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"DEAR JOHN"
Dear John is a 2010 American romantic drama-war film starring Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum. It was released theatrically in North America on February 5, 2010. The film was directed by Lasse Hallström, and it is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's novel of the same name. It follows the life of a soldier (Channing Tatum) after he falls in love with a young woman (Amanda Seyfried). They decide to exchange letters to each other after he is deployed to the war. The movie was filmed in 2009 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Despite receiving negative reviews, the film made a strong box office performance, knocking off Avatar after seven weekends in first place and grossing a total of $114,977,104 worldwide. The film was released on May 25, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray.
Plot
In 2007, John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army
Special Forces is lying on the ground in combat gear with multiple
gunshot wounds to his body. Coins begin to fall over him as, in a
voiceover, he recalls a childhood trip to the U.S. Mint.
He compares himself to a coin in the United States Military, and states
that the last thing he thought about before he blacked out was "you".
In 2001, in Wilmington, North Carolina, John is on vacation. He meets Savannah (Amanda Seyfried),
a college student on spring break, when he rescues her purse from the
water. Over the course of two weeks, Savannah and John fall in love.
John meets Savannah's family, her neighbor, Tim Wheddon (Henry Thomas), and Tim's son Alan (Luke Benward) who has autism.
Savannah meets John's father (Richard Jenkins), a reclusive man who seems to be obsessed with his coin collection (specifically mules), but his genuine interest draws her, to John's surprise. Savannah mentions to John that his father, like Alan, may have high functioning autism. This upsets John, who storms off, and then gets into a fight with Savannah's friend Randy (Scott Porter)
and, in the process, accidentally punches Tim. John apologizes to Tim,
leaves Savannah a note, and then they spend one last day together,
parting with, "I'll see you soon, then," rather than goodbye.
John and Savannah continue their relationship through letters,
expecting to build a life together when he leaves the army. But the
recent September 11 attacks
make him reconsider the army, and he ultimately chooses to re-enlist.
Over the next two years, the romance goes on, through their letters.
After a time, John finds himself anxiously awaiting the next letter, but
when it arrives it is a Dear John letter, informing him that she has become engaged to someone else, John burns all of Savannah's letters.
Despite being wounded and encouraged to return home, John re-enlists.
After four more years and many missions, while waiting to receive
orders on his unit's next deployment, John is informed that his father
had a stroke. When John arrives at the hospital he learns that his
father is still alive but in grave condition. John writes a letter to
his father, which he reads to him at the hospital; John's voiceover at
the beginning of the film was from this letter, in which he told his
father that the first thing to cross his mind after he was shot was
coins, and the last thing to cross his mind before he lost consciousness
was his dad, ultimately the most important person in his life. Soon
afterwards, his father dies.
John goes to visit Savannah and is shocked to find that she has
married Tim and is living with him. He learns that she had to abandon
her dream of a riding camp for kids with autism because of Tim's fight
against lymphoma,
and John goes with her to visit him in the hospital. Tim tells John
that Savannah still loves him and she has never forgotten him. That
night, Savannah asks John to stay for dinner. At the table, John asks
Savannah why she did not even call him and she says it was because just
hearing his voice would make her change her mind. As John goes towards
the door, Savannah says "I'll see you soon then". She asks him to reply
the same (like they always do) but there is silence. He replies
"Goodbye, Savannah" and leaves. John makes a decision to sell all of his
father's coin collection except the mule that John found, to raise
money which could help Tim in his treatment. Back in the army, it shows
John using the mule as a charm. It then shows John receiving a letter
from Savannah telling him that Tim died after two months and ending with
"I'll see you soon, then." The film then skips forward to show John as a
civilian, having left the army carrying his bike. He sees Savannah in a
coffee shop, and they make eye-contact. The last scene ends with both
of them hugging.
Cast
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Gavin McCulley as Starks
Bryce Hayes as Harris (Cameo)
Braeden Reed as Alan
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