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On 2 October 2023, it was proposed that this article be The Notebook (2004 film). The result of the discussion was not moved.

We need to add the titles and artists of the soundtracks featured! Othatzsokewl (talk) 19:34, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am doing project for my English class.

This article was the subject of an educational assignment that ended on 17 November 2009. Further details are available here.

We will be refining and editing certain things on this page. According to the review of Wikipedia film pages and Wikiproject film, the plot is too long and detailed so I will refine it. This page is missing a soundtrack/music section so it will be added to this article. Also, I will be adding a historical background section, where you will be able to locate the actual places The Notebook was filmed. Any feedback appreciated. --Nschell (talk) 19:21, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds great. Welcome. Rettetast (talk) 17:37, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This synopsis has been transcribed, word for word, from IMDb, and represents the work there of 5 contributors. Unless he uses a different user name for IMDb, TAnthony was not one of them. 2 Jun 09. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.73.196.88 (talk) 21:19, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for bringing this up, I've done some research. This synopsis as it is currently written (using the distinctive first two paragraphs as a basic comparison among versions) appears to have its origins here (January 18, 2007) in the article The Notebook. Over time it was expanded to this (June 11, 2008), and the next day was split out here (June 12, 2008) into a separate article for the film.

The Notebook (film) article was subsequently created here on June 12, 2008 using this synopsis. Minor changes were made over time; I did some cursory copyedits here (October 3, 2008) and here (October 6, 2008). Other IPs/editors made some minor changes before, between and after these edits. You will note, however, that in my October 6, 2008 edit

I changed the 2nd paragraph from:

The story begins in 1940. Seventeen-year-old Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams), the only child of a rich plantation owner, and her friend, Sara (Heather Wahlquist), are spending the evening at a local carnival in Seabrook Island, South Carolina. This is where Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling), a country boy who is with his friend, Fin (Kevin Connolly), first sees Allie. Noah is immediately smitten with Allie and he continuously asks her out on dates, only to be playfully rejected until she eventually accepts. Soon, they spend the evening with each other and attend a late night show with Fin and Sara. On a midnight walk through an empty Seabrook, Noah learns about Allie's regimented life.

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The story begins in 1940. At a carnival in Seabrook Island, South Carolina, local country boy Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) sees seventeen-year-old heiress Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) for the first time and is immediately smitten. She continuously refuses his persistent advances until their well-meaning friends lure them together; they then get to know each other on a midnight walk through empty Seabrook.

This version of the 2nd paragraph is what appears in IMDb.com's synopsis, illustrating that contributors from that site actually lifted the text from here. Further, the current IMDb version is noted as "edit by yasirfarabi 4 months ago," which would be around February/March 2009, years after our version was first created and months after I rewrote that 2nd paragraph. The previous IMDb version is noted as "edit by ArianaGuidohellokitty 8 months ago," or around October/November 2008, and is small and completely different (check it out), meaning that "yasirfarabi" copied our material earlier in 2009, and it is not a version copyedited over time by various contributors.— TAnthony^Talk 23:21, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't know as well as others how to put it in, but shouldn't there be some reference to it being a sleeper hit and that its been increasingly popular among girls? Kidlittle (talk) 10:24, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you can find a reliable, verifiable source that makes those claims, I can add the info to the article for you.— TAnthony^Talk 17:08, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"In the present, it is made evident that the elderly woman and is suffering from dementia, which has stolen her memories - and that Duke is her husband." As a native English speaker, I can say with 100% certainty this sentence is incorrect, and have no idea what the original person was trying to say. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.51.197.66 (talk) 06:17, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Someone should rewrite this entire plot summary, it is awful. It has clearly been chopped and edited to shit.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.204.123.229 (talk) 01:28, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The flow, structure, and overall comprehension, is awful. There needs to be a substantial amount of editing - or a complete re-write. --Tapalmer99 (talk) 16:33, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Should this article reference this phenomena seen on the television show One Tree Hill in season 3 episode 7 "Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends"? Delille (talk) 00:37, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What "phenomena" are you referring to. Remember, many readers are from different social groups (age, race, income,...), and even different countries, that are not familiar with the show, or a particular episode. Please include an explanation of the reference you made, and to what extent, that it is a phenomena (by the way, that title's "Champagne ... Friends" expression has been around for many years). If it refers to plot, that plot has been around for centuries. Please elaborate and explain.--Tapalmer99 (talk) 16:32, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've made a couple of major passes over the plot summary over the past week or two and have reduced its length and the level of detail drastically (and I'd like to think I've improved the phrasing and grammar too). I'm pretty confident that it's as short as it's going to get without removing important details and as such now conforms to

In July 2012 this article's plot summary was given the "excessively detailed" template. At this point the summary was 1185 words. In August 2012 I reduced the Plot section's length significantly and removed the Plot template - the above message refers. After my revisions the summary was 663 words.

Today the summary was 1302 words, which is more than when the Plot template was originally added. The summary had had a lot of unnecessary details restored and a lot of poor style, such as "never ever leave her". I decided that rather than excise the detail from this newer summary, I'd add the useful changes from this version to my older edit and restore that version, which I've done. Please do let me know if you have any objection to this! Thanks --FangXianfu (talk) 21:45, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As an addemdum to this, I reverted a couple of edits today that added what I would consider to be extranous details.

Firstly, "she faints", by 96.251.112.7 - I would argue that since a) her fainting is not referenced anywhere else in the plot; and b) it makes the sentence scan very poorly (as it then sounds like her fainting is involved in her decision to go to Seabrook), it's a detail that can be safely excluded.

Likewise for wheelchairs by 165.72.200.11 - while I can see the relevance of Duke's heart attack to the plot since he dies very shortly afterwards and it adds to the audience's knowledge of his health, Allie's being wheelchair-bound isn't relevant as we already know she's unwell at this point. As the sedation is mentioned in the previous sentence it doesn't need to be repeated.

Do please leave a reply if you disagree or otherwise want to comment! Thanks --FangXianfu (talk) 23:41, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the copy edit and overly detailed tags - when they were added, the plot summary was 1262 words. This was largely the result of one edit, which was mostly reverted since. I've done little more pruning today and it's back down to 681 words, which seems reasonable.

What is it about this article that makes people love to fiddle with the plot summary so much? FangXianfu (talk) 22:06, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Seabook Island is a town, not a literal island (see its page), so the correct word is "in", not "on". --FangXianfu (talk) 14:01, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the dvd rated 15, rather than 12?109.151.65.218 (talk) 15:08, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the DVD rated 15? It was rated 12 when it was released in cinemas.86.147.239.46 (talk) 15:56, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]