Dear John (2010/I)

Director:

Lasse Hallström

Writers (WGA):

Jamie Linden (screenplay)
Nicholas Sparks (novel)

Release Date:

5 February 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

Is Duty enough reason to live a lie ?

Plot:

A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.

Plot Keywords:

Leave | Love | College | Army | U.S. Army

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Channing Tatum	...	John Tyree
Amanda Seyfried	...	Savannah Curtis
Richard Jenkins	...	Bill Tyree
Henry Thomas	...	Tim Wheddon
D.J. Cotrona	...	Noodles
Cullen Moss	...	Rooster (Dan Rooney)
Gavin McCulley	...	Starks
Jose Lucena Jr.	...	Berry (as Jose Lucena)
Keith Robinson	...	Captain Stone
Scott Porter	...	Randy
Leslea Fisher	...	Susan
William Howard Bowman	...	Daniels (as William Howard)
David Andrews	...	Mr. Curtis
Mary Rachel Dudley	...	Mrs. Curtis
Bryce Hayes	...	Yellow Shirt
Braeden Reed	...	Alan Wheddon - 6 Years Old
Luke Benward	...	Alan Wheddon - 14 Years Old
Tom Stearns	...	Coin Dealer #1
Michael Harding	...	Coin Dealer #2
Brett Rice	...	Pastor
David Dwyer	...	Steve the Owner
Anthony Osment	...	Other Surfer
Jim Wenthe	...	Professor
Matt Blue	...	Doctor
Lauree Bradway	...	Party Guest 1
Glenn M. Tatum	...	Party Guest 2
Martin Coleman Bowen	...	Party Guest 3
Maxx Hennard	...	Berg
Jay Phillips	...	Young Beret
Steven O'Connor	...	Colonel Kittrick
Jessica Lucas	...	Nurse (as Jessica M. Lucas)
Teresa Smith	...	Tim's Nurse
Bryce Hogarth	...	7 Years Old John (as Bryce Hogarth Armendariz)
Amanda Garsys	...	Gawky Girl at Party
Ron Shelley	...	Airport Security Guard (as Shelley Reid)
Cenk Otay	...	Screaming Man
Russell A. Turner	...	Adams
Lisa Burrascano	...	Woman In Park
Mary Fischer	...	Helpful Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tannisha Mon'ee	...	Girl
Matthew M. Anderson	...	Surfer (uncredited)
Sasha Azevedo	...	Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Mellie Boozer	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Brett Lee Clark	...	Party Guest #4 (uncredited)
Cricket Ellis	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Nick Errato	...	Afghani (uncredited)
Moses D. Gardner III	...	Congolese Soldier (uncredited)
Anthony Garner	...	Frequent Flyer (uncredited)
Blake Garris	...	Fisherman (uncredited)
J.J. Gentry	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Pam Hays	...	Air Traveler (uncredited)
Malia Herrick	...	Volleyball Player (uncredited)
Paul D. Hunt	...	Tim (uncredited)
Jim Keisler	...	Curtis Party Guest (uncredited)
Lawrence Laravela	...	Coin Inspector (uncredited)
June Letourneau	...	Airport Official (uncredited)
Gabriella Mullis	...	Child (uncredited)
Selena V. Raffaele	...	Afgahn (uncredited)
Ernest Rogers Sr.	...	Airport Patron (uncredited)
Tommy Scott	...	Party Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
Lasse Hallström

Writing credits (WGA)
Jamie Linden		(screenplay)
Nicholas Sparks		(novel)

Produced by
Marty Bowen	....	producer
Michael Disco	....	associate producer
Wyck Godfrey	....	producer
Ken Halsband	....	co-producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	producer
Jamie Linden	....	co-producer
Jeremiah Samuels	....	executive producer
Tucker Tooley	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Deborah Lurie

