Director Nick Cassavetes also responded to the book when he too read the galleys. Noah is reading it to her. In the interim, Allie becomes involved with another man James Marsden. This is why Duke a. The young couple is quickly separated by Allie's upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn't right for her.
Related quizzes can be found here: There are 58 questions on this topic. He told Allie that one day he was going to buy it and fix it up. Gena Rowlands is Nick Cassavete's mother. The house was all in shambles, but Noah made the setting nice with a few lit candles. Cassavetes directs his cast including Marsden, Shepard and Kevin Connolly as Noah's boyhood chum Fin - with a real connection to the story's humanity. She was hanging out with another guy and he jumped into her Ferris wheel cart and was hanging from the Ferris wheel.
. Some of their moments together are legitimately touching. Sam is well aware of the textures of the South. Allie's parents did not approve of Noah either, and ultimately split them up before fate brought them back together. But her parents don't approve. Stalwart veterans Joan Allen and Sam Shepard shine in supporting roles. The script may be rote but the tone vibrates with authenticity.
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdam are also credible and very likable as the young Noah and Allie. But her parents don't approve. Notebook, The Fun Facts : Page 2 This category is for questions and answers related to Notebook, The. Dennis Landmann, Moviefreak: Cassavetes makes the story involving while the performances by Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams really pull in the viewer's emotions. Rowlands, always a pleasure, has the tough balancing act as a woman slowly and literally losing her mind.
You say, 'Well I thought you might do something like this,' and you look at him and you know he's being so polite because he's looking at you, going, 'Kid, I could have written this so much better than you did. In fact, I believe if it were for any other actors there would not be such intense and realistic chemistry as between these two, not to mention McAdams is incredibly attractive. Related quizzes can be found here: There are 58 questions on this topic. It's a film about falling in love and looking back on it, and it avoids many of the genre's syrupy dangers. He said that she had to go on a date with him or he would let go of the bar and fall, so Allie accepted to his invitation. Several years pass, and, when they meet again, their passion is rekindled, forcing Allie to choose between her soul mate and class order.
Noah was very embarrassed that his father was talking about his stuttering problem in front of the girl he liked. In the interim, Allie becomes involved with another man James Marsden. Beautifully shaped and shot, filled with fine actors doing moving work. During this time, the book shot onto the New York Times Best Seller list, where it remained for almost a year. Her mom was saying that she was only seventeen years old and didn't know anything about love. Gosling and McAdams make a nice couple, and Garner and Rowlands are both, even at this stage in their careers, as sharp as ever.
Available: Fios On Demand In 1940s South Carolina, mill worker Noah Calhoun Ryan Gosling and rich girl Allie Rachel McAdams are desperately in love. They kept telling her that it's just a summer fling and nothing will come of it. The house was built in 1772 and was rumored to have been the place that Francis Marrion proposed to his wife. The supporting cast here is also strong, including James Marsden, Sam Shepard, Joan Allen, and Kevin Connolly. Hamilton's father didn't approve of their love so they ran away, but they didn't even make the next town before the cops picked them up. He reads about two young kids from different families who fell in love one summer, and all the trials and tribulations that they encounter growing up. Noah and Allie came home late one night from the Windsor Mansion and her parents were quite upset with Allie.
Snider: The cast, which also includes Sam Shepard as Noah's craggy, down-to-earth father, is stellar, and the whole thing almost works. Jeff Hudson, Mixed Reviews: Credit Cassavetes for knowing when to pull the heartstrings, when not to, and mostly choosing restraint over indulgence. Accuracy: A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. Both of her parents, did not think Noah was suitable for her. Check my Pulitzers if you don't believe me. This beautiful tale has a particularly special meaning to an older gentleman James Garner who regularly reads the timeless love story to his aging companion Gena Rowlands. Furthermore, The Notebook looks incredibly beautiful in its visual composition, thanks in large part to terrific and meticulous production design, locations, and costumes, as well as great cinematography by Robert Fraisse Joblo.
This is one of the better romances to come out of Hollywood in a long, long time. This movie means well and is executed in a way that makes it almost impossible not to connect with it on some level. . But I think there are still possibilities of love that endure not only through our time, but beyond that. After her mother's confession, Allie realizes that even though Lon would be a smart match, she might end up in a relationship like her parents.
That is, I think, one of the great crutches of Southern literature — that it already has this extraordinary past. Accuracy: A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. But when Noah returns to their small town years later, on the cusp of Allie's marriage, it soon becomes clear that their romance is anything but over. Allie and her mom were fighting about Noah and the love she has for him. Noah saw Allie at the carnival and it was love at first sight for him.