Dear John
"Love brought them together. Will fate tear them apart?"
While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah, who promises to write to him until he returns from overseas.
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Written by: Jamie Linden, Nicholas Sparks
Produced by: Wyck Godfrey, Michele Weiss, Toby Emmerich
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