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The Notebook
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
2004 · Directed by Nick Cassavetes · 123 min · Romance · Drama · 38 frames
Tagline
Behind every great love is a great story.
Crew
- Screenplay: Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi
- Cinematography: Robert Fraisse
- Edited by: Alan Heim
- Music: Aaron Zigman
- Production design: Sarah Knowles
- Produced by: Mark Johnson, Lynn Harris
Cast
- Ryan Gosling as Noah Calhoun
- Rachel McAdams as Allie Hamilton
- Gena Rowlands as Older Allie
- James Garner as Older Noah 'Duke'
- Joan Allen as Anne Hamilton
- David Thornton as John Hamilton
- James Marsden as Lon Hammond
- Kevin Connolly as Fin
- Sam Shepard as Frank Calhoun
- Starletta DuPois as Nurse Esther
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: New Line Cinema, Avery Pix, Gran Via Productions
- Budget: $29,000,000
- Box office: $115,600,000
- Themes: secret love, soulmates, based on novel or book, love of one's life, fight, poem, river, sadness, class, dementia
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