Movie · 2004
The Notebook
“Behind every great love is a great story.”
Released 25 June 2004 123 min Romance / Drama More from 2004 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Ed Grady
as Harry
James Garner
as Older Noah "Duke"
Gena Rowlands
as Older Allie
Starletta DuPois
as Nurse Esther
Sam Shepard
as Frank Calhoun
Obba Babatundé
as Band Leader
David Thornton
as John Hamilton
Jennifer Echols
as Nurse Selma
Joan Allen
as Anne Hamilton
Paul Johansson
as Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited)
James Marsden
as Lon Hammond
Kevin Connolly
as Fin
Heather Wahlquist
as Sara Tuffington
Rachel McAdams
as Allie Hamilton
Ryan Gosling
as Noah Calhoun
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The numbers
57years between the oldest and youngest billed
80Ed Grady — oldest on the call sheet
23Ryan Gosling — youngest billed
48average age of the credited cast