GALLERY: 'The Notebook' - 20th Anniversary
'The Notebook'
Nick Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands
James Garner as Duke and Gena Rowlands as Allie
Ryan Gosling as Noah Calhoun
Ryan Gosling as Noah
Rachel McAdams as Allison "Allie" Hamilton
Rachel McAdams as Allie
Rachel McAdams as Allie and Ryan Gosling as Noah
Ryan Gosling as Noah and Rachel McAdams as Allie
Rachel McAdams as Allie and Ryan Gosling as Noah
"If You're a Bird, I'm a Bird!"
Rachel McAdams as Allie and James Marsden as Lon Hammond Jr.
Rachel McAdams as Allie
Ryan Gosling as Noah and Rachel McAdams as Allie
Ryan Gosling as Noah and Rachel McAdams as Allie
Rachel McAdams as Allie
Ryan Gosling as Noah
Rachel McAdams as Allie and Ryan Gosling as Noah
"What Do You Want?"
Joan Allen as Anne Hamilton
Rachel McAdams as Allie
Gena Rowlands as Allie
James Garner as Duke
"In the End, Love Is All That Matters"
Rachel McAdams as Allie and Ryan Gosling as Noah
GALLERY: 'The Notebook' - 20th Anniversary
Jul 2, 2024
'The Notebook'

In 2004, author Nicholas Sparks' tearjerker of a novel, The Notebook, made its way to the big screen. Directed by Nick Cassavetes, the movie centers on the improbable romance between country boy without two dimes to rub together and a city girl with the world at her feet.

The Notebook opens in theaters on June 25, 2004. The film was a modest upon its release — it never cracked higher than No. 4 at the domestic box office — but made stars of Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams and, in the years since, has earned its spot as one of the most iconic and romantic movies of all time. As The Notebook turns 20, it's time to look back on the generation-defining love story.

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