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==Cast==
==Cast==
* Mischa Barton as Devon Stockard
* [[[Mischa Barton]] as Devon Stockard
* Sam Rockwell as Trent
* [[Sam Rockwell]] as Trent
* Christopher McDonald as Morton Stockard
* [[Christopher McDonald]] as Morton Stockard
* Kathleen Quinlan as Clare Stockard
* [[Kathleen Quinlan]] as Clare Stockard
* [[Miles Meehan]] as Billy
* [[Miles Meehan]] as Billy
* [[Bruce McGill]] as Nash
* [[Bruce McGill]] as Nash

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Lawn Dogs
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Duigan
Written byNaomi Wallace
Produced byDuncan Kenworthy
StarringMischa Barton
Sam Rockwell
Kathleen Quinlan
Angie Harmon
CinematographyElliot Davis
Edited byHumphrey Dixon
Music byTrevor Jones
Distributed byRank Film Organization (UK)
Strand Releasing (USA)
Release dates
United Kingdom 21 November 1997
United States May 15, 1998
Running time
101 mins.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8,000,000 (estimated)

Lawn Dogs is a 1997 drama film directed by John Duigan and screenwritten by Naomi Wallace. It stars Sam Rockwell and Mischa Barton. Although filmed in Louisville and Danville, Kentucky in the U.S., Lawn Dogs is a British film produced by Duncan 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 a gated community.

The pair 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 Trent's adversaries is, but Trent is not. The film is a somewhat critical view of exurban 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.[by whom?]

Cast