A Walk to Remember

A Walk to Remember is a 2002 film set in the mid-1990s Beaufort, North Carolina, based on the 1998 novel by Nicholas Sparks. The movie stars pop singer Mandy Moore and Shane West. The movie was directed by Adam Shankman and produced by Denise DiNovi and Hunt Lowry for Warner Bros. Pictures.


When a prank on a fellow high-school student goes wrong, Landon Carter (Shane West) is threatened with expulsion. His punishment is mandatory participation in various after-school activities, such as tutoring disadvantaged children and acting in the drama club's Spring play. At these functions he is forced to interact with Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore), a girl he has known for many years but with whom he rarely interacted. When Landon realizes that he needs help learning his lines for the play, he asks Jamie for help. She agrees to help him if he promises not to fall in love with her, to which he responds, "That's not a problem", thinking she was the last person with whom he would ever fall in love. Later, Jamie asks Landon if they were still on for practice that afternoon to which he replies, "Only in your dreams", because he was with his friends. When Landon goes to her house for practice, she refuses to open the door. When she eventually does, she sarcastically remarks that they can be "secret friends." She slams the door in his face when he agrees.

Landon eventually learns the script by himself. During the play, Jamie, who is wearing her costume, astounds Landon with her beauty. Landon kisses Jamie during the play, which was not in the play's script, and the two pursue a relationship afterwards. He takes her out to dinner and helps her with her wish list, like being in two places at once and getting a tattoo (it's a temporary in the movie).