The Notebook
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Based on the novel: The notebook / by Nichols Sparks
Originally produced as a motion picture 2004
Special features (69 min.): optional audio commentary by Cassavetes; optional audio commentary by Sparks; 12 deleted or alternate scenes, with optional audio commentary by Cassavetes (28 min. total); "All in the family : Nick Cassavetes" featurette (12 min.); "Nicholas Sparks : a simple story, well told" featurette (7 min.); "Southern exposure : locating 'The notebook'" featurette (12 min.); "Casting Ryan & Rachel" featurette (4 min.); Rachel McAdams screen test (4 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.)
Includes DVD-ROM features
"[Widescreen version is] enhanced for widescreen TVs" -- Container
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Add a SummaryThe story begins in 1940. At a carnival in Seabrook Island, South Carolina, local country boy Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) sees seventeen-year-old heiress Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) for the first time and is immediately smitten. She coyishly resists his advances until their well-meaning friends lure them together; he courts her, and they find each other on a midnight walk through empty Seabrook, where she tells him she loves to paint.
The story begins in 1940. At a carnival in Seabrook Island, South Carolina, local country boy Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) sees seventeen-year-old heiress Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) for the first time and is immediately smitten. She coyishly resists his advances until their well-meaning friends lure them together; he courts her, and they find each other on a midnight walk through empty Seabrook, where she tells him she loves to paint.
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.
Quotes
Add a QuoteDuke: "I know you feel lost right now, but don't worry... Nothing is ever lost, or can be lost... The body, sluggish, aged, cold... The embers left, from earlier fires... shall duly flame again..." Allie: "Did you write that?" Duke: "No. That was Walt Whitman." Allie: "I think I knew him..." Duke: "I think you did too."
Young Noah: [while hanging from the Ferris Wheel] Will you go out with me? Young Allie: What? No. Young Noah: No...? Young Allie: No. Young Noah: Why not? Young Allie: I don't know, because I don't want to. Young Noah: OK, then you leave me no other choice. Young Allie: [Lets go with one hand] AHHHH! Young Noah: I'm gonna ask you one more time, will you or will you not go out with me? I think my hand's slipping. Young Allie: OK, OK. Fine I'll go out with you Young Noah: No, don't do me any favors. Young Allie: No, no I want to. Young Noah: Say it. Young Allie: I wanna go out with you. Young Noah: Say it again. Young Allie: I WANNA GO OUT WITH YOU! Young Noah: All right, all right we'll go out.
“Every great love starts with a great story...”
“An ordinary beginning, something that would have been forgotten had it been anyone but her. But as he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes, he knew before he'd taken his next breath that she was the one he could spend the rest of his life looking for but never find again. She seemed that good, that perfect, while a summer wind blew through the trees.”
“Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhelms logic and common sense. That's what it was like for me. I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt if oyu planned on fallin gin love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it.”
“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come.”
“If you're a bird... I'm a bird...”
“Noah: "You wanna dance with me?" Allie: "Sure. Now?" Noah: "Mmm Hmm" Allie: "You're not supposed to dance in the street." Noah: "You are supposed to dance in the street." Allie: "Yeah, but we don't have any music." Noah: "Well, we'll make some... Bum bum bum bum bum bum..." Allie: "You're a terrible singer." Noah: "I know." Allie: "And I like this song.”
“She was my dream. She made me who I am, and holding her in my arms was more natural to me than my own heartbeat. I think about her all the time. Even now, when I'm sitting here, I think about her. There could never have been another.”
“We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.”
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Add a CommentSuch a good movieee. Cried a lot.
I loved this movie. I cried so much, this movie touched my heart. My all-time favorite movie!
A 5 hankie film, but was worth every teardrop shed for this hopeless romantic !
i cried so much but it was worth it it was a beautiful movie
Directed by Nick Cassavetes, son of Gena Rowlands, ('Allie Calhoun' here, suffering from Alzheimer's disease), and her late husband, actor/director John Cassavetes. Beautiful story. A bit over the top, but very sweet. I thought Rachel McAdams overplayed young Allie just a trifle. Her exuberant cheerfulness bordered on nauseating. On the other hand, James Garner was magnificent. Very moving performance. My Mom had Alzheimer's, and my Dad went to her nursing home to feed her breakfast, lunch, and dinner, for three years, until she passed. Every. Single. Day. He passed one year later, (I believe, of a broken heart). So this story really hit home with me. Big time. Tough to get old, man.
I didn't read yet but I look interesting.
this story plot wuz rlly sad!!!!!!
This is one of not many movies which is as good as book. And I am not even sure which one is bette book or movie. Love them both!
This is an amazing love story can be enjoyed by all. The Notebook is not one of those cheesy chick flicks that are always coming out, it is a brilliantly written intriguing story about two young lovers that I believe most people can relate to. This movie is a wonderful date night movie, I highly recommend this movie.
This was a great movie! Very sad ending....made me tear up!