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Dear John (I) (2010)

PG_13 108 min  -  Drama | Romance | War  -   5 February 2010 (USA)
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Ratings: 5.9/10 from 30,124 users   Metascore: 43/100 
Reviews: 147 user | 144 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com

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

Director:

Lasse Hallström

Writers:

Jamie Linden (screenplay), Nicholas Sparks (novel)

Stars:

Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried and Richard Jenkins
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Channing Tatum ...
Amanda Seyfried ...
Richard Jenkins ...
Henry Thomas ...
D.J. Cotrona ...
Cullen Moss ...
Gavin McCulley Gavin McCulley ...
Jose Lucena Jr. ...
Berry (as Jose Lucena)
Keith Robinson ...
Scott Porter ...
Leslea Fisher ...
William Howard Bowman ...
Daniels (as William Howard)
David Andrews David Andrews ...
Mary Rachel Dudley ...
Bryce Hayes ...
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Storyline

While John is on leave in his hometown, he finds Savannah, a college student visiting the town. Although love was unexpected, it doesn't mean they didn't find it. With the knowledge of John having to leave for the army, their love still lives, until his re-signs on due to the 9/11 attack. Troubles invade and their love put on hold. One cannot bear it anymore; can the other? Written by Fiona Anderson  

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Plot Keywords:

Leave | Love | College | Army | U.S. Army  | See more »

Taglines:

Is Duty enough reason to live a lie ? See more »

Genres:

Drama | Romance | War

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Querido John See more »

Filming Locations:

Oak Island, North Carolina, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$30,468,614 (USA) (7 February 2010) (2969 Screens)

Gross:

$80,014,842 (USA) (25 April 2010)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Relativity Media, Temple Hill Entertainment See more »
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Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

On its opening weekend in the United States, it went to number one, becoming the film to finally end the reign of James Cameron's Avatar, which had sat at the top of the box office for seven consecutive weeks. See more »

Goofs

Miscellaneous: When the town of Worcester is mentioned in the film, the subtitles misspell it "Wooster", which is how the name is pronounced. See more »

Quotes

John Tyree: So there's something else I wanna tell you. Right before everything went black, you wanna know the very last thing that entered my mind? You.
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Connections

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Soundtracks

"Saturday Night"
Written by William Abers (as Willy Abers), Ulises Bella, Raul Pacheco,
Justin Poree, Asdrubal Sierra (as Asdru Sierra), Jiro Yamaguchi, Jabulani Smith-Freeman (as J. Smith Freeman)
Performed by Ozomatli
Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc. See more »