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Lawn Dogs (1997) 7.4
Newly arrived in an up-market housing development, quiet ten-year-old Devon doesn't quite fit in. Ignoring the urgings of her social-climbing father, Devon chooses the company of Trent, who... See full summary » Director:John DuiganWriter:Naomi Wallace |
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Cast
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Morton Stockard
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Clare Stockard
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Billy
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Sean Torrance
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Salvador the Mailman
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Newly arrived in an up-market housing development, quiet ten-year-old Devon doesn't quite fit in. Ignoring the urgings of her social-climbing father, Devon chooses the company of Trent, who mows the estate's lawns, rather than of the girls her own age. Their friendship grows during her visits to his trailer home, but although it is completely innocent it is obvious that it would be unacceptable to the residents if they found out. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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friendship | trailer home | girl | squirt gun | urinating on top of a car |Taglines:
Innocence is a dangerous friendGenres:
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Rated R for sexuality/nudity, violence and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 May 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Gyepkutyák See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$74,