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A Walk to Remember is a 2002 film set in the mid-1990s Beaufort, North Carolina, based on the 1998 novel by Nicholas Sparks. The movie stars pop singer Mandy Moore and Shane West. The movie was directed by Adam Shankman and produced by Denise DiNovi and Hunt Lowry for Warner Bros. Pictures. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (948x1400, 270 KB) This image is of a film poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the film or the studio which produced the film in question. ... Adam Shankman is an American film director, dancer, actor, and choreographer. ... Denise Di Novi is an American film producer. ... Nicholas Charles Sparks (b. ... Shane West (born June 10, 1978) is an American television and film actor. ... Amanda Mandy Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... Mervyn Warren (born February 29, 1964 in Huntsville, Alabama) is an American film composer, record producer, lyricist, songwriter, music arranger, pianist and vocalist. ... Warner Bros. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Beaufort (pronounced BO-furt / IPA: ) is a town that everybody loves in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. ... Nicholas Charles Sparks (b. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Amanda Mandy Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... Shane West (born June 10, 1978) is an American television and film actor. ... Adam Shankman is an American film director, dancer, actor, and choreographer. ... Denise Di Novi (born 1956) is an American film producer. ...

Plot

When a prank on a fellow high-school student goes wrong, Landon Carter (Shane West) is threatened with expulsion. His punishment is mandatory participation in various after-school activities, such as tutoring disadvantaged children and acting in the drama club's Spring play. At these functions he is forced to interact with Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore), a girl he has known for many years but with whom he rarely interacted. When Landon realizes that he needs help learning his lines for the play, he asks Jamie for help. She agrees to help him if he promises not to fall in love with her, to which he responds, "That's not a problem", thinking she was the last person with whom he would ever fall in love. Landon and Jamie begin practicing together at her house after school. One day while in school, Jamie asks Landon if they were still on for practice that afternoon to which he replies, "In your dreams", because he was with his friends. When Landon goes to her house for practice, she refuses to open the door. When she eventually does, she sarcastically remarks that they can be "secret friends." She slams the door in his face when he agrees. Shane West (born June 10, 1978) is an American television and film actor. ... Amanda Mandy Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. ...

Landon eventually learns the script by himself. During the play, Jamie, who is wearing her costume, astounds Landon with her beauty. Landon kisses Jamie during the play, which was not in the play's script, and the two pursue a relationship afterwards. He takes her out to dinner and helps her with her wish list, like being in two places at once and getting a tattoo (it's a temporary in the movie).

Jamie finally tells Landon that she has terminal leukemia and has stopped responding to treatments. As Jamie is hospitalized, Landon fulfills various wishes on Jamie's list, such as building her a telescope so she can see a comet. Through this process, Landon and Jamie learn more about the nature of love. The movie ends with Jamie's death, but only after the couple are married in the same chapel as was Jamie's deceased mother, the event that topped Jamie's wish list. Landon himself becomes a better person through Jamie's memory, achieving the goals that he set out to do, like she did. Leukemia or leukaemia(Greek leukos Î»ÎµÏ…ÎºÏŒÏ‚, â€œwhiteâ€; aima Î±Î¯Î¼Î±, â€œbloodâ€) (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). ...

Four years later, Landon visits Jamie's father. It is obvious that Jamie helped him to focus and become a better person. For example, he reveals he has finished college and been accepted to medical school; prior to meeting her he had no plans for life after high school. He tells Jamie's father that he is sorry he could not grant Jamie's wish to witness "a miracle" before she died. Her father says, "She did. It was you."

Background/Production

The inspiration for A Walk to Remember was Nicholas Sparks' sister, Danielle Sparks Lewis, who died of cancer in 2000. In a speech he gave after her death in Berlin, the author admits, "In many ways, Jamie Sullivan was my younger sister." The plot was inspired by her life; Danielle met a man who wanted to marry her, "even when he knew she was sick, even when he knew that she might not make it".^[1] Both the book and movie are dedicated to Danielle Sparks Lewis. This article is about the capital of Germany. ...

This movie was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina at the same time as Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) and the TV show One Tree Hill were being filmed there. Many of the sets were from the TV show Dawson's Creek (1998) - particularly the school, hospital and Landon's home.^{[citation needed]} The total shooting time was only 39 days, despite the fact that Mandy Moore could only work 10 hours a day because she was a minor.^{[citation needed]} Wilmington is a city in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. ... Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a novel written by Rebecca Wells. ... This article is about the American television series. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Dawsons Creek Dawsons Creek is an American primetime television drama which aired from January 20, 1998, to May 14, 2003, on The WB Television Network. ...

Cast

Shane West (born June 10, 1978) is an American television and film actor. ... Amanda Mandy Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... Peter Coyote (born October 10, 1941) is an American actor and author, and has narrated many documentaries and audio books. ... Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American film actress. ... Clayne Crawford (b. ... Lauren German (born November 29, 1978 in Huntington Beach, California) is an American actress. ... Paz de la Huerta grew up in Manhattan. ...

