Product Description
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, The (DVD) (WS)
In Seabrook, North Carolina in the 1940s, teenaged debutante
Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) and local boy Noah Calhoun (Ryan
Gosling) spend one passionate, carefree summer together and
deeply in love. But when the summer ends, war and duty separate
the young couple. Today, an elderly man (James Garner) visits a
nursing home to read from his to a woman (Gena Rowlands)
whose memory is fading. As he spins a tale of two young lovers
with their whole lives before them, his beloved Allie relives a
long-ago passion that has never died, an unbreakable bond between
two ordinary people rendered extraordinary by the strength, power
and beauty of true love.
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When you consider that old-fashioned tearjerkers are an
endangered species in Hollywood, a movie like The can be
embraced without apology. Yes, it's y sweet and clogged with
clichés, and one can only marvel at the irony of Nick Cassavetes
directing a weeper that his late her John--whose own films
were devoid of saccharine sentiment--would have sneered at.
Still, this touchingly impassioned and great-looking adaptation
of the popular Nicholas Sparks novel has much to recommend,
including appealing young costars (Ryan Gosling and Rachel
McAdams) and appealing old costars (James Garner and Gena
Rowlands, the director's mother) playing the same loving couple
in (respectively) early 1940s and present-day North Carolina. He
was poor, she was rich, and you can guess the rest; decades
later, he's unabashedly devoted, and she's drifting into the
memory-loss of senile dementia. How their love endured is the
story preserved in the titular that he reads to her in
their twilight years. The movie's open to ridicule, but as a
delicate tearjerker it works just fine. Message in a Bottle and A
Walk to Remember were also based on Sparks novels, suggesting a
triple-feature that hopeless romantics will cherish. --Jeff
Shannon
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Review
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A lovely surprise. Ripe with feeling and lush with physical
beauty, it's a love story that swings confidently between age and
youth… --Wall Street Journal, Joe Morgenstern
Set Contains:
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The Platinum Series DVD includes a generous selection of bonus
features including four making-of featurettes and Rachel McAdams'
original screen test. The 11-1/2 minute "All in the Family"
featurette examines director Nick Cassavetes' directing style and
edgy sensibility and features commentary by Nick Cassavetes as
well as lots of interview footage from a host of cast members
including Sam Shepard, Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James
Garner, and Gena Rowlands. "Nicholas Sparks: A Simple Story, Well
Told" is a 6-1/2 minute look at the unassuming author and his
literary success and "Southern Exposure" details the processes of
locating The in Southern Carolina and re-creating a
bygone era. "Casting Ryan and Rachel" marvels at the instant
chemistry present between Ryan Gosling and McAdams. Twelve
deleted and alternate scenes (totaling 28-1/2 minutes) are
offered with great optional commentary by editor Alan Heim about
the collaborative and sometimes difficult process of editing as
well as the reasoning behind specific cuts. Nick Cassavetes'
director commentary offers in into his commitment to
creating a realistic world in which idealistic love flourishes as
well as his down-to-earth attitude as a director. Novelist
Nicholas Sparks' commentary offers a wealth of information about
the writing of the book, the spirit of the story, and the
openness to change resulting from his perception of movies and
novels as distinct art forms.. --Tami Horiuchi
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