
123 minutes
6/25/2004
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.

Ryan Gosling
as Noah Calhoun

Rachel McAdams
as Allie Hamilton

Gena Rowlands
as Older Allie

James Garner
as Duke

Joan Allen
as Anne Hamilton

David Thornton
as John Hamilton

James Marsden
as Lon Hammond

Kevin Connolly
as Fin

Sam Shepard
as Frank Calhoun

Starletta DuPois
as Nurse Esther
Ed Grady
as Harry

Jennifer Echols
as Nurse Selma

Heather Wahlquist
as Sara Tuffington

Cullen Moss
as Bodee

Thunderbird Dinwiddie
as Veronica
James Middleton
as Aaron
Peter Rosenfeld
as Professor

Obba Babatundé
as Band Leader

Chuck Pacheco
as Bus Driver
Todd Lewis
as Reporter

Mark Johnson
as Photographer

Robert Fraisse
as Buyer #1

Barbara Weetman
as Buyer #2
Daniel Chamblin
as Buyer #3

Sasha Azevedo
as Wife of Buyer #3

Jamie Anne Allman
as Martha Shaw

Rebecca Koon
as Aunt Georgia

Sandra Elise Williams
as Aunt Jeanette

Deborah Hobart
as Aunt Kitty

Sylvia Jefferies
as Rosemary
Mark Garner
as Lon's Employee
Scott Ritenour
as Lon's Employee
Milton Buras
as Lon's Employee

Elizabeth Bond
as Lon's Secretary

Matthew Barry
as Dr. Barnwell

Nancy De Mayo
as Mary Allen
Renée Amber
as Nurse at Counter
Tim O'Brien
as Mr. Tuffington

Meredith O'Brien
as Mrs. Tuffington
Geoffrey Knight
as Barker

Andrew Schaff
as Matthew Jamison III
Tim Ivey
as Rower
Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas
as Nurse Keith
Matt Shelly
as Seabrook Boy

Michael D. Fuller
as Seabrook Boy

Jonathan Parks Jordan
as Seabrook Boy

Leslea Fisher
as Seabrook Girl
Jude Kitchens
as Tommy the Ferris Wheel Operator
Pat Leonard
as Lieutenant Davis
Kweli Leapart
as Willa
Frederick Bingham
as Postman
Daniel Czekalski
as Recruitment Officer
Bradley D. Capshaw
as Injured Soldier
James Scott Deaton
as Injured Soldier
Eve Kagan
as Sarah Lawrence Girl
Stephanie Wheeler
as Sarah Lawrence Girl
Erin Guzowski
as Sarah Lawrence Girl
John Cundari
as Maitre D'
Hugh Robertson
as Pastor
Robert Washington
as Elgin
Robert Ivey
as Dressmaker
Sherril M. Turner
as Linda Jean
Meredith Zealy
as Maggie
Julianne Keller Lewis
as Davanee
Madison Wayne Ellis
as Noah, Jr.
Riley Novak
as Edmond
Ronald Betts
as Male Nurse

Paul Johansson
as Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited)
David Abrams
as Recruit (uncredited)
Bruce Williamson
as Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Bob Forrest
as Man Having Dinner in Retirement Home (uncredited)
Taylor Engel
as Guy in Movie Theatre (uncredited)