Topzle Topzle

The Notebook

Updated: 12/11/2025, 2:23:16 PM Wikipedia source

The Notebook is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, from a screenplay by Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi, and based on the 1996 novel by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall in love in the 1940s. Their story is read from a notebook in the modern day by an elderly man, telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident. The Notebook had its world premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 20, 2004, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 25, 2004. Despite generally mixed reviews from critics, Gosling and McAdams were singled out for praise for their performances. The film was a sleeper hit at the box office, grossing $117 million against its $29 million budget, and has become a cult classic in the years since its release. On November 11, 2012, an extended version premiered on ABC Family with deleted scenes added back into the original storyline. The film earned several accolades, including the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for Gosling and McAdams at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. At the 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards, James Garner was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and the director's mother, Gena Rowlands, won Best Supporting Actress – Drama at the 9th Golden Satellite Awards.

Infobox

Directed by
Nick Cassavetes
Screenplay by
Jeremy Leven
Adaptation by
Jan Sardi
Based on
The Notebookby Nicholas Sparks
Produced by
mw- Mark Johnson Lynn Harris
Starring
Ryan Gosling Rachel McAdams James Garner Gena Rowlands James Marsden Kevin Connolly Sam Shepard Joan Allen
Cinematography
Robert Fraisse
Edited by
Alan Heim
Music by
Aaron Zigman
Productioncompany
Gran Via
Distributed by
New Line Cinema
Release dates
May 20, 2004 (2004-05-20) (Seattle) June 25, 2004 (2004-06-25) (United States)
Running time
124 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$29 million
Box office
$118.3 million

Tables

· Awards and nominations
2004
2004
Year
2004
Award
Golden Trailer Awards
Category
Best Romance
Result
Nominated
Teen Choice Awards
Teen Choice Awards
Year
Teen Choice Awards
Award
Choice Movie of the Summer
Recipients
Nominated
Choice Breakout Movie Actress
Choice Breakout Movie Actress
Year
Choice Breakout Movie Actress
Award
Rachel McAdams
Category
Nominated
2005
2005
Year
2005
Award
Artios Awards
Category
Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Feature Film, Drama
Recipients
Matthew Barry and Nancy Green-Keyes
Result
Nominated
Golden Satellite Awards
Golden Satellite Awards
Year
Golden Satellite Awards
Award
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Category
Gena Rowlands
Recipients
Won
MTV Movie Awards
MTV Movie Awards
Year
MTV Movie Awards
Award
Best Female Performance
Category
Rachel McAdams
Recipients
Nominated
Best Kiss
Best Kiss
Year
Best Kiss
Award
Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling
Category
Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Award
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Category
James Garner
Recipients
Nominated
Teen Choice Awards
Teen Choice Awards
Year
Teen Choice Awards
Award
Choice Movie Drama
Recipients
Won
Choice Date Movie
Choice Date Movie
Year
Choice Date Movie
Category
Won
Choice Movie Actor – Drama
Choice Movie Actor – Drama
Year
Choice Movie Actor – Drama
Award
Ryan Gosling
Category
Won
Choice Movie Actress – Drama
Choice Movie Actress – Drama
Year
Choice Movie Actress – Drama
Award
Rachel McAdams
Category
Won
Choice Movie Breakout Performance – Male
Choice Movie Breakout Performance – Male
Year
Choice Movie Breakout Performance – Male
Award
Ryan Gosling
Category
Won
Choice Movie Chemistry
Choice Movie Chemistry
Year
Choice Movie Chemistry
Award
Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling
Category
Won
Choice Movie Liplock
Choice Movie Liplock
Year
Choice Movie Liplock
Award
Won
Choice Movie Love Scene
Choice Movie Love Scene
Year
Choice Movie Love Scene
Award
Won
Year
Award
Category
Recipients
Result
2004
Golden Trailer Awards
Best Romance
Nominated
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie of the Summer
Nominated
Choice Breakout Movie Actress
Rachel McAdams
Nominated
2005
Artios Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Feature Film, Drama
Matthew Barry and Nancy Green-Keyes
Nominated
Golden Satellite Awards
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Gena Rowlands
Won
MTV Movie Awards
Best Female Performance
Rachel McAdams
Nominated
Best Kiss
Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling
Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
James Garner
Nominated
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie Drama
Won
Choice Date Movie
Won
Choice Movie Actor – Drama
Ryan Gosling
Won
Choice Movie Actress – Drama
Rachel McAdams
Won
Choice Movie Breakout Performance – Male
Ryan Gosling
Won
Choice Movie Chemistry
Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling
Won
Choice Movie Liplock
Won
Choice Movie Love Scene
Won

