Description: The Notebook is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, written by Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi, based on the 1996 novel of the same name 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 present day by an elderly man (played by James Garner), telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident (played by Gena Rowlands, the director Cassavetes' mother). DETAILED PLOT At a modern-day nursing home, an elderly man, Duke, reads a romantic story from his notebook to a fellow patient. In 1940, at a carnival in Seabrook Island, South Carolina, poor lumber mill worker Noah Calhoun sees 17-year-old heiress Allison "Allie" Hamilton, who is spending the summer in town with her parents. He pursues her and they begin a summer romance. One night, Allie goes over to Noah's house and meets his father Frank Calhoun who immediately likes her and takes her under his wing as one of his own. A few days later, Noah is invited to Allie's house by her parents John and Anne Hamilton so they can meet him, but unlike Frank they are unimpressed with Noah. That evening, Noah takes her to the abandoned Windsor Plantation that he intends to buy and restore for them. While there, they attempt to make love for the first time, but Allie is nervous and rambling on. They are shortly interrupted by Noah's friend Fin with the news that Allie's parents have the police looking for her. When Allie and Noah return to her parents' mansion, Allie's parents, particularly her mother Anne, make it clear they do not approve of the relationship and forbid her from seeing him. Overhearing Allie's mother's insults, Noah walks out and Allie chases after him. An argument ensues, and Allie breaks up with Noah, but she quickly regrets it. The next morning, Anne announces that the family is returning home to Charleston immediately. Allie can't find Noah, so she asks Fin to tell him she loves him. Noah rushes to Allie's home, but finds it empty. Noah writes a letter to Allie every day for a year, but Allie's mother intercepts them. After 365 letters, Noah stops writing. He enlists with Fin to fight in World War II, where Fin is killed in battle. Allie volunteers as a nurse's aide in a hospital for wounded soldiers, where she meets Captain Lon Hammond Jr., a young lawyer who comes from old Southern money. After a few years, the two become engaged, to the delight of Allie's parents. Noah returns from the war to find that his father sold their home so Noah could buy the Windsor Plantation. He convinces himself that if he restores the house, Allie will come back to him. While Allie is being fitted for her wedding dress, she spots a story in a newspaper about the house Noah completed. She faints. Allie is overwhelmed with memories and unresolved feelings for Noah, and asks permission from Lon to take a trip before the wedding. She returns to Seabrook to find Noah living in their dream house. The two rekindle and consummate their relationship. Several days later, Anne appears on Noah's doorstep to warn Allie that Lon has followed her to Seabrook. She also reveals that, like her daughter, she once loved a lower-class young man and still thinks about him. She gives Allie the letters Noah wrote. After an emotional argument with Noah, Allie makes the difficult choice to drive back to her hotel and confess her infidelity to Lon. Lon says he still loves her and wants her back, but Allie decides to return to Noah. In the present, it turns out the elderly woman listening to the story is Allie, now stricken with dementia, and Duke is her husband now. During the early stages of her illness, Allie had written a journal detailing their romance and life together so Noah could read it to her to help her remember. One day as he is reading the notebook, she briefly recognizes him. She asks how long they have before she forgets again, and Noah tells her no more than five minutes. They dance to their song, "I'll Be Seeing You." Allie quickly relapses and panics, and medical personnel must sedate her. Noah has a heart attack and is hospitalized, and Allie is sent to a dementia ward in the same hospital. Upon recovering, and despite not being allowed in, Noah visits Allie's room in the night, and she remembers him again. They kiss, hold hands, and fall asleep. In the morning, a nurse finds them both dead, their hands still clasped together.
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Music Artist: Aaron Zigman
Video Format: PAL
Case Type: Tall/DVD Case
Rating: PG
Subtitle Language: English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired
Custom Bundle: No
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Sub-Genre: Slice of Life
Cinematic Movement: Multi Regional Player Required Outside Australia
MPN: Comes In Special Hard Cover/spiral Notebook
Studio: Roadshow Entertainment
Edition: Indulgance Collection
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Type: Movie
Format: DVD
Region Code: DVD: 4 (AU, NZ, Latin America...)
Release Year: 2004
Language: English
Actor: James Garner, Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands
Features: Alternate Endings, Deleted Scenes, Director & Novalist Commentries, Nickolas Sparks: An Authors Simply Story, Location Of The Notebook, Casting Ryan & Rachel, Featurette: A Simple Story Well Told, Locating “the Notebook”
Genre: Drama, Romance
Movie/TV Title: The Notebook (2004 film)
Season: NA
Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
