Lawn Dogs (1997)

Directed by

John Duigan

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 111 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely rich girl in a gated community becomes friends with a man who mows lawns. Their bond causes tension with her parents and neighbors.

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What happens

Lawn Dogs is a 1997 British fantasy-drama film directed by John Duigan and starring Mischa Barton and Sam Rockwell. The film tells the story of a precocious young girl (Barton) from a gated community who befriends a landscape worker (Rockwell), and examines the societal repercussions of their friendship. Written by Naomi Wallace, the film was released by Rank Organisation, and was the company's last production. Although filmed in Louisville and Danville, Kentucky, in the United States, Lawn Dogs was a British film produced by Duncan Kenworthy. Lawn Dogs won numerous film awards at film festivals in Europe and met with generally positive reviews, with praise for the performances of Barton and Rockwell in particular. It was the last film financed by the Rank Organisation. The Rank Group sold its film interests to Carlton Communications in April 1997 and in September that company shut down Rank's distribution and production arms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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