The Notebook

Excuse me.

Come on, honey, let's get you ready for bed.

I am no one special...

...just a common man with common thoughts.

I've led a common life.

There are no monuments dedicated to me.

And my name will soon be forgotten.

But in one respect...

...I've succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived.

- Looking good, Duke. - Feeling good.

I've loved another with all my heart and soul...

...and for me that has always been enough.

How's it hanging, Harry?

I keep trying to die, but they won't let me.

Well, you can't have everything.

Big day today.

You say that every day, you old devil.

It's a lovely day outside.

Let's take a walk.

I don't think so.

Well, we've got to get you out of this room.

Come on now, honey. Some fresh air would do you good.

Hello.

I'm sorry, it's not a good day.

I don't think she's up for anything.

Hello?

This is Duke, he's come to read to you.

- Read? - Mm-hm.

No. I don't know.

Oh, come on, you'll like him. He's very funny.

All right, now, where did we leave off?

Oh, yeah, yeah, it was the night of the carnival.

Noah was there with his friends Fin and Sara.

- Noah? - That's where they met.

June 6th, 1940.

Allie was 17 years old.

Little man wins a prize. - Damn!

- Thank you for playing. - Ha, you're real funny.

Man, I clobbered that thing.

I'm telling you, these games are fixed.

- Hello. How are you?

Hi, what's your name?

Step right up here.

Over the hook, yeah.

- Who's this girl with Sara? - Her name's Allie Hamilton.

She's here for the summer with her family. Dad's got more money than God.

- Hi, Fin! Hi, honey.

Look, I won you a prize.

Oh, Fin, thank you!

Ow!

Pretty great, huh?

Hey, Allie, you want some cotton candy?

- Um, okay. That would be so much fun.

You only get one chance, son.

- You want to dance with me? - No.

- Why not? - Because I don't want to.

Noah, she's with us.

Hey, Allie, you wanna ride the Ferris wheel?

- I'd love to. - All right.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

- Noah Calhoun. - What?

Works down at the lumberyard with Fin.

Oh.

Did you see he was standing like two inches away from my face?

Yeah, I saw. That's Noah, though.

You know, I'm surprised he even came over. I think he likes you.

Hey, what--? Jerk! Get off me.

- Hey! - Well, I-- Ugh!

- What are you doing? - Hey, you can't do that!

I'll pay you when I get down, Tommy.

I'm Noah Calhoun.

- So? - So it's really nice to meet you.

- Allie, who is this guy? - I don't know. Noah Calhoun.

- I would really like to take you out. - Friend! Do you mind?

You can't sit more than two people in a chair, Noah.

Okay, Tommy, all right.

Get down, Noah, you're gonna kill yourself!

Noah, cut it out.

Now, will you go out with me?

What?

- No. - No?

- No! - No?

- Hey, pal, she just told you. - Why not?

I don't know, because I don't want to.

Noah!

All right. Well, you leave me no other choice then.

Oh, my God. - I'm not kidding.

- Stop fooling around. What are you doing?

Noah, grab the bar. - I'm gonna ask you one more time.

Will you...

...or will you not go out with me? Noah, are you nuts?

- Goddamn, my hand's slipping. - Then grab the bar, you idiot.

- Not until she agrees. - Ah, go on out with him, honey.

- Okay, okay, fine, I'll go out with you. - What?

- No, don't do me any favors. - No, no. I want to.

- You want to? You want to? - Yes!

- Say it. - I want to go out with you.

- Say it again. - I want to go out with you!

All right, all right, we'll go out.

You think you're so smart, don't you?

- That wasn't funny, Noah, you idiot! No, it's okay, I'll take care of this.

What are you doing? Please don't do that.

- Please don't do that, Allie. - I can't believe it.

Ha, ha! - Oh, God.

You're not so cocky now, are you?

I'm gonna get you for that.

Oh, maybe you will, maybe you won't.

Feel like saying anything? Oh, yeah, will you look at that?

It's that girl from the carnival, right?

Do you remember me?

Yeah, sure. Mr. Underwear, was it?

- Oh, yeah. - How could I forget?

I wanted to clear that up with you. I'm really sorry about that.

It was a really stupid thing to do, crawl up a Ferris wheel to talk to somebody.

But I had to be next to you.

I was being drawn to you.

Oh, jeez, what a line!

You use that on all the girls?

- No. - Right.

I saw you the other night with Little Miss Ribbons.

- What are you doing tonight? - What?

Or tomorrow night, or this weekend, whatever.

- Why? - Why? Our date.

What date?

- The date that you agreed to. - No.

Yes, you did. You promised and you swore it.

Well, I guess I changed my mind.

Look, I know you get some dirty guy coming up to you on the street.

You don't know him. You don't know me, but I know me.

And when I see something that I like, I gotta-- I love it.

- I go-- I mean, I go crazy for it. - Okay, what are you talking about?

Well, you.

- Oh, you're good. - What?

- You're good. - No.

- You're good. - No, you're getting me wrong.

- You're fantastic. - I'm not.

You really are. I'm impressed.

- I'm not usually like this, I'm sorry. - Oh, yes, you are.

I can be fun, if you want.

Pensive. Uh, smart.

Uh, superstitious, brave.

And, uh, I can be light on my feet.

I could be whatever you want.

You just tell me what you want and I'll be that for you.

You're dumb.

I could be that.

Come on, one date. What's it gonna hurt?

Mm, I don't think so.

Well, what can I do to change your mind?

Guess you'll figure something out.

You sure she's coming?

Relax, it's all set up. We're meeting her for the late show. Look.

What did I tell you? Come on.

Oh, my goodness, what a coincidence!

Look who's here! Allie, you remember Noah, don't you?

- Yes, I remember. - Yeah?

- Come here. - Fin.

- Hi. - Hi.

- It's nice to see you again. - You too.

- You look great. - Oh, thanks.

Really, really great.

You do look great. You look great.

And I know I look great, so could we please go see this movie?

- The show's about to start. - After you.

You come back here, Li'l Abner.

You ain't gonna catch me, Daisy Mae!

It's Sadie Hawkins Day, I'm supposed to catch you!

I'm faster than you.

Get up here!

No! No!

I'll get you!

Go on, get!

Here I come!

[LI'L ABNER & DAISY MAE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

You catch Polecat fair and square.

Wait for me.

What happened in that movie?

- Here you go. - Thank you.

What are you doing? - Wanna walk with me?

Yeah, what's going on? - Yeah.

- We're gonna walk. - Do you guys love each other?

Huh? Oh, I get it.

- You guys do love each other. Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

Okay, goodbye.

All right, all right. Mmm...

- That was fun. - Mm-hm.

I haven't seen a movie in ages.

- Really? - Mm-mm.

Not since I was a little kid.

What?

No, I, uh...

I'm busy, you know, I don't have a lot of time.

- You're busy? - Mm-hm.

I have a very strict schedule.

My days are all planned out.

I get up in the morning. Breakfast, math tutor, Latin tutor, lunch.

Tennis lesson, dance lesson-- Sometimes both.

French tutor, piano lesson, then I eat dinner.

And after dinner I spend time with my family.