The Notebook (2004)
Romance, Drama • 2h 3m
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Joan Allen, David Thornton, James Marsden, Kevin Connolly, Sam Shepard, Starletta DuPois, Ed Grady, Jennifer Echols, Heather Wahlquist, Cullen Moss, Thunderbird Dinwiddie, James Middleton, Peter Rosenfeld, Obba Babatundé, Chuck Pacheco, Todd Lewis, Mark Johnson, Robert Fraisse, Barbara Weetman, Daniel Chamblin, Sasha Azevedo, Jamie Anne Allman, Rebecca Koon, Sandra Elise Williams, Deborah Hobart, Sylvia Jefferies, Mark Garner, Scott Ritenour, Milton Buras, Elizabeth Bond, Matthew Barry, Nancy De Mayo, Renée Amber, Tim O'Brien, Meredith O'Brien, Geoffrey Knight, Andrew Schaff, Tim Ivey, Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas, Matt Shelly, Michael D. Fuller, Jonathan Parks Jordan, Leslea Fisher, Jude Kitchens, Pat Leonard, Kweli Leapart, Frederick Bingham, Daniel Czekalski, Bradley D. Capshaw, James Scott Deaton, Eve Kagan, Stephanie Wheeler, Erin Guzowski, John Cundari, Hugh Robertson, Robert Washington, Robert Ivey, Sherril M. Turner, Meredith Zealy, Julianne Keller Lewis, Madison Wayne Ellis, Riley Novak, Ronald Betts, Paul Johansson, David Abrams, Bruce Williamson, Bob Forrest, Taylor Engel
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Overview
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.
Director: Victor Fleming
3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
Director: Martin Rosen
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Director: Roman Polanski
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
Director: James Gunn
Commentary is only on Streaming
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray (includes Extended Cut on regular Blu-ray)
Original theatrical 6.1 mix: 2009 Warner Bros Blu-ray Ultimate Edition (Theatrical Cut only)
Extended Cut 5.1 mix: Warner Bros Blu-ray
DTS:X remix: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
The film is titled Sorcerer's Stone in the US, India, and the Philippines.
Wizard's/Hogwarts Collection has all the bonus features for all the 8 films.
The lossless version of the original 6.1 mix is only available on the ultimate edition blu-ray not to be confused with the ultimate collectors edition blu-ray.
More Romance on Blu-ray
Director: Liliana Cavani
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Directors: Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell
Imprint 4K Blu-ray
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FiM encode and none of the low-pass filtering present on the Criterion 4K, resulting in more detail and better handling of highlights on Imprint
Review, comparisons
All HD and 4K sources use the same 2009 restoration. Criterion's master (also used by Imprint) is a bit more rolled off, though the difference is minor.
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
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