The Notebook (New Line Platinum Series) | 
| Director: Nick Cassavetes
Actors: James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Rachel Mcadams, Ryan Gosling, Anthony-michael Q. Thomas
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  754 reviews
Sales Rank: 312
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 123 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 794043749728
UPC: 794043749728
EAN: 0794043749728
ASIN: B000683VI4
Theatrical Release Date: June 25, 2004
Release Date: February 8, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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When you consider that old-fashioned tearjerkers are an endangered species in Hollywood, a movie like The Notebook can be embraced without apology. Yes, it's syrupy sweet and clogged with cliches, and one can only marvel at the irony of Nick Cassavetes directing a weeper that his late father John--whose own films were devoid of saccharine sentiment--would have sneered at. Still, this touchingly impassioned and great-looking adaptation of the popular Nicholas Sparks novel has much to recommend, including appealing young costars (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) and appealing old costars (James Garner and Gena Rowlands, the director's mother) playing the same loving couple in (respectively) early 1940s and present-day North Carolina. He was poor, she was rich, and you can guess the rest; decades later, he's unabashedly devoted, and she's drifting into the memory-loss of senile dementia. How their love endured is the story preserved in the titular notebook that he reads to her in their twilight years. The movie's open to ridicule, but as a delicate tearjerker it works just fine. Message in a Bottle and A Walk to Remember were also based on Sparks novels, suggesting a triple-feature that hopeless romantics will cherish. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
Based on the celebrated novel by Nicholas Sparks, THE NOTEBOOK tells the story of a young couple who overcome insurmountable odds to experience the true power of love. In a modern-day nursing home, a kindhearted man (James Garner) reads a tender story to another patient (Gena Rowlands). The story begins during one glorious summer in small-town South Carolina in the early 1940s. Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) is a blue-collar log-mill worker who courts the wealthy and sheltered Allie Nelson (Rachel McAdams). Before long, sparks are flying and the pair is in love. But eventually Allie's snobby parents force their separation, and when World War II arrives, Noah heads overseas to serve his country. In the meantime, Allie becomes a nurse and falls for another man (James Marsden), to Noah's dismay. Nonetheless, he buys and fixes up the mansion he promised Allie he would one day restore, and when he and Allie reunite just before her wedding, their love blossoms once again. Decades later, in the nursing home, the story reaches its heartfelt conclusion. Directed with extreme sensitivity by Nick Cassavetes (son of costar Gena Rowlands), THE NOTEBOOK is aided immensely by the naturalistic performances of Gosling and McAdams, whose chemistry is palpable.
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 one of my favorite movies June 29, 2009
Bosco (The Midwest)
This is one of those movies that I've seen countless times, and whenever it's on TV, I end up watching it again. It does make my heart ache though, because I'm not with the woman I love. The story of Noah and Allie is one that is timeless, and will tug at your heart(if not, you're made of stone). I love a woman just as deeply as Noah loves Allie, but she's moving away. I've loved her for the last 10 years, and now I have to just watch her move away. It breaks my heart, and I can only hope that she somehow comes back to me someday. I long for the day when I can watch this movie with her, and wake up next to her every day. The Notebook is a powerful movie and will always be one of my favorites.
 good service June 26, 2009
Nancy B
product arrived quickly but was scratched. vendor responded immediately and sent a replacement and offered to credit the purchase price. I was impressed, but haven't seen the credit yet. :( but he was eager to replace it.
 I REGRET IT!! June 16, 2009
Kasanova (Dallas, TX)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
lol.. well i like the movie, and the service.. but damn, i purchased the movie for my ex (what a b*tCh!) =P . would be nice to get my money back!!.. good shopping experience, as always.
Warm Romantic Movie June 15, 2009
Rachel Tuckerson
Wonderful romantic movie about two people, Noah and Allie, and their lives. The movie is told with an older set of the charactors, played by James Garner and Gena Rowlands, who are wonderful in the roles. She is often disoriented and confused and he takes care of her and reads to her.
We are then introduced to their earlier lives and how they met and struck up their relationship and see how their love developed through the years.
It may be a bit sappy at points, but not overly so, and overall the story is well told with warthm and also some heartbreak along the way. Even my husband, who does not particularly care for these kind of movies, found it very enjoyable, and he even became a bit choked up at points.
I love this movie. June 1, 2009
J. White (NY)
This is one of those rare occurrences where the movie is better than the book. I am a hopeless romantic and this film tugged at my heart strings. Some parts are a bit sappy, but overall the story is fantastic.
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