- Lawn Dogs
Infobox Film
name = Lawn Dogs
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director =John Duigan
producer =Duncan Kenworthy
writer =Naomi Wallace
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starring =Mischa Barton Sam Rockwell
music = Trevor Jones
cinematography =Elliot Davis
editing =Humphrey Dixon
distributor =Rank Film Organization (UK )Strand Releasing (USA )
released = flagicon|UKNovember 21 1997
flagicon|USAMay 15 1998
runtime = 101 mins.
country =United Kingdom
language = English
budget = $8,000,000 (estimated)
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amg_id = 1:158652
imdb_id = 0119506"Lawn Dogs" is a (1997)
drama film directed byJohn Duigan and screenwritten byNaomi Wallace . It starsSam Rockwell andMischa Barton . Although filmed inLouisville, Kentucky in the U.S., "Lawn Dogs" is a British film produced byDuncan Kenworthy . Lawn Dogs won numerous film awards at film festivals in Europe.Plot
The term "lawn dog" refers to someone who mows lawns, and the main character, Trent Burns (Rockwell), is doing just that when he meets a lonely 10-year-old girl Devon Stockard (Barton), who comes from a wealthy family in suburban
Louisville, Kentucky that has isolated her. Trent lives in a trailer in the woods, and Devon lives in agated community with a security guard.They strike up an adventurous friendship, which is later misunderstood by the townspeople, who begin to suspect that Trent is a child molester. (Ironically one of his adversaries is, but Trent is not). The film is a somewhat critical view of
exurb an growth and the impact they may have on the original rural residents, and in one sense a fairy tale of a 'gated' America, where class hostility and suspicion are the true fuel for violence.Cast
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Mischa Barton as Devon Stockard
*Sam Rockwell as Trent
*Christopher McDonald as Morton Stockard
*Kathleen Quinlan as Clare Stockard
*Miles Meehan as Billy
*Bruce McGill as Nash
*David Barry Gray as Brett
*Eric Mabius as Sean
*Angie Harmon as Pam
*José Orlando Araque as Mailman
*Beth Grant as Trent's Mother
*Tom Aldredge as Trent's Father
* Odin the Dog as Tracker
* Tafeki the Dog as TrackerExternal links
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