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Plot

The best-seller by sentimental novelist Nicholas Sparks becomes this teen melodrama set in a coastal North Carolina port. Cocky, popular high school student Landon Carter (Shane West) is the big man on campus at Beaufort High School until a hazing incident leaves a fellow student paralyzed. Sentenced to community service and membership in his school's drama club, Landon is forced to seek help from Jamie Sullivan (pop singer Mandy Moore), the conservative, religious, plain-Jane daughter of the town's Baptist minister (Peter Coyote). When the two students begin to fall in love, Landon struggles with the drop in popularity that his new friendship brings, while Jamie is forced to deal with her strict father and a secret that she's keeping from her schoolmates. A Walk to Remember, which co-stars Daryl Hannah, is the second of Sparks's novels to make it to the big screen after Message in a Bottle (1999).
MPAA Rating:
PG for thematic elements, language and some sensual material.
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
101min.
Theatrical Release Date:
01/25/2002
DVD Release Date:
07/09/2002
Distributor(s):
Warner Bros.
Director(s):
Adam Shankman
Starring:
Mandy Moore , Shane West , Peter Coyote , Daryl Hannah , Lauren German
Themes:
High School Life,Opposites Attract,Redemption,Star-Crossed Lovers,First Love
Tone:
Bittersweet,Gentle,Heartwarming,Intimate,Earnest,Sentimental
Keywords:
coming-of-age,community-service,first-love,high-school,minister,redemption,small-town,star-crossed-lovers,teenagers
Country of Origin:
USA (01-25-2002)
Language:
English