Cinematography by
Terry Stacey

Film Editing by
Kristina Boden

Casting by
Joanna Colbert
Mark Fincannon
Richard Mento

Production Design by
Kara Lindstrom

Art Direction by
Mark Garner

Set Decoration by
Summer Eubanks

Costume Design by
Dana Campbell
Kathryn Langston

Makeup Department
Deborah Ball	....	hair stylist
John R. Bayless	....	key makeup artist
Susan Buffington	....	hair stylist
Kelly Caldwell	....	key hair stylist
Gigi Collins	....	makeup artist (as Angela Rogers)
Whitney James	....	makeup department head
Patricia McAlhany Glasser	....	hair department head
Jason Willis	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Billy Badalato	....	unit production manager
Kaylene Carlson	....	production supervisor
Shannon Gaulding	....	executive in charge of production
Ken Halsband	....	executive in charge of production
Christopher Kulikowski	....	post-production supervisor
Haley Sweet	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Randall Balsmeyer	....	additional second unit director
Charles Croughwell	....	second unit director
Julie Cummings	....	second second assistant director
Cara Giallanza	....	first assistant director
Borjan Jovanovich	....	second assistant director: second unit
John Tagamolila	....	second assistant director
John M. Tyson	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Alexandria Andross	....	assistant property master: Los Angeles
Chris Bogart	....	painter
Elizabeth Boller	....	art department coordinator
Kenneth Bryant	....	gang boss
Barret B. Burlage	....	art department assistant
Richard M. Cole	....	construction general foreman
D. Tobias Denney	....	assistant property master
Greg Eddins	....	propmaker
Elsie Eubanks	....	buyer
Jonathan Fenin	....	prop maker
Andrea Mae Fenton	....	set decorator: additional photography
Jordan Foster	....	set dresser
Patrick Fuhrman	....	leadman
Jeremy A. Gibbs	....	propmaker (as Jeremy Gibbs)
Joe Golz	....	propmaker
Geoffrey S. Grimsman	....	assistant art director
Jane Gulick	....	property master: Los Angeles
Kevin Hardison	....	set designer
Frank J. Hart	....	location foreman
Lillian Heyward	....	graphic designer
Chris Holcombe	....	assistant property master: second unit
Chris Holcombe	....	prop assistant
Alexandra Hopkins	....	art department assistant
Scott Johnson	....	on-set dresser
Steven Kerlagon	....	scenic charge
Richard Krish	....	set dresser
Christopher Kuder	....	propmaker
Andree Lago	....	scenic foreman
Bill MacSems	....	property master
Drayton McClellan	....	propmaker
Jonathan S. Morgan	....	scenic
Thomas A. Morris Jr.	....	construction coordinator
William Scot Noonan	....	toolman
Katherine Parker	....	painter
Gregg Perez	....	set dresser
Frank Ponce	....	production assistant
Michael Poplin	....	prop assistant
F. Auguste Rahmberg	....	art department researcher
William Rampey	....	propmaker
Grant Shaffer	....	storyboard artist
Michael Shapiro	....	set dresser
Debi Shirk Tagliaferro	....	art department co-ordinator
Thomas R. Wagner	....	props and weapons
Scott D. Warner	....	mill foreman

Sound Department
Douglas Axtell	....	sound mixer: Los Angeles unit
Timothy Cargioli	....	boom operator
Rachel Chancey	....	foley supervisor
Ryan Collison	....	foley engineer
Dan Edelstein	....	adr editor
Robert Fernandez	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Jonathan Gaynor	....	sound mixer
Jonathan Gaynor	....	sound
Corey J. Grasso	....	adr mixer
Heather Gross	....	sound effects editor
Bobby Johanson	....	adr mixer
Igor Nikolic	....	first assistant sound editor
Dave Paterson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dave Paterson	....	supervising sound editor
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Michael Perricone	....	adr mixer
James Peterson	....	boom operator
Mary Ellen Porto	....	dialogue editor
Jack Rametta	....	adr mixer
Damian Volpe	....	sound effects editor
Vance Walden	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Susan Beavis	....	special effects buyer
Katie Clinebelle	....	special effects assistant
David Hill	....	special effects technician
Michael J. Hudson	....	special effects foreman
Morgan McMath Rogers	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Chris Gelles	....	visual effects executive producer: & Company
David Isyomin	....	visual effects supervisor: & Company
Eric Leverenz	....	digital imaging
David Piombino	....	visual effects artist
Kevin Vale	....	digital imaging

