The Notebook

Theatrical Release Date: 2004 06 25 (USA)

UPC: 794043749728

Studio: New Line Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Directed by Nick Cassavetes, this adaptation of author Nicholas Sparks's bestselling novel revolves around Noah Calhoun's (James Garner) regular visits to a female patron (Gena Rowlands) of an area nursing home. Rather than bore her with the inanities of everyday life, Calhoun reads from an old, faded notebook containing the sweeping account of a young couple (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) whose love affair was tragically put to a halt after their separation in the midst of World War II. Seven years later, the couple was reunited, and, despite having taken radically different paths, they found themselves unable to resist the call of a second chance. The Notebook also features Joan Allen, Sam Shepard, and Kevin Connolly. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Category: Romance

Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Screen Actors Guild Best Supporting Actor – Screen Actors Guild

Features: cc 12 deleted scenes with optional director commentary
"All in the Family: Nick Cassavetes" featurette
"Nicholas Sparks: A Simple Story, Well Told" featurette
"Southern Exposure: Locating the Notebook" featurette
"Casting Rachel and Ryan" featurette
Director Nick Cassavetes commentary
Novelist Nicholas Sparks commentary
Rachel McAdams screen test and more

The Notebook

Format: DVD

Release Date: 02/08/2005

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard, 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD-EX Dolby Digital Surround EX (simulated 6.1), DDS2.0 Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels

Runtime: 124 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 -- P&S;
1. Main Titles [3:16]
2. No One Special [1:51]
3. First Sight [5:31]
4. The Late Show [8:32]
5. An Improbable Romance [9:04]
6. Dream House [8:32]
7. "He's Not for You" [6:24]
8. A World of Change [10:47]
9. Noah Returns [3:39]
10. Labor of Love [3:51]
11. The Past Returns [3:17]
12. Lost and Found [10:22]
13. Lake Outing [6:10]
14. Out of the Rain [3:54]
15. She's the One [3:09]
16. Morning Drive [7:03]
17. "What Do You Want?" [6:39]
18. Happily Ever After [9:03]
19. "I'll Never Leave You" [7:00]
20. End Credits [5:28]
Side #2 -- WS
1. Main Titles [3:16]
2. No One Special [1:51]
3. First Sight [5:31]
4. The Late Show [8:32]
5. An Improbable Romance [9:04]
6. Dream House [8:32]
7. "He's Not for You" [6:24]
8. A World of Change [10:47]
9. Noah Returns [3:39]
10. Labor of Love [3:51]
11. The Past Returns [3:17]
12. Lost and Found [10:22]
13. Lake Outing [6:10]
14. Out of the Rain [3:54]
15. She's the One [3:09]
16. Morning Drive [7:03]
17. "What Do You Want?" [6:39]
18. Happily Ever After [9:03]
19. "I'll Never Leave You" [7:00]
20. End Credits [5:28]

Derek Armstrong

The only way The Notebook resembles anything on Nick Cassavetes's resumé is that it features his mother, Gena Rowlands. But this departure is a good thing. Too fixated early in his career on (poorly) imitating the gritty mannerisms of his father, iconoclast filmmaker John Cassavetes, the younger Cassavetes gives himself over here to a lyrical romance that takes place mostly in the 1940s. The clean production design of a period piece suits him well, and while it may not be grubby-fingernails real, The Notebook carries with it an undeniable believability. Nicholas Sparks's novel contains plenty of pat scenarios, but they possess a wonderful third dimension in the hands of the film's two exciting central performers: Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. Both are effortlessly charming and likeable, giving fine personage to the young lovers who struggle against society's expectations of them. McAdams in particular is a revelation, proving as effective a flawed protagonist as she was an icy backstabber in Mean Girls -- though this is much subtler work. Adults who see The Notebook as a teen romance, despite its wartime setting, should be heartened by the Oscar nominees who fill out the cast, as Joan Allen and James Garner join Rowlands to add credibility. Although the framing story involving Garner and Rowlands sometimes seems like a distraction, it has a fulfilling enough resolution to work in concert with the main narrative. The constant between both time periods is Cassavetes's camera, which has the liberated feel of a child breaking free from his father's influence. John Cassavetes may not have shot many rowboats on swan-filled lakes, but his son seems to have matured to the realization that this, too, is a legitimate form of honest storytelling. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Nick Cassavetes  Director 
Nick Cassavetes  Screenwriter 
Mark Johnson  Producer 
Jeremy Leven  Screenwriter 
Jan Sardi  Screenwriter 
Avram "Butch" Kaplan  Executive Producer 
Toby Emmerich  Executive Producer 
Aaron Zigman  Composer (Music Score) 
Catherine Sudolcan  Producer 
Lynn Harris  Producer 
Ryan Gosling  Actor 
Rachel McAdams  Actor 
James Garner  Actor 
Gena Rowlands  Actor 
James Marsden  Actor 
Kevin Connolly  Actor 
Sam Shepard  Actor 
Joan Allen  Actor 
David Thornton  Actor 
Heather Wahlquist  Actor 
Meredith Zealy  Actor 
Tim Ivey  Actor 
Starletta DuPois  Actor 
Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas  Actor 
Ed Grady  Actor 
Renée Amber  Actor 
Jennifer Echols  Actor 
Geoffrey Knight  Actor 
Andrew Schaff  Actor 
Matt Shelly  Actor 
Michael D. Fuller  Actor 
Jonathan Parks Jordan  Actor 
Leslea Fisher  Actor 
Jude Kitchens  Actor 
Tim O'Brien  Actor 
Meredith O'Brien  Actor 
Cullen Moss  Actor 
Traci Dinwiddie  Actor 
Patrick Leonard  Actor 
Kweli Leapart  Actor 
James Middleton  Actor 
Frederick Bingham  Actor 
Daniel Czekalski  Actor 
Peter Rosenfeld  Actor 
Bradley D. Capshaw  Actor 
James Scott Deaton  Actor 
Eve Kagan  Actor 
Stephanie Wheeler  Actor 
Erin Guzowski  Actor 
Obba Babatunde  Actor 
Chuck Pacheco  Actor 
John A. Cundari  Actor 
Hugh A. Robertson  Actor 
Robert Washington  Actor 
Todd Lewis  Actor 
Mark Johnson  Actor 
Robert Fraisse  Actor 
Barbara Weetman  Actor 
Dan Chamblin  Actor 
Sasha Azevedo  Actor 
Jamie Brown  Actor 
Robert Ivey  Actor 
Rebecca Koon  Actor 
Sandra W. VanNatta  Actor 
Deborah Hobart  Actor 
Lindy Newton  Actor 
Sherril M. Turner  Actor 
Sylvia Jefferies  Actor 
Mark Garner  Actor 
Scott Ritenour  Actor 
Milton Buras  Actor 
Elizabeth Bond  Actor 
Matthew Barry  Actor 
Nancy DeMayo  Actor 
Julianne Keller Lewis  Actor 
Madison Wayne Ellis  Actor 
Riley Novak  Actor 
Ronald Betts  Actor 

Country: USA