References

  1. THE NOTEBOOK
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130617095323/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/notebook-2004-0
  2. Variety
    https://variety.com/2007/film/news/sparks-adaptation-is-dear-to-tatum-1117961437/
  3. "4 Ways 'The Notebook' Rewrote the Weepie and Changed Hollywood"
    http://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a32718/the-notebook-facts/
  4. Time
    https://time.com/2919207/best-notebook-quotes-anniversary/
  5. NME
    https://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/the-notebook-director-claims-ryan-gosling-tried-to/342856
  6. "The Notebook Special Edition on ABC Family This Sunday"
    https://nicholassparks.com/news/2012/the-notebook-special-edition-premieres-on-abc-family-this-sunday/
  7. Yahoo! News
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/just-noticed-one-tree-hill-001550833.html
  8. Variety
    https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/jacobson-goes-to-london-by-the-book-1117433560/
  9. Variety
    https://variety.com/1998/film/news/spielberg-scans-notebook-1117469500/
  10. Variety
    https://variety.com/2001/film/features/zorro-marks-sequel-1117795799/
  11. Variety
    https://variety.com/1999/voices/columns/sheridan-may-open-sparks-notebook-1117492169/
  12. https://ew.com/nicholas-sparks-reveals-m-night-shyamalan-almost-adapted-the-notebook-11824084
    https://ew.com/nicholas-sparks-reveals-m-night-shyamalan-almost-adapted-the-notebook-11824084
  13. Variety
    https://variety.com/2000/film/news/inside-moves-190-1117781891/
  14. Variety
    https://variety.com/2002/film/markets-festivals/cassavetes-opens-notebook-1117861947/
  15. Entertainment Weekly
    https://ew.com/movies/george-clooney-the-notebook-noah/
  16. Us Weekly
    http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ryan-gosling-notebook-director-told-me-i-wasnt-handsome-or-cool-20111212
  17. E! Online
    https://www.eonline.com/news/1283099/all-of-the-stars-who-were-almost-cast-in-the-notebook
  18. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=103755E605C48AC4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  19. Movie Central
    https://archive.today/20120712061532/http://bahcecikdevekusu.com/movies/movievault/notebook.htm
  20. Philippine Daily Inquirer
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SVo1AAAAIBAJ&pg=1746,26040639&dq=the+notebook+filming&hl=en
  21. "James Garner for "The Notebook""
    https://www.darkhorizons.com/james-garner-for-the-notebook/
  22. The Huffington Post
    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/02/jessica-biel-the-notebook_n_1072283.html
  23. Entertainment Tonight
    https://www.etonline.com/movies/130506_The_Notebook_Junket_with_Ryan_Gosling_Rachel_McAdams
  24. News.com.au
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131114053844/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-the-notebook/story-e6frfmvr-1226758849078
  25. Variety
    https://variety.com/2023/film/news/britney-spears-the-notebook-audition-ryan-gosling-1235764935/
  26. Peoplemag
    https://people.com/britney-spears-woman-in-me-memoir-excerpt-exclusive-8362486
  27. USA Today
    http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-24-rachel-mcadams_x.htm
  28. About.Com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20051024035350/http://movies.about.com/od/thenotebook/a/notebkrg062004.htm
  29. The Post and Courier
    https://web.archive.org/web/20221026001322/https://rachel-mcadams.org/library/2011/12/10/the-post-and-courier-notebook-pivotal-for-mcadams/
  30. The Journal
    http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+gossip's+now+over+Rachel.-a0118313856
  31. Maclean's
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120426091709/http://www.proactorslab.com/related/macleans050714.htm
  32. IGN
    http://ca.ign.com/articles/2004/06/23/ign-interviews-rachel-mcadams?page=3
  33. Movie Locations.com
    https://movie-locations.com/movies/n/Notebook.php
  34. South Carolina Information Highway
    http://www.sciway.net/movies/sc-movie-notebook.html
  35. Time
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090612034130/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879389_1879392_1879400,00.html
  36. HistoryNet
    http://www.historynet.com/up-from-the-swamp-francis-marion-foils-the-british.htm
  37. VH1
    https://www.vh1.com/news/e2nsp0/the-notebook-nick-cassavetes
  38. South Carolina Plantations
    http://south-carolina-plantations.com/georgetown/rice-hope-black-river.html
  39. "The Notebook Soundtrack". TheOST. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
    http://www.theost.com/2004/the_notebook.html
  40. Box Office Mojo
    https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=notebook.htm
  41. Box Office Mojo
    https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=notebook.htm
  42. Box Office Mojo
    https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=romanticdrama.htm
  43. Rotten Tomatoes