Stunts
Mike Brady	....	stunt player
Charles Croughwell	....	stunt coordinator
Joshua Croughwell	....	stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunt player
Anthony Osment	....	stunt surfer
Mark Rayner	....	stunt double: Channing Tatum
Brett Rodriguez	....	stunt player

Camera and Electrical Department
William 'Bill' Allanson II	....	electrician
Benjamin Baggott	....	additional electrician
Jamie Baglio	....	best boy electric
Will Barker	....	additional rigging electrician
Robby Baumgartner	....	camera operator (as Robert Baumgartner)
Chrys Blackstone	....	electrician
Warren Brace	....	additional second assistant camera
Warren Brace	....	camera intern
Chris Cotterman	....	grip: additional photography
Ben Davidson	....	electrician
Rick Davidson	....	camera operator: "b" camera operator/Steadicam
Keith B. Davis	....	key first assistant camera
Jason Dunn	....	rigging grip
Colin Duran	....	additional second assistant camera: "b" camera
Jerome Fauci	....	additional camera operator: "b" camera
Jerome Fauci	....	additional steadicam operator
Les Franck	....	best boy grip
Scott Garfield	....	still photographer
Zsolt P. Haraszti	....	camera loader
Chris Hayes	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Patrick R. Heffernan	....	key grip: additional
Geoff Herbert	....	key grip: second unit
Adam Hinson	....	rigging electrician
Adam Horne	....	rigging best boy electrician
Blake H. Hughes	....	rigging grip
Robert Ikeda	....	grip: additional photography
Christian Kessler	....	second assistant camera
Brian Knox	....	grip
Charles Laughon	....	tv playback operator
Jamie A. Marlowe	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Jack McCollum	....	lighting balloon technician
Mark C. McManus	....	video assist operator
J. Michael Muro	....	director of photography: second unit (as Jimmy Muro)
Alan Newcomb	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Josh Quick	....	electrician (as Joshua Quick)
Francesco Sauta	....	additional film loader
David Shakibanasab	....	rigging electrician
Darrell B. Sheldon	....	dolly grip
Ken Shibata	....	gaffer
Derek Smith	....	additional first assistant camera
Tommy Ray Sullivan Jr.	....	day player: grip/electrician (as Tommy Sullivan Jr.)
Zach Tharp	....	rigging electrician
Derek E. Tindall	....	rigging electrician
Dan Turek	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Jeff Wallace	....	electrician
Bo Webb	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Dennis Zoppe	....	key grip
Peter Zuccarini	....	underwater director of photography
Barret B. Burlage	....	epk camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Cody Chandler	....	extras casting assistant
Christine Colvin	....	casting assistant (as Christine Schaefer)
Tona B. Dahlquist	....	extras casting
Mark Fincannon	....	location casting
Sondra James	....	adr voice casting
Jason Looney	....	casting production assistant
John McAlary	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Teresa Beach	....	additional costumer
Shawna-Nova Foley	....	set costumer
Terri Helms	....	seamstress
Karen Keyes	....	additional set costumer
Keva Keyes	....	key costumer
Ginger Knussmann	....	costumer
Kate Sawyer	....	costume assistant
Keith Taylor	....	key costumer
Natalie Tyler	....	costume production assistant

Editorial Department
Victoria Anderson	....	colorist assistant
Dana Bloder	....	digital intermediate producer
Jessica Elvin	....	digital intermediate editor
Abbi Jutkowitz	....	additional assistant editor
Victoria Lang	....	first assistant editor
Paloma Mele	....	apprentice editor: film
Richie Roefaro	....	final cut pro technician
Tim Stipan	....	digital intermediate colorist
Pascal Vaguelsy	....	post-production coordinator
Michael P. Whipple	....	digital intermediate engineer
Jeffrey Wolf	....	additional editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer: DeLuxe (uncredited)
Darin Wooldridge	....	digital intermediate colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Nancy Allen	....	music editor
Tim Davies	....	conductor
George Doering	....	musician
Season Kent	....	music supervisor
Abraham Libbos	....	orchestrator
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Zack Ryan	....	additional arrangements
Bart Samolis	....	musician
Peter Seibert	....	additional arrangements
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer
Happy Walters	....	music supervisor
Christopher Westlake	....	additional arrangements

