• Friday, January 25, 2002

• Country:

  USA

• Language:

  English

• Runtime:

  101 min

2002

Goofs

• Continuity: Landon's scar disappears and reappears during the early parts of the movie.
• Continuity: The clasp on Jamie's necklace moves around during the play's music sequence.
• Continuity: The day that the flyer is made about Jamie, all of the characters are wearing exactly the same clothes as they were a few days before when Dean asked Landon if they were still cool. A few days later, when the flyers come out they all have the same clothes back on.
• Continuity: When Jamie receives the paper from Landon to a star he had named for her, she is clearly holding the paper as she moves to sit down. As soon as she is seated, the paper is completely missing from the scene. (This is revealed by the director's commentary on the DVD.)
• Continuity: In the scene between Landon and his mother the night after Landon gives Jamie the star registry paper, the wind kicks up and stops alternately between shots.
• Miscellaneous: When they made the flyers, the body that they show has some clothes on, but on the other flyers, she doesn't have any clothes on (mentioned in DVD commentary).
• Crew or equipment visible: When Landon shows Jamie the new telescope for the first time, Landon's wireless mic transmitter is visible as he walks towards the telescope to see the comet.
• Continuity: The day after the play, Landon goes through the library to go to the cafeteria, he has a white shirt and blue vest on. When he goes into the cafeteria, he is wearing a white tee shirt under a green shirt. Then when he is with Eric later, he is wearing the blue and white outfit again.
• Continuity: When Eric comes to visit Landon, the stereo on the stool goes from being straight, to angled, then back to straight again.
• Continuity: When Landon takes Jamie out to dinner by the water the sky alternately light/dark between shots

Taglines

• Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
• She didn't belong. She was misunderstood. And she would change him forever.
• There's more to attraction than meets the eye. (UK)

Trivias

• The movie was shot in North Carolina; many of the sets were from the TV show "Dawson's Creek" (1998) - particularly the school, hospital and Landon's home.
• Director Cameo: [Adam Shankman] The nurse pushing Jamie out of the hospital room when she is discharged from the hospital for private home care.
• The inspiration for Jamie Sullivan's character and some of the events in the book/movie are from Nicholas Sparks' sister, Danielle Sparks Lewis (whom the book and movie are dedicated to).
• The pictures of Jamie on the mantle of the fireplace in the Sullivan house are real pictures of Mandy Moore when she was a little girl.
• The novel is set in 1958.
• When Jamie gives Landon her mother's book she says "Don't worry, it's not a Bible". In the novel by Nicholas Sparks, Jamie does give him her mother's Bible which has her favorite passages underlined.
• Much of the movie's soundtrack includes music from the band Switchfoot, who at the time were really only recognized in their native San Diego, and in Contemporary Christian music circles. Mandy Moore was a huge fan of the band, and had a great deal of influence in their participation on the film. When they were approached to do the film however, the guys really had no idea who Moore was, and weren't familiar with her music (despite her status as a pop star with several hits on the charts).
• Shane West loved the car that he had in the movie so much, that he bought the car for only $5,000.
• It was originally intended to be a PG-13 movie, which included a naked version of the picture that featured Jamie's head and a model's body. The copy that is actually shown is the only one that was edited to show her with clothes. All the copies that the characters in the cafeteria have are the naked versions.
• Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina at the same time as Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

Awards

1. MTV Movie Awards
   Event: MTV Movie Awards
   Result: Won
   Category: Breakthrough Female Performance
   Recipient(s): Mandy Moore
2. Teen Choice Awards
   Event: Teen Choice Awards
   Result: Nominated
   Category: Film - Choice Actress, Drama/Action Adventure
   Recipient(s): Mandy Moore
3. Teen Choice Awards
   Event: Teen Choice Awards
   Result: Won
   Category: Film - Choice Chemistry
   Recipient(s): Mandy Moore, Shane West
4. Teen Choice Award
   Event: Teen Choice Awards
   Result: Won
   Category: Film - Choice Breakout Performance, Actress
   Recipient(s): Mandy Moore
5. PFCS Award
   Event: Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
   Result: Nominated
   Category: Best Live Action Family Film
   Recipient(s):