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/notebook
  44. Metacritic
    https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-notebook
  45. CinemaScore
    https://www.cinemascore.com
  46. Chicago Sun-Times
    https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-notebook-2004
  47. Film Threat
    https://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/6201
  48. The New York Times
    https://movies.nytimes.com/2004/06/25/movies/25NOTE.html
  49. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4182-2004Jun24.html
  50. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Touching-Notebook-overcomes-flaws-to-satisfy-1147928.php
  51. The Boston Globe
    https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2004/06/25/love_shows_its_age_in_notebook
  52. The Village Voice
    https://web.archive.org/web/20081016003713/http://www.villagevoice.com/2004-06-15/film/old-pros-lend-credibility-to-young-lovebirds-magical-hysteria-tour/1
  53. Variety
    https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117923920
  54. Entertainment Weekly
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100603030900/http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/06/01/100-greatest-characters-of-last-20-years-full-list/
  55. Entertainment Weekly
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110101152640/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20241796,00.html#20547031
  56. Us Weekly
    http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/30-most-romantic-movies-of-all-time-2012102/20669
  57. The Boston Globe
    https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2013/06/07/top-25-romantic-movies/
  58. Moviefone
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130518075014/http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/02/05/best-romance-movies
  59. "The 12 Most Romantic Movie Scenes of All Time Read more: The Most Romantic Scene from The Notebook"
    http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/celebrities/romantic-movie-moments-the-notebook#slide-4
  60. "Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time"
    http://abcnewsradioonline.com/entertainment-news/best-in-film-the-greatest-movies-of-our-time.html
  61. "50 Most Romantic Movie Moments Of All Time"
    http://www.totalfilm.com/features/50-most-romantic-movie-moments-of-all-time/the-notebook-2004
  62. Total Film
    http://www.totalfilm.com/features/50-best-movie-kisses/the-notebook-2004
  63. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/readers-movies-21st-century.html
  64. GoldenTrailer
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155123/http://www.goldentrailer.com/awards.gta5.php
  65. Horizon High School Drama
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090106120745/http://www.hhsdrama.com/documents/CATheNotebook.pdf
  66. Casting Society of America
    http://www.castingsociety.com/component/content/article/42-artios-awards/80-previous-artios-awardr-winners#2005
  67. MTV
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094931/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2005/
  68. SAG Awards
    http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/11th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards
  69. Fox News
    https://www.foxnews.com/story/notebook-wins-eight-teen-choice-awards
  70. The Numbers
    https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2004/NOTEB-DVD.php
  71. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-feb-04-la-et-sparks4-2010feb04-story.html
  72. CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/28/media/the-notebook-alternate-ending-trnd/index.html
  73. The Hollywood Reporter
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/notebook-tv-series-works-at-814615?facebook_20150807
  74. Entertainment Tonight
    https://www.etonline.com/the-notebook-is-about-to-become-a-musical-116517
  75. Variety
    https://www.broadway.com/buzz/194497/ingrid-michaelson-is-turning-the-notebook-into-a-musical/
  76. Chicago Sun-Times
    https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/9/6/23333206/notebook-musical-chicago-shakespeare-ingrid-michaelson-bekah-brunstetter
  77. Chicago Tribune
    https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-notebook-musical-chicago-shakespeare-review-20221007-srquwezkwndife2b2j6fvjnjfi-story.html
  78. The Daily Herald
    https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20221009/lovely-score-impressive-performances-power-chicago-shakespeares-superb-notebook
  79. Chicago Sun-Times
    https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/10/7/23392910/the-notebook-review-chicago-shakespeare-theater-superb-romance
  80. Theater Mania
    https://www.theatermania.com/chicago-theater/reviews/review-the-notebook-musical-chicago_94437.html
  81. BroadwayWorld.com
    https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photos-Inside-THE-NOTEBOOK-Opening-Night-Party-20240318
Image
Source:
Tip: Wheel or +/− to zoom, drag to pan, Esc to close.