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 after he falls in love with a young woman . 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. In 2007, John Tyree , 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".
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| Release date: | January 24, 2010 |
| Directed by: | Lasse Hallström |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 108 Minutes |
| Producer: | Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Ryan Kavanaugh |
| Editor: | Kristina Boden |
| Music by: | Deborah Lurie |
| Cinematography: | Terry Stacey |
| Screenplay by: | Jamie Linden |
| Estimated budget: | $25,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Dear John |