Lawn Dogs
| Lawn Dogs | |
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| Directed by | John Duigan |
| Written by | Naomi Wallace |
| Produced by | Duncan Kenworthy |
| Starring | Mischa Barton Sam Rockwell Kathleen Quinlan Angie Harmon |
| Cinematography | Elliot Davis |
| Edited by | Humphrey Dixon |
| Music by | Trevor Jones |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Organization (UK) Strand Releasing (USA) |
Release dates |  21 November 1997 May 15, 1998 |
Running time | 101 mins. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| 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
- [[[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 Tracker