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Lawn DogsAs Devon Stockard Release: May 15, 1998 (limited) Close date: November 5, 1998 Writer: Naomi Wallace Director: John Duigan MPAA Rating: R Running time: 101 min. Genre: drama Distributor: Strand Releasing Budget: $8.0 million Domestic Boxoffice: $106,404 Opening Weekend: $22,491 (12 theatres) Widest release: 12 theatres Awards: Athens International Film Festival 1997 (Won) Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film 1998 (wonx2) Fantafestival 1998 (nominated) Montréal World Film Festival 1997 (wonx1, nominatedx1) Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival 1997 (wonx2, nominatedx1) Stockholm Film Festival 1997 (won) Photos | Trailer | IMDB people of interest The Cast *Sam Rockwell ... Trent *Christopher McDonald ... Morton Stockard *Angie Harmon ... Pam *Kathleen Quinlan ... Clare Stockard innocence is a dangerous friend. The Synopsis A young girl finds friendship on the wrong side of the career tracks in this drama. Camelot Gardens is a "gated community" where wealthy people can purchase luxurious (if sterile) homes and a security force ensures that riffraff will be kept away from your door after nightfall. The Stockard family are new arrivals at Camelot Gardens; father Morton (Christopher McDonald) is a businessman who wants to go into politics, while mother Clare (Kathleen Quinlan) busies herself with affairs with younger men. Neither seems to have much time for their 10-year-old daughter Devon (Mischa Barton), who doesn't care for children her own age; Devon's uncle likes to entertain her with stories about a witch named Baba Yaga who lives in the forest, so one day she wanders into the nearby woods looking for Baba. Instead, she finds a trailer that's home to Trent (Sam Rockwell), a 20-something free spirit who scrapes together a living by mowing the lawns of Camelot Gardens. Devon and Trent both have physical and emotional scars to deal with, and they soon become friends and confidantes; however, Devon's parents become upset when they learn that their daughter's best friend is a grown man, particularly one who lives in a trailer and does lawn maintenance for a living. Lawn Dogs won awards at a number of international film festivals in 1997, including the Stockholm Film Festival, the Montreal World Film Festival, and the Catalonian International Film Festival. |





Lawn Dogs