The Notebook - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Notebook"
The Notebook (2004)
Timing:
2:3 (123 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Lynn Harris
Producer
Mark Johnson
Producer
Executive Producer
Avram Butch Kaplan
Executive Producer
Casting
Matthew Barry
Casting
Nancy Green-Keyes
Casting
Editor
Art Direction
Scott Ritenour
Art Direction
Costume Design
Karyn Wagner
Costume Design
Stunts
Marcello Bezina
Stunts
Patrick Kerton
Stunts
Gary Combs
Stunts
Deborah L. Mazor
Stunts
Jean Frenette
Stunts
Production Design
Sarah Knowles
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Cal Johnson
Stunt Coordinator
David McKeown
Stunt Coordinator
Set Decoration
Chuck Potter
Set Decoration
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jon Taylor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Brad Sherman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Aaron Zigman
Original Music Composer
Unit Production Manager
Avram Butch Kaplan
Unit Production Manager
Stunt Double
Dale Frye
Stunt Double
David McKeown
Stunt Double
Christina Ritzi
Stunt Double
Jodi Pynn
Stunt Double
Utility Stunts
Rex Reddick
Utility Stunts
Robert Brubaker
Utility Stunts
Ted Larkin
Utility Stunts
Director of Photography
Costume Supervisor
Lori Ayala-Read
Costume Supervisor
Makeup Department Head
Linda Grimes
Makeup Department Head
Sound Effects Editor
Claude Letessier
Sound Effects Editor
Rickley W. Dumm
Sound Effects Editor
Jason King
Sound Effects Editor
Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Timothy Carden
Supervising Sound Editor
Kelly Cabral
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Melinda Taksen
Script Supervisor
Hair Department Head
Milton Buras
Hair Department Head
Special Effects Coordinator
Bob Shelley
Special Effects Coordinator
Still Photographer
Melissa Moseley
Still Photographer
Sound Mixer
Jonathan Gaynor
Sound Mixer
Thanks
Bob Forrest
Thanks
Boom Operator
Anthony Cargioli
Boom Operator
Screenplay
Jan Sardi
Screenplay
Novel
Art Department Coordinator
Kristen Donaldson
Art Department Coordinator
Dialogue Editor
Lauren Stephens
Dialogue Editor
Elizabeth Kenton
Dialogue Editor
Casting Associate
Lisa Hamil
Casting Associate
Music Editor
Philip Tallman
Music Editor
Assistant Makeup Artist
Rhonda Bareford
Assistant Makeup Artist
Unit Publicist
Peter J. Silbermann
Unit Publicist
ADR Voice Casting
Executive In Charge Of Production
Erik Holmberg
Executive In Charge Of Production
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Nicholas Sparks' novel 'The Notebook' (1996), which became a bestseller in its first week of sales.
- “The Notebook” is the third film adaptation of a novel by popular writer Nicholas Sparks. Previously, there were “A Walk to Remember” and “Message in a Bottle”.
- Gina Rowlands, who played the elderly Ellie Nelson, is the mother of director Nick Cassavetes.
- “The Notebook” is one of many projects that Steven Spielberg never got around to. Martin Campbell could also have directed the film.
- The film had been in development at New Line since 1995, and Tom Cruise was initially considered for the lead role. In 1999, the studio came very close to production with director Jim Sheridan and a relatively unknown Ashley Judd as the young heroine. Robert Duvall and Matt Damon were also offered the roles of the older and younger lovers of Ellie.
- Justin Timberlake was considered for the role of Noah.
- Filming took place in South Carolina from November 2002 to February 2003.
- The film was originally scheduled for release in the fall of 2003. However, New Line Cinema postponed the release first to spring 2004, and then to June 25 of the same year.
- The actress who played the elderly Ellie Nelson, Gina Rowlands, is the mother of director Nick Cassavetes.
- The film had been in development at New Line since 1995, and Tom Cruise was initially considered for the lead role. In 1999, the studio came very close to production with director Jim Sheridan and a relatively unknown Ashley Judd as the young heroine. Additionally, the roles of Ellie’s older and younger lover were offered to Robert Duvall and Matt Damon.
- Ryan Gosling prepared for filming by settling in Charleston, South Carolina. For two months, he regularly rowed on the river and made furniture.
- Initially, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams didn't get along, and Gosling even wanted another actress to be cast as Allie. Eventually, director Nick Cassavetes organized a therapy session for them during breaks in filming, putting them in the same room so the actors could directly express what they disliked about each other. It helped. Gosling and McAdams resolved their grievances, and a romance even blossomed between them for a time.
- Before filming began, Rachel McAdams spent some time in Charleston to acclimate herself to the area. She took ballet and etiquette lessons and worked with a linguist to master the local accent.
- Ryan Gosling made the kitchen table shown in the film himself as part of his preparation for the shoot.
- The scene in which Ryan Gosling's character crashes a car into the gates of Allie's summer house, played by Rachel McAdams, was not in the script; it all happened accidentally and was filmed. The gates, of course, were damaged, but the scene turned out beautifully.
- Director Nick Cassavetes needed an actor for the lead role who wasn't too well-known and wasn't a "handsome man," and he chose Ryan Gosling.
- Rachel McAdams auditioned for the role while the premiere of another film she was starring in was taking place. She received the script only a day before the audition, and 9 other actresses were also vying for the role.
- Scenes with the main characters set seven years later were filmed first, after which the film crew went on Christmas vacation. For the filming after the break, Ryan Gosling had to shave off his beard and lose almost 10 kg of weight. Gosling and Rachel McAdams felt more comfortable playing the ‘younger versions’ of their characters, and noticeably more constrained playing them after a seven-year separation.
- The shots of Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling's characters were actually shots of Gena Rowlands with her husband John Cassavetes, with James Garner's face superimposed onto the image of Cassavetes.
- Ryan Gosling (who played Noah in his youth) wore brown contact lenses because his eyes are blue, but they needed to be brown like the eyes of James Garner (who played Noah in his older years).
- Gina Rowlands, who played the elderly Ellie Nelson, is the mother of director Nick Cassavetes.
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