Plot
A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. They soon are separated by their social differences.
Release Year: 2004
Rating: 7.9/10 (153,745 voted)
Critic's Score: 53/100
Director:
Nick Cassavetes
Stars: Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Rachel McAdams
Storyline The movie focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.
Writers: Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi
Cast: Tim Ivey
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Rower
Starletta DuPois
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Nurse Esther
James Garner
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Duke
Gena Rowlands
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Allie Calhoun
Sam Shepard
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Frank Calhoun
Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas
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Nurse Keith
Joan Allen
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Anne Hamilton
Ed Grady
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Harry
Renée Amber
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Nurse at Counter
Jennifer Echols
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Nurse Selma
Geoffrey Knight
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Barker
Kevin Connolly
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Fin
Ryan Gosling
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Noah
Heather Wahlquist
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Sara Tuffington
Rachel McAdams
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Allie
Taglines:
Behind every great love is a great story.
Filming Locations: Boone Hall Plantation - 1235 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $29,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $13,464,745
(USA)
(27 June 2004)
(2303 Screens)
Gross: $115,603,229
(Worldwide)
(21 November 2004)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The "after 7 years Allie and Noah" scenes were shot first and then the crew/cast went on a Christmas break. Ryan Gosling had to lose the beard and 20lbs he'd had as the older Noah and come back to play the young Noah. Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling were rather shy and unsure around each other in the "after 7 years" scenes but were more comfortable together in the young Allie and Noah scenes.
Goofs:
Continuity:
When Noah takes Allie to the plantation for the first time she is instructed to stay outside. When she looks at the river into the moonlight her silhouette reveals flowing curls, and when she turns around her hair is slightly curled at the ends, but not nearly as much as 2 seconds earlier.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Nurse Selma:
Excuse me. Come on, honey, let's get you ready for bed
User Review
the notebook was a truly remarkable film
Rating:
In all honesty, my Dad paid me to go see the Notebook with my friends
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predictable and somewhat dull (in my opinion) yet this movie kept me
guessing at the outcome, and delivered twists throughout the whole
film.The Notebook was extremely well constructed and i would give it an
eleven out of ten.
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