The notebook
(DVD)

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.

Based on the novel by Nichols Sparks.

Special features: audio commentaries with director Nick Cassavetes and novelist Nicholas Sparks; 12 deleted scenes; Nick Cassavetes profile featurette; author Nicholas Sparks featurette; locating "The Notebook" featurette; casting Noah and Allie featurette; Rachel McAdams screen test; theatrical trailer; DVD-ROM features.

Director of photography, Robert Fraisse ; art director, Scott T. Ritenour ; editor, Alan Heim ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Karyn Wagner ; production designer, Sarah Knowles.

Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden, Sam Shepard, David Thornton, Joan Allen, Kevin Connolly.

Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. When Allie doesn't hear from Noah after several years, she meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, with her love still alive for Noah, stops by Noah's home to check on him. Seeing that their reunion has rekindled a passionate romance, Allie must now choose between true love and the match that her parents approve of.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexuality.

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) and widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.