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The Notebook is a 2004 American romance and drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes. The screenplay was written by Jeremy Leven and Nicholas Sparks, based on a work by Sparks. The cast includes Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands, and James Garner. Production was handled by New Line Cinema, with Mark Johnson and Toby Emmerich serving as producers. Robert Fraisse was the director of photography, Alan Heim was the film editor, and Aaron Zigman composed the music. Filming took place in Montreal, Los Angeles, and South Carolina.
The film has a runtime of 123 minutes and was distributed by New Line Cinema and Netflix. It received a PG-13 rating. Financial records indicate a budget of $29,000,000 and a capital cost of $30,000,000, with box office revenue reported at $115,600,000. The movie has accumulated 12 wins and 10 nominations. Its ratings include a 7.8 score on IMDb, a 53 Metascore, and a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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7.9An 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.
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
Themes
- secret love
- soulmates
- based on novel or book
- love of one's life
- fight
- poem
- river
- sadness
- class
- dementia
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
686,952 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
54%
Metacritic
53/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 12 wins & 10 nominations total
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Encyclopedic overview
The Notebook is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, from a screenplay by Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi, and based on 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 modern day by an elderly man telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident.
The Notebook had its world premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 20, 2004, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 25, 2004 by New Line Cinema. Despite generally mixed reviews from critics, Gosling and McAdams were singled out for praise for their performances. The film was a sleeper hit at the box office, grossing $118.3 million against its $29 million budget, and has become a cult classic in the years since its release. On November 11, 2012, an extended version premiered on ABC Family with deleted scenes added back into the original storyline.
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