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The Notebook

Name: The Notebook
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 2004-06-25
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 7.891

★ 7,9 /10 (12,716 Votes)

2004 EN 123 min

Overview

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.

Stream

Rent

Release date

25/06/2004

Votes

12,716

Popularity

31.1

Behind every great love is a great story.

Genres

Romance Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

123 min

Budget

$29,000,000

Revenue

$115,600,000

Ryan Gosling

Noah Calhoun

Rachel McAdams

Allie Hamilton

Gena Rowlands

Older Allie

James Garner

Older Noah "Duke"

Joan Allen

Anne Hamilton

David Thornton

John Hamilton

James Marsden

Lon Hammond

Kevin Connolly

Fin

Sam Shepard

Frank Calhoun

Starletta DuPois

Nurse Esther

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Ed Grady

Harry

Jennifer Echols

Nurse Selma

Heather Wahlquist

Sara Tuffington

Cullen Moss

Bodee

Thunderbird Dinwiddie

Veronica

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James Middleton

Aaron

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Peter Rosenfeld

Professor

Obba Babatundé

Band Leader

Chuck Pacheco

Bus Driver

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Todd Lewis

Reporter

Mark Johnson

Photographer

Robert Fraisse

Buyer #1

Barbara Weetman

Buyer #2

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Daniel Chamblin

Buyer #3

Sasha Azevedo

Wife of Buyer #3

Jamie Anne Allman

Martha Shaw

Rebecca Koon

Aunt Georgia

Sandra Elise Williams

Aunt Jeanette

Deborah Hobart

Aunt Kitty

Sylvia Jefferies

Rosemary

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Mark Garner

Lon's Employee

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Scott Ritenour

Lon's Employee

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Milton Buras

Lon's Employee

Elizabeth Bond

Lon's Secretary

Matthew Barry

Dr. Barnwell

Nancy De Mayo

Mary Allen

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Renée Amber

Nurse at Counter

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Tim O'Brien

Mr. Tuffington

Meredith O'Brien

Mrs. Tuffington

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Geoffrey Knight

Barker

Andrew Schaff

Matthew Jamison III

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Tim Ivey

Rower

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Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas

Nurse Keith

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Matt Shelly

Seabrook Boy

Michael D. Fuller

Seabrook Boy

Jonathan Parks Jordan

Seabrook Boy

Leslea Fisher

Seabrook Girl

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Jude Kitchens

Tommy the Ferris Wheel Operator

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Pat Leonard

Lieutenant Davis

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Kweli Leapart

Willa

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Frederick Bingham

Postman

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Daniel Czekalski

Recruitment Officer

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Bradley D. Capshaw

Injured Soldier

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James Scott Deaton

Injured Soldier

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Eve Kagan

Sarah Lawrence Girl

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Stephanie Wheeler

Sarah Lawrence Girl

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Erin Guzowski

Sarah Lawrence Girl

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John Cundari

Maitre D'

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Hugh Robertson

Pastor

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Robert Washington

Elgin

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Robert Ivey

Dressmaker

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Sherril M. Turner

Linda Jean

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Meredith Zealy

Maggie

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Julianne Keller Lewis

Davanee

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Madison Wayne Ellis

Noah, Jr.

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Riley Novak

Edmond

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Ronald Betts

Male Nurse

Paul Johansson

Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited)

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David Abrams

Recruit (uncredited)

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Bruce Williamson

Carnival Patron (uncredited)

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Bob Forrest

Man Having Dinner in Retirement Home (uncredited)

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Taylor Engel

Guy in Movie Theatre (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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A gently touching look at an elderly couple who must deal with present day mental illness told through a retrospective of their not uneventful lives. Rachel McAdams is "Allie", a young girl from a wealthy family who falls for "Noah" (Ryan Gosling) but her mother wants much better for her, so takes her away to their city home and keeps all of his (365) letters. He joins the Army and fights in WWII and, after time, she meets the handsome, wealthy James Marsden ("Lon") but before she marries, she returns to their old stomping ground and... To be fair, the young love/boy from the wrong side of the…

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Touching! Despite evidently not watching this until today, I've always heard about the sad tag that many associate with <em>'The Notebook'</em> - and I can see why. Given I didn't know anything other than that, I was not anticipating how the film portrays its story - which is effective and rather heartbreaking. I'm not one to get properly emotional to movies, though hit the feels this one does still certainly do. The film features impressive performances from Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, as well as James Garner and Gena Rowlands. In smaller roles, Joan Allen and James Marsden are rel…

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**_Love story in the 1940s near the coast of South Carolina_** An aged man at a nursing home (James Garner) reads a romantic tale of two young lovers around the WW2 years (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) to a woman with dementia (Gena Rowlands). Sam Shepard plays the young man’s father while James Marsden is on hand as his competitor. "The Notebook” (2004) comes in the tradition of romantic dramas like “Message in a Bottle,” “A River Runs through It” and “Legends of the Fall.” It may not be as good as “River,” but it’s not as contrived as “Message” and arguably on par with “Legends.” Th…

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My wife and I, being of a certain age, find this film to be one of the most poignant and heartwarming love stories ever read, heard, or seen (* Doctor Zhivago notwithstanding). Yes, it's quite predictable, but that doesn't influence the score. If you are younger, all I can say is, may you be blessed with such a love.

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