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The name of the film, Dear John, is an American slang that means a letter of dismissal. It was originally written as Dear John Letter, where John refers to American soldiers. The origin of this term is that during World War II, the fiancee or wife in their hometown could not bear the fact that their man was away all the time, so they broke up. The content of this letter is generally: "I have found a life-long partner, that person is not you." Due to the popularity of Dear John and the very short content of the letter, another English phrase was born directly: "That's all she wrote". The non-literal meaning of this phrase is "I was dumped by her."
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"Break Up Letter" is Nicholas Sparks' 11th novel. It was once the best-selling list champion of the "New York Times", and it was translated into 35 languages and sold 45 million copies worldwide.
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Nicholas Sparks has many works that have been put on the screen, among them are "The Notebook of Love", "Message in a Bottle", "The Memories of First Love" and "The Love of Rodin Island" and so on.
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The name of the heroine of the film is Shavenna, which is the same as the name of a daughter of Nicholas Sparks. In fact, Nicholas Sparks always likes to name characters after his loved ones in his books.
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The father and Tim's brother in "Break Up Letter" are both autistic patients. In life, Sparks' son has mild Asperger's disease (a type of autism).
Dear John behind the scenes gags
2021-11-28 08:01
Extended Reading
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Savannah Curtis: The problem with time, I've learned, whether it's those first two weeks I got to spend with you, or the final two months I got to spend with him, eventually time always runs out. I have no idea where you are out there in the world, John. But I understand that I lost the right to know these things long ago. No matter how many years go by, I know one thing to be as true as ever was - I'll see you soon then.
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John Tyree: There's something I wanna tell you. After I got shot, you wanna know the very first thing that entered my mind? Before I blacked out? Coins. I'm eight years old again on a tour of the U.S. Mint. I'm listening to a guy explain how coins are made. How they're punched out of sheet metal. How they're rimmed and beveled. How they're stamped and cleaned. And how each and every batch of coin are personally examined just in case any of them slipped though with the slightest imperfection. That's what popped into my head. I'm a Coin of the United States Army. I was minted in the year 1980. I've been punched from sheet metal. I've been stamped and cleaned. My edges have been rimmed and beveled. But now I have two small holes in me. I'm no longer in perfect condition.