Transportation Department
Beverly Ballzigler	....	driver
Kenneth Bennett	....	driver: camera truck
C. Benny Dietz	....	picture car coordinator
Fred Farrington	....	driver
Perry Hickman	....	driver
Joshua J. Hobson	....	driver
McCullen Lewis	....	driver
Dennis Love	....	driver
Todd Luckey	....	production van operator
Jack Munn	....	driver
Frankie Padgett	....	driver
Joey Ricker	....	driver
Corey Simon	....	driver
Susan Simpson	....	driver
Lance Sudano	....	driver
Doug Wright	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Tristan Adamczuk	....	stand-in
T.J. Amato	....	assistant: Kenneth L. Halsband
Jordan Anderson	....	production intern
Libby Anderson	....	production secretary
Neil Andrea	....	marine department
Cua-Cua Apey	....	boat captain
Amber Asaro	....	assistant: mr. kavanaugh
Amanda Austin	....	stand-in
Kirk Bair	....	set production assistant
Joan Baker	....	adr artist
Greg Bator	....	production assistant
Linda Benjamin	....	executive vice president: Relativity Media
Gregory Bishop	....	project officer: department of defense
Phil Blevins	....	autism consultant
Michael T. Brady	....	marine coordinator
Bridget Briley	....	production legal counsel
Lisa Burrascano	....	assistant: Amanda Seyfried
Daniel Cabeza	....	executive assistant: Mr. Tooley
Alex Capaldi	....	assistant: Mr. Halsband
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice director
Dama Claire	....	production consultant
Paul O. Davis	....	second unit supervisor
Chris Drake	....	location assistant
Justin Dybowski	....	set production assistant
Karen Eisenstadt	....	production accountant
Danny Elhaj	....	post -production assistant
Philip Elway	....	executive vice president: Business Affairs
Harald Galinski	....	accounting clerk: wrap
Harald Galinski	....	additional production secretary
Philippe Gallichet	....	chef
Vanessa Garsys	....	assistant: Lasse Hallström
Vanessa Garsys	....	production secretary
Karman Graham Franck	....	production accounting assistant
Adrienne L. Graves	....	second assistant accountant
Todd Hergott	....	armorer
Daniel Herther	....	executive assistant: mr. kavanaugh
Cindi Hobgood	....	location manager
Elizabeth Elliott Hopkins	....	production counsel
Daniel Hydrick III	....	livestock coordinator
Spencer Jarvis	....	production assistant
Cindy King	....	production assistant: reshoots
Isaac Klausner	....	assistant: Mr. Godfrey
Kevin Knotts	....	helicopter ground safety (uncredited)
Ashley Kravitz	....	clearance coordinator
Erik Anders Lang	....	epk producer
Scott Levine	....	unit publicist
Michael Lippman	....	assistant to Mr. Tooley
Thomas Loftus	....	senior vice president of business and legal affairs
Adam C. Londy	....	assistant: Mr. Bowen
Rachaelle McCorkle	....	production legal counsel
Gavin McCulley	....	key military advisor
Rebecca Merle	....	assistant: Lasse Hallström
Debbie Merritt	....	assistant production office coordinator
Tara Erica Moore	....	production assistant
Sean Murphy	....	additional assistant accountant
Vicente C. Ogilvie	....	Department of Defense liaison officer
Harley Pasternak	....	fitness trainer
Eva Quiroz	....	vice president of operations
Judson Ragsdale	....	production assistant
Jonathan Randell Silver	....	adr loop group
Mark Rayner	....	surf instructor
Marlaine Reiner	....	assistant: mr. kavanaugh
Tracy Remmereid	....	travel coordinator
Michele Robertson	....	publicist
Brett Rodriguez	....	assistant: Channing Tatum
David M. Rodriguez	....	post production accountant
Keegan Sacko	....	set production assistant
Mel Sanftner	....	assistant production coordinator: Los Angeles
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Martin R. Scarbrough	....	medic
George Schoendorfer	....	set medic
David Thornsberry	....	additional location manager
Brian Marshall Turner	....	medical coordinator
Tom Vick	....	stand-in
Melissa Voyagis	....	epk field producer
Melissa Wallace	....	production secretary
Townson Wells	....	production assistant
Jerri Whiteman	....	first assist accountant
Robert S. Wilhelm Jr.	....	set production assistant
Douglas I. Schwartz	....	office production assistant: reshoots (uncredited)
Michael Roy Scott	....	stand-in: Henry Thomas (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Screen Gems (presents)
• Relativity Media (in association with)
• Temple Hill Entertainment (as Temple Hill)

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Alliance Vivafilm (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Filmopolis (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2010) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Incognito Films (2010) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2010) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2010) (Philippines) (theatrical) (as Pioneer Films International)
• Presidio (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2010) (Greece) (DVD)
• Castello Lopes Multimédia (2010) (Portugal) (all media)
• CatchPlay (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• FX Network (2012) (USA) (TV) (cable)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2009) (Germany) (all media)
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Net5 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2010) (Finland) (all media)
• Panorama Distributions (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Panorama Distributions (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Pinema (2009) (Turkey) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• & Company

Other Companies

• Air Hollywood  props provided by
• Big Film Design  titles
• Business Affairs  production counsel
• Creative Sound Studios  adr recording
• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  international publicity consultants
• Dear John  copyright holder
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Getty Images  stock footage
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Lotus Post  ADR recording
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• Relativity Media  funding
• Relativity Music Group  soundtrack
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  modem card rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  nextel cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Sony Pictures Stock Footage  footage
• Studio Charleston  production facility (as 620 Dobbin Rd)
• Studio Charleston  stages (as 620 Dobbin Rd)
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality and violence

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45758) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | South Korea:12 | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Portugal:M/12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Mexico:B | Argentina:Atp | Germany:6 | Brazil:12 | Australia:M | Sweden:11 | Malaysia:PG-13 | Japan:G

Filming Locations:

Oak Island, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Screen Gems

Trivia:

The character of Alan was inspired by writer Nicholas Sparks' son, who is afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism.

Goofs:

Continuity: When John is making his own fire talking to Randy, at the beach house just before Savannah comes the same girl in short jeans with blue towel on shoulder passes in front of the camera twice.

Quotes:

John Tyree:You're starting to make me a little nervous.
Savannah Curtis:Why am I starting to make you nervous?
John Tyree:Because I'm starting to think you might be too good of a person for me.
Savannah Curtis:Oh. No, I'm not that good of a person.
John Tyree:You're sneaking off every day to do manual labor on a house for charity. On your spring break.
Savannah Curtis:Yeah, you're right. It's selfish, really, me being this generous.
John Tyree:But no, seriously. You don't drink, you don't smoke.
Savannah Curtis:Nope. Nope.
John Tyree:You probably don't sleep around.
Savannah Curtis:Absolutely not.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.90" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Let Her Gift Be Me

Disappointing and not what I expected.

I was really looking forward to watching this movie - although, my expectations were not very high - but it turned out to be worse than I expected. I knew Channing Tatum was not the greatest actor - although, he is gorgeous - so I wasn't expecting very good acting. It was decent but I just didn't feel the chemistry between the two actors. The "twist" which I won't mention was where I thought the movie went completely downhill. It was very poorly executed and if you've seen the movie, you'll probably agree. Throughout, the movie was very slow- moving and not very exciting but there were a couple emotional parts! So far, the only people I've asked that did like the movie, seem to be the younger ones (12-15).

This movie is definitely NOT comparable to "The Notebook" like some people have been saying. It was nothing special, so I wouldn't watch it again, but I'd say it's good for a chick flick night. Another one of those movies like that looked SO much better on the commercials.