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* CoveredUp: Mandy Moore & Switchfoot's Jonathan Foreman covered New Radicals' "Someday We'll Know" for the film. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who knows it was a cover and not the original.

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Mandy Moore & Switchfoot's Jonathan Foreman covered New Radicals' "Someday We'll Know" for the film. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who knows it was a cover and not the original.



* DyingForYourArt: Mandy Moore dyed her hair brown for this film which she would later keep decades later.

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* DyingForYourArt: DyeingForYourArt: Mandy Moore dyed her hair brown for this film which she would later keep decades later.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: lead stars Shane West and Mandy Moore were reportedly crushing on one another during filming of the movie.
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* DyingForYourArt: Mandy Moore dyed her hair brown for this film which she would later keep decades later.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jessica Simpson was considered for the role of Jamie Sullivan.
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* HeyItsThatPlace: Many of the sets were from ''Series/DawsonsCreek''.

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* HeyItsThatPlace: Many of the sets were from ''Series/DawsonsCreek''.''Series/DawsonsCreek'', which though set in Massachusetts, was filmed in North Carolina, where this film actually does take place (though filming site Wilmington is about 100 miles away from story site Beaufort - they're both on the Outer Banks, though).
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* CoveredUp: Mandy Moore covered Switchfoot's "Someday We'll Know" for the film. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who knows it was a cover and not the original.

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* CoveredUp: Mandy Moore covered & Switchfoot's Jonathan Foreman covered New Radicals' "Someday We'll Know" for the film. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who knows it was a cover and not the original.
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* DawsonCasting: Averted with Mandy Moore, who was still underage and couldn't work for more than ten hours a day. Shane West however was in his early twenties.

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* DawsonCasting: Averted with Mandy Moore, who was still underage and couldn't work for more than ten hours a day. Shane West however West, however, was in his early twenties.
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** Toploader covered King Harvest's "Dancing in the Moonlight."
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* TheCastShowoff: It should come as no surprise that Mandy Moore sings several times in the film and performs about a third of the soundtrack.
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* CoveredUp: Mandy Moore covered "Only Hope" and "Someday We'll Know" for the film. Both were songs previously released by then-unknown Switchfoot, leading to many not knowing they ''were'' covers.

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* CoveredUp: Mandy Moore covered "Only Hope" and Switchfoot's "Someday We'll Know" for the film. Both were songs previously released by then-unknown Switchfoot, leading You'd be hard-pressed to many find someone who knows it was a cover and not knowing they ''were'' covers. the original.
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* CoveredUp: Mandy Moore covered "Only Hope" and "Someday We'll Know" for the film. Both were songs previously released by then-unknown Switchfoot, leading to many not knowing they ''were'' covers.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Jamie is based on Nicholas Sparks's own sister Danielle, who the movie is dedicated to.

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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Jamie is based on Nicholas Sparks's own sister Danielle, who the movie is dedicated to.to.
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* ActorInspiredElement: The Switchfoot songs on the film's soundtrack were recommended by Mandy Moore, who was a big fan of theirs.
* CreatorCameo: Director Adam Shankman has a cameo in the film as a nurse who wheels Jamie out of the hospital when she's discharged.
* CreatorInJoke: In the film when Jamie gives Landon her mother's book, she says "don't worry, it's not a Bible". In the book, she actually does give him a Bible.
* DawsonCasting: Averted with Mandy Moore, who was still underage and couldn't work for more than ten hours a day. Shane West however was in his early twenties.
* HeyItsThatPlace: Many of the sets were from ''Series/DawsonsCreek''.
* StarMakingRole: Although Mandy Moore was reasonably known for her music career, this became her breakout role as far as acting goes.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Jamie is based on Nicholas Sparks's own sister Danielle, who the movie is dedicated to.

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