Post by ThoseSummerNights on Aug 2, 2004 16:09:43 GMT -5
I just came across a little tidbit about The Notebook in this week's Newsweek Magazine. (Week of August 9, 2004) Here it is:
Quiet! Sleeper Exploding.
Summer movies are supposed to make us feel like superheroes. Which makes this summer's sleeper even more remarkable. "The Notebook," based on a romantic novel by Nicholas Sparks, stars relative unknowns and boasts nary a special effect. Still, the $30 million movie has made $65 million and counting. New Line Cinema marketed "The Notebook" as an alternative to blockbusters, then got an unexpected bump in interest when Ronald Reagan died because the film also depicts the lovers as an elderly couple battling Alzheimer's. "The film does wear it's heart on it's sleeve," says New Line's Russell Schwartz. At least it has one.
-Ayesha Mcadams- Mahmoud
Quiet! Sleeper Exploding.
Summer movies are supposed to make us feel like superheroes. Which makes this summer's sleeper even more remarkable. "The Notebook," based on a romantic novel by Nicholas Sparks, stars relative unknowns and boasts nary a special effect. Still, the $30 million movie has made $65 million and counting. New Line Cinema marketed "The Notebook" as an alternative to blockbusters, then got an unexpected bump in interest when Ronald Reagan died because the film also depicts the lovers as an elderly couple battling Alzheimer's. "The film does wear it's heart on it's sleeve," says New Line's Russell Schwartz. At least it has one.
-Ayesha Mcadams- Mahmoud
