The Best of Nicholas Sparks

Dear John (2006)

Main Cast:

Amanda Seyfried
as Savannah Lynn Curtis

Channing Tatum
as John Tyree

Plot:

While serving in the United States Army Special Forces in 2007, John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a Staff Sergeant, is lying on the ground after being shot multiple times in the neck and body, with his comrades gathered around him. In a voiceover, he recalls a childhood trip to the U.S. Mint and compares himself to a coin in the United States Military before stating that the last thing he thought of before he blacked out was "you".

In 2001, John is on vacation in Charleston, South Carolina while on leave. He meets Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), a college student on spring break, when he fetches her purse from the ocean after it gets knocked over the pier. She invites him to a bonfire party that same night where he meets her neighbor, Tim Wheddon (Henry Thomas), and his son Alan (Luke Benward), who has autism. Over the course of two weeks, they go on several dates and fall in love. Savannah also meets John's father (Richard Jenkins), a reclusive man who is obsessed with his coin collection, a fixation that intrigues her but irritates John and causes distance between them.