The Notebook (2004)
Coming Out at 25 June 2004 in theaters.
Drama, Romance
The Notebook is romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and written by Jeremy Leven from Jan Sardi’s adaptation of the 1996 novel by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall in love in the 1940s. Their story is read from a notebook in the present day by an elderly man (played by James Garner), telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident (played by Gena Rowlands, who is Cassavetes’s mother).
The Notebook received generally mixed reviews, but performed well at the box office and received a number of award nominations, winning eight Teen Choice Awards, a Satellite Award, and an MTV Movie Award. The film became a sleeper hit and has gained a cult following. On November 11, 2012, ABC Family premiered an extended version with deleted scenes added back into the original storyline.
At a modern-day nursing home, an elderly man, Duke, reads a romantic story from his notebook to a fellow patient.
In 1940, Seabrook Island, South Carolina, poor lumbermill worker Noah Calhoun sees 17-year-old heiress Allison “Allie” Hamilton at a carnival, pursues her, and they have a summer romance. After weeks of dating, Noah takes Allie to an abandoned house that he intends to buy for them. They try to have sex for the first time, but are interrupted by Noah’s friend Fin with the news that Allie’s parents have the police looking for her. Due to their difference in social class, Allie’s parents were never fond of Noah, and were betting against the relationship from the beginning.
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writers: Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi, Nicholas Sparks (novel)
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Rachel McAdams, Kevin Connolly, Joan Allen
Cast:
| Tim Ivey | … | Rower |
| Gena Rowlands | … | Allie Calhoun |
| Starletta DuPois | … | Nurse Esther |
| James Garner | … | Duke |
| Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas | … | Nurse Keith |
| Ed Grady | … | Harry |
| Renée Amber | … | Nurse at Counter |
| Jennifer Echols | … | Nurse Selma |
| Geoffrey Knight | … | Barker |
| Kevin Connolly | … | Fin |
| Ryan Gosling | … | Noah |
| Heather Wahlquist | … | Sara Tuffington |
| Rachel McAdams | … | Allie |
| Andrew Schaff | … | Matthew Jamison III |
| Matt Shelly | … | Seabrook Boy |
| Michael D. Fuller | … | Seabrook Boy |
| Jonathan Parks Jordan | … | Seabrook Boy |
| Leslea Fisher | … | Seabrook Girl |
| Jude Kitchens | … | Tommy the Ferris Wheel Operator |
| Sam Shepard | … | Frank Calhoun |
| David Thornton | … | John Hamilton |
| Joan Allen | … | Anne Hamilton |
| Tim O’Brien | … | Mr. Tuffington |
| Meredith O’Brien | … | Mrs. Tuffington |
| Cullen Moss | … | Bodee |
| Thunderbird Dinwiddie | … | Veronica |
| Pat Leonard | … | Lieutenant Davis |
| Kweli Leapart | … | Willa |
| James Middleton | … | Aaron |
| Frederick Bingham | … | Postman |
| Daniel Czekalski | … | Recruitment Officer |
| Peter Rosenfeld | … | Professor |
| Bradley D. Capshaw | … | Injured Soldier |
| James Scott Deaton | … | Injured Soldier |
| James Marsden | … | Lon Hammond |
| Eve Kagan | … | Sarah Lawrence Girl |
| Stephanie Wheeler | … | Sarah Lawrence Girl |
| Erin Guzowski | … | Sarah Lawrence Girl |
| Obba Babatundé | … | Band Leader |
| Chuck Pacheco | … | Bus Driver |
| John Cundari | … | Maitre D’ |
| Hugh Robertson | … | Pastor |
| Robert Washington | … | Elgin |
| Todd Lewis | … | Reporter |
| Mark Johnson | … | Photographer |
| Robert Fraisse | … | Buyer #1 |
| Barbara Weetman | … | Buyer #2 |
| Daniel Chamblin | … | Buyer #3 |
| Sasha Azevedo | … | Wife of Buyer #3 |
| Jamie Anne Allman | … | Martha Shaw |
| Robert Ivey | … | Dressmaker |
| Rebecca Koon | … | Aunt Georgia |
| Sandra Elise Williams | … | Aunt Jeanette |
| Deborah Hobart | … | Aunt Kitty |
| Lindy Newton | … | Heather Lynn |
| Sherril M. Turner | … | Linda Jean |
| Sylvia Jefferies | … | Rosemary |
| Mark Garner | … | Lon’s Employee |
| Scott Ritenour | … | Lon’s Employee |
| Milton Buras | … | Lon’s Employee |
| Elizabeth Bond | … | Lon’s Secretary |
| Matthew Barry | … | Dr. Barnwell |
| Nancy De Mayo | … | Mary Allen |
| Meredith Zealy | … | Maggie |
| Julianne Keller Lewis | … | Davanee |
| Madison Wayne Ellis | … | Noah, Jr. |
| Riley Novak | … | Edmond |
| Ronald Betts | … | Male Nurse |
| David Abrams | … | Recruit |
| Patricia Buckley-Moss | … | Dancer |
| Jonathan Dickson | … | Soldier |
| Taylor Engel | … | Guy in Movie Theatre |
| Bob Forrest | … | Man Having Dinner in Retirement Home |
| Paul Johansson | … | Allie’s Mom’s Ex Boyfriend |
| Michael L. Nesbitt | … | Carnival Worker |
| Adam Sumner | … | Lumberyard Worker |
| Cameron Thrower | … | Ferris Wheel Goer |
| Bruce Williamson | … | Carnival Patron |
| Quincy Lamar Wills | … | Swing Dancer |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia