The Notebook

Year:

2004

Duration:

123 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

8

Director:

Nick Cassavetes

Awards:

11 wins & 7 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2004-06-25

Filming Locations: Cypress Gardens - 3030 Cypress Gardens Road, Moncks Corner, South Carolina, USA

Earnings

Budget: $29,000,000

Opening Weekend: $13,464,745 (USA) (27 June 2004)

Gross: $32,991 (USA) (28 September 2014)

Cast

Actor

Character

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

Traci 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 (as Obba Babatunde)

Chuck Pacheco

Bus Driver

John Cundari

Maitre D' (as John A. Cundari)

Hugh Robertson

Pastor

Robert Washington

Elgin

Todd Lewis

Reporter

Mark Johnson

Photographer

Robert Fraisse

Buyer #1

Barbara Weetman

Buyer #2

Daniel Chamblin

Buyer #3 (as Dan Chamblin)

Sasha Azevedo

Wife of Buyer #3

Jamie Anne Allman

Martha Shaw (as Jamie Brown)

Robert Ivey

Dressmaker

Rebecca Koon

Aunt Georgia

Sandra Elise Williams

Aunt Jeanette (as Sandra W. Van Natta)

Deborah Hobart

Aunt Kitty

Lindy Newton

Heather Lynn

Sherril M. Turner

Linda Jean (as Sherrill Turner)

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 (as Matt Barry)

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 (uncredited)

Patricia Buckley-Moss

Dancer (uncredited)

Jonathan Dickson

Soldier (uncredited)

Taylor Engel

Guy in Movie Theatre (uncredited)

Bob Forrest

Man Having Dinner in Retirement Home (uncredited)

Paul Johansson

Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited)

Michael L. Nesbitt

Carnival Worker (uncredited)

Adam Sumner

Lumberyard Worker (uncredited)

Bruce Williamson

Carnival Patron (uncredited)

Quincy Lamar Wills

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Rachel McAdams auditioned for the role during another movie's premiere. She was given the script just a day in advance. She beat nine other actresses for the role. The scenes used during her audition included the one of Allie's and Noah's argument at the end after Allie and her mother return from their morning drive.

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Ryan Gosling (Young Noah) wore brown eye contacts because James Garner (Old Noah) has brown eyes, and Gosling has blue.

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Ryan Gosling (Noah) and Rachel McAdams (Allie) were both born in the same hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ontario.

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Goofs

When they are lying in the street, their position moves from dead center of the road (they are in line with the center line) to being over in the right-hand lane when the shot moves from tight to wide.

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When Allie and Noah were making out at Noah's newly built house, Noah already dropped his pants on the stairs but when they entered the room, he still had it on his feet and dropped it near the door.

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The movie Noah, Allie and their friends watch is in wide-screen format. Movies in the 1940s used the Academy format and wide-screen was not introduced until the 1950s.

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Quotes

Lon: [to Allie] The way I see it, I got three choices. One, I can shoot him. Two, I can kick the crap out of him. Or three, I leave you. Well, all that's no good. You see, 'cause none of those options get me you.

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Young Noah: [at the Carnival] Who's that girl with Sara?

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Duke: I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but in one respect I've succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I've loved another with all my heart and soul and for me that has always been enough.

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Faq

Q

When is this film set?

A

It is set in modern times and flashes back to the 40's.

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