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Dear John Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Is duty enough reason to live a lie?

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Dear John

Release Date: Friday, February 5, 2010 Theaters

Director: Lasse Hallstrom

Starring: Channing Tatum Henry Thomas Amanda Seyfried Richard Jenkins Scott Porter

PG-13 Drama N/A

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Plot
"Dear John" tells the story of John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave, and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he falls in love with during her spring vacation. Over the next seven tumultuous years, the couple is separated by John’s increasingly dangerous deployments. While meeting only sporadically, they stay in touch by sending a continuous stream of love letters overseas--correspondence that eventually triggers fateful consequences.
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Top Cast

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The film's director Lasse Hallstrom last directed Hilma and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. The film's writer Jamie Linden last wrote 10 Years and We Are Marshall.

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Producers
Marty Bowen
Wyck Godfrey
Ryan Kavanaugh

Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Based on the Nicholas Sparks book.

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Parent Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some sensuality and violence
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Is duty enough reason to live a lie?
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Language
English

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Dear John was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, February 5, 2010. in around 2,969 theaters There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including From Paris with Love, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers and District 13: Ultimatum.

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