alabama.Sharing a short clip featuring the compilation of the famous scenes from the beloved movie, Witherspoon, 46, wrote in theInstagramcaption, “20 years agoSweet Home Alabamacame out and completely changed my life.”” 💫✨🌟Incredible memories of shooting this movie with these amazing actors—Josh, Patrick, Dakota, Melanie, Jean, Ethan, Mary Kay, Fred, and Candace, of course!” she continued. “So many great scenes and my favorite line… ‘So I can kiss you anytime I want.’ 💖🎬🥰 Do you remember seeing it for the first time?“Sweet Home Alabamawas released in September 2002 and took its title from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name.In its opening weekend, the film grossed over $35 million and earned over $130 million domestically during its theater run. It made another $53 million at the worldwide box office, with a budget of $30 million.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The film follows the story of Witherspoon’s character Melanie, a big-shot designer living in New York who must go back home to convince her ex to sign the divorce papers so she can get married again.While promoting her book,Whiskey in a Teacupin 2018, Witherspoon explained how the plot in thefilm mirrored her own life story.“When I read the script I was like, ‘Do these people know my life story?'” Witherspoon said at a press conference in New York,Page Sixreported. “Because no matter how much you love where you’re from, when you get a little bit older, you get nostalgic for it. When I was 18, I was like, ‘I am out of here! I am never coming back!'“Though the actress grew up in Nashville, Tenn., and not Alabama, Witherspoon still felt like her old self while shooting the movie in Georgia. According to Page Six, she said it brought back memories of feeling like home is where the heart is.“When I was going throughSweet Home Alabama,I was like, ‘This is exactly how so many young people feel,’ " she said at the time. “You want to leave home, and then you realize that there’s so many important things about the closeness of family or people who knew you before. And I feel really like that movie really encapsulated those ideas. And it was a lot of fun. It was so much fun. I had a great time doing it.”
Reese Witherspoontook fans on a trip down memory lane.
On Saturday, the actress celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of the hit romantic comedySweet Home Alabama.
Sharing a short clip featuring the compilation of the famous scenes from the beloved movie, Witherspoon, 46, wrote in theInstagramcaption, “20 years agoSweet Home Alabamacame out and completely changed my life.”
" 💫✨🌟Incredible memories of shooting this movie with these amazing actors—Josh, Patrick, Dakota, Melanie, Jean, Ethan, Mary Kay, Fred, and Candace, of course!” she continued. “So many great scenes and my favorite line… ‘So I can kiss you anytime I want.’ 💖🎬🥰 Do you remember seeing it for the first time?”
Sweet Home Alabamawas released in September 2002 and took its title from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name.
In its opening weekend, the film grossed over $35 million and earned over $130 million domestically during its theater run. It made another $53 million at the worldwide box office, with a budget of $30 million.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
The film follows the story of Witherspoon’s character Melanie, a big-shot designer living in New York who must go back home to convince her ex to sign the divorce papers so she can get married again.
While promoting her book,Whiskey in a Teacupin 2018, Witherspoon explained how the plot in thefilm mirrored her own life story.
“When I read the script I was like, ‘Do these people know my life story?'” Witherspoon said at a press conference in New York,Page Sixreported. “Because no matter how much you love where you’re from, when you get a little bit older, you get nostalgic for it. When I was 18, I was like, ‘I am out of here! I am never coming back!'”
Though the actress grew up in Nashville, Tenn., and not Alabama, Witherspoon still felt like her old self while shooting the movie in Georgia. According to Page Six, she said it brought back memories of feeling like home is where the heart is.
“When I was going throughSweet Home Alabama,I was like, ‘This is exactly how so many young people feel,’ " she said at the time. “You want to leave home, and then you realize that there’s so many important things about the closeness of family or people who knew you before. And I feel really like that movie really encapsulated those ideas. And it was a lot of fun. It was so much fun. I had a great time doing it.”
source: people.com
