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An 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.
Language
Budget$29,000,000
Revenue $115,600,000
English
Budget$29,000,000
Revenue $115,600,000
Keywords
secret love
based on novel or book
love of one's life
fight
poem
river
sadness
class
dementia
melancholy
tears
candle
mailbox
valentine's day
romantic
Casts

Ryan Gosling
Noah Calhoun

Rachel McAdams
Allie Hamilton

Gena Rowlands
Older Allie

James Garner
Duke

Joan Allen
Anne Hamilton

David Thornton
John Hamilton

James Marsden
Lon Hammond

Kevin Connolly
Fin

Sam Shepard
Frank Calhoun

Starletta DuPois
Nurse Esther
Ed Grady
Harry

Jennifer Echols
Nurse Selma

Heather Wahlquist
Sara Tuffington

Cullen Moss
Bodee

Thunderbird Dinwiddie
Veronica
James Middleton
Aaron
Peter Rosenfeld
Professor

Obba Babatundé
Band Leader

Chuck Pacheco
Bus Driver
Todd Lewis
Reporter

Mark Johnson
Photographer

Robert Fraisse
Buyer #1

Barbara Weetman
Buyer #2
Daniel Chamblin
Buyer #3
Sasha Azevedo
Wife of Buyer #3

Jamie Anne Allman
Martha Shaw

Rebecca Koon
Aunt Georgia

Sandra Elise Williams
Aunt Jeanette

Deborah Hobart
Aunt Kitty

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

Nancy De Mayo
Mary Allen
Renée Amber
Nurse at Counter
Tim O'Brien
Mr. Tuffington

Meredith O'Brien
Mrs. Tuffington
Geoffrey Knight
Barker

Andrew Schaff
Matthew Jamison III
Tim Ivey
Rower
Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas
Nurse Keith
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
Pat Leonard
Lieutenant Davis
Kweli Leapart
Willa
Frederick Bingham
Postman
Daniel Czekalski
Recruitment Officer
Bradley D. Capshaw
Injured Soldier
James Scott Deaton
Injured Soldier
Eve Kagan
Sarah Lawrence Girl
Stephanie Wheeler
Sarah Lawrence Girl
Erin Guzowski
Sarah Lawrence Girl
John Cundari
Maitre D'
Hugh Robertson
Pastor
Robert Washington
Elgin
Robert Ivey
Dressmaker
Sherril M. Turner
Linda Jean
Meredith Zealy
Maggie
Julianne Keller Lewis
Davanee
Madison Wayne Ellis
Noah, Jr.
Riley Novak
Edmond
Ronald Betts
Male Nurse

Paul Johansson
Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited)
David Abrams
Recruit (uncredited)
Bruce Williamson
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Bob Forrest
Man Having Dinner in Retirement Home (uncredited)
Taylor Engel
Guy in Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Crews
Avram Butch Kaplan
Executive Producer

Aaron Zigman
Original Music Composer

Nick Cassavetes
Director

Alan Heim
Editor

Robert Fraisse
Director of Photography
Jan Sardi
Screenplay

Jeremy Leven
Screenplay

Nicholas Sparks
Novel
Jason King
Sound Effects Editor
Chuck Potter
Set Decoration
Paul Timothy Carden
Supervising Sound Editor
Kelly Cabral
Supervising Sound Editor
Melinda Taksen
Script Supervisor

Lynn Harris
Producer
Nancy Green-Keyes
Casting

Mark Johnson
Producer
Claude Letessier
Sound Effects Editor
Kristen Donaldson
Art Department Coordinator
Rickley W. Dumm
Sound Effects Editor
Anthony Cargioli
Boom Operator

Toby Emmerich
Executive Producer
Bob Shelley
Special Effects Coordinator
Melissa Moseley
Still Photographer
Milton Buras
Hair Department Head
Philip Tallman
Music Editor
Avram Butch Kaplan
Unit Production Manager
Erik Holmberg
Executive In Charge Of Production
Sarah Knowles
Production Design
Brad Sherman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Linda Grimes
Makeup Department Head
Jon Taylor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Matthew Barry
Casting
Scott Ritenour
Art Direction
Karyn Wagner
Costume Design

Cal Johnson
Stunt Coordinator
Lisa Hamil
Casting Associate

Paul Johansson
Thanks

George P. Wilbur
Stunts
Peter J. Silbermann
Unit Publicist
Lori Ayala-Read
Costume Supervisor

Jean Frenette
Stunts

Jodi Michelle Pynn
Stunt Double

Gary Combs
Stunts
David McKeown
Stunt Coordinator
David McKeown
Stunt Double

Marcello Bezina
Stunts
Christina Ritzi
Stunt Double
Deborah L. Mazor
Stunts

Patrick Kerton
Stunts

Nicole Randall
Stunt Coordinator
Ted Larkin
Utility Stunts

Rex Reddick
Utility Stunts
Dale Frye
Stunt Double
Robert Brubaker
Utility Stunts
Bob Forrest
Thanks
Lauren Stephens
Dialogue Editor
Jonathan Gaynor
Sound Mixer

Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
Elizabeth Kenton
Dialogue Editor
Rhonda Bareford
Assistant Makeup Artist
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