Reception/Reviews

The film was generally met with negative reviews by critics. Entertainment Weekly retitled the movie "A Walk to Forget",^[2] and the average rating of 92 professional reviews as compiled by Rotten Tomatoes is 4.1 out of 10.^[3] However, A Walk to Remember found a warm reception in the Christian community due to the film's moral message; as one reviewer approvingly noted, "The main character is portrayed as a Christian without being psychopathic or holier-than-thou".^[4] Roger Ebert also praised Moore for her "quietly convincing" acting performance.^[5] Even though not a critical success, it was a modest box-office hit, earning $41 million in the United States alone,^[6] and a sleeper hit in Asia. The total revenue generated worldwide was $47,494,916. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ...

Moore beat out fellow pop star Britney Spears, who starred in Crossroads, to win two Teen Choice Awards. Moore was also nominated for "Film - Choice Actress, Drama/Action Adventure" but lost to Natalie Portman. Amanda Mandy Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... Shane West (born June 10, 1978) is an American television and film actor. ... Natalie Portman (â€Ž; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... Crossroads is a 2002 movie directed by Tamra Davis. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Natalie Portman (â€Ž; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ...

At the MTV Movie Awards, Moore won the "Breakthrough Female Performance" for her role.

Soundtrack

The movie's soundtrack features five songs by Mandy Moore and others by Christian music/alternative acts Jars of Clay, Switchfoot, Rachael Lampa and more. Love Song Contemporary Christian music (CCM), or Christian pop music, is a sub-genre of Christian music. ... Jars of Clay is a rock band from Franklin, Tennessee. ... Switchfoot is a Grammy-nominated alternative rock band from San Diego, California, United States. ... Rachael Lampa (born January 8, 1985) is a Dove award winning American Christian singer-songwriter, record producer, philanthropist, and occasional actress. ...

The lead song "Cry" was originally released on Moore's second studio album Mandy Moore. The soundtrack also includes two versions of Switchfoot's song "Only Hope" including the version Moore sang in the film. Cry (2002) is the third song released by Mandy Moore from her third self-titled album Mandy Moore. ... Mandy Moore is the third album by singer Mandy Moore, released when she was 17 years old (in 2001). ... Only Hope is a song sung by Mandy Moore. ...

Mandy Moore's manager Jon Leshay, the musical supervisor for A Walk To Remember, "instantly wanted" Switchfoot's music to be a vital part of the movie after hearing them. He later became Switchfoot's manager.^[7] When they were approached to do the film, the band were unfamiliar with Moore or her music (despite her status as a pop star with several hits on the charts). Before their involvement with A Walk to Remember, Switchfoot was only recognized in their native San Diego and in Contemporary Christian music circles, but have since gained mainstream recognition, with a double platinum album, The Beautiful Letdown which included hits such as Meant to Live and Dare you to Move. The Beautiful Letdown is the album released by Switchfoot in early 2003 that launched this alternative rock band into the mainstream limelight. ... Meant to Live is a Top-20 single by Post-grunge band Switchfoot, which climbed to #5 on the US Modern Rock chart. ... Dare You to Move is a single by the band Switchfoot. ...

Comparisons to novel

While there are many similarities to the novel by Nicholas Sparks, many changes were made. On his personal website, Sparks explains the decisions behind the differences. For example, he and the producer decided to update the setting from the 1950s to the 1990s, worrying that a movie set in the 50s would fail to draw teens. "To interest them," he writes, "we had to make the story more contemporary." To make the update believable, Landon's pranks and behavior are worse than they are in the novel; as Sparks notes, "the things that teen boys did in the 1950s to be considered a little 'rough' are different than what teen boys in the 1990s do to be considered 'rough.'" Nicholas Charles Sparks (b. ...

Sparks and the producer also changed the play in which Landon and Jamie appear. In the novel, Hegbert wrote a Christmas play that illustrated how he once struggled as a father. However, due to time constraints, the sub-plot showing how he overcame his struggles could not be included in the movie. Sparks was concerned that "people who hadn't read the book would question whether Hegbert was a good father", adding that "because he is a good father and we didn't want that question to linger, we changed the play."^[8]

A significant difference is that at the end of the novel, unlike the movie, it is ambiguous whether Jamie died. Sparks says that he had written the book knowing she would die, yet had "grown to love Jamie Sullivan", and so opted for "the solution that best described the exact feeling I had with regard to my sister at that point: namely, that I hoped she would live."^[9]

Smaller differences also exist, such as when Jamie gives Landon her mother's book in the movie, she says "Don't worry, it's not a Bible". In the novel Jamie does give him her mother's Bible with her favorite passages underlined.

Trivia

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References

^ Sparks, Nicholas (2000). Background information on A Walk to Remember (from a speech given in Berlin, Germany for Heyne Verlag). Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ Kepnes, Caroline (July 12, 2002). Reviews - A Walk to Remember. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ Rotten Tomatoes - A Walk to Remember. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ Overstreet, Jeffrey (January 23, 2002), A Walk to Remember, Christianity Today, <http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/reviews/walktoremember.html>
^ Ebert, Roger (January 25, 2002). A Walk to Remember. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ A Walk to Remember at Hollywood.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ Switchfoot Featured in A Walk To Remember (January 21, 2002). Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ Sparks, Nicholas. Nicholas Sparks on the Movie Adaptation of A Walk to Remember. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ Sparks, Nicholas. FAQ on A Walk to Remember - Did Jamie Die?. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ Shankman, Adam. Interview with Adam Shankman, Director of "A Walk to Remember" by Rebecca Murray and Fred Topel. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.

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