Blu-ray enthusiasts for whom gift sets are just cumbersome boxes and collectibles mere trinkets will be glad to hear that Warner Home Video will release the New Line title
The Notebook in a regular Blu-ray edition on May 4. In January 2009, this movie had been released in a
Limited Edition Gift Set, which, according to the blu-ray.com review, was "terribly impractical", although it "should make more than a few ladies grin".
Special features on this regular edition consist of:
- Audio commentaries:
- Director Nick Cassavetes
- Novelist Nicholas Sparks
- Deleted scenes
- Featurettes:
- All in the Family
- Southern Exposure
- A Simple Story, Well Told
- Casting Ryan and Rachel
- Rachel McAdam's audition tape
- Theatrical trailer
It misses out on:
- 46-page photo and scrapbook album
- Decorative stickers and photo corners to add your own photos
- Two themed bookmarks
- Set of 16 notecards and envelopes