Based on the acclaimed best seller by Nicholas Sparks and directed by Nick Cassavetes ("John Q"), "The Notebook" is a sweeping love story starring Academy Award nominees James Garner, Gena Rowlands and Joan Allen opposite newcomers Ryan Gosling (Murder by Numbers) and Rachel McAdams. As a man (Garner) reads from a faded notebook to the woman (Rowlands) he regularly visits at a nursing home, his words bring to life the story of a young couple (Gosling and McAdams) who are separated by World War II, then passionately reunited 14 years later after their lives have taken different paths. Adapted by Jan Sardi with a screenplay by Jeremy Leven ("Don Juan DeMarco"), "The Notebook" reveals an epic story of love lost and found, of new beginnings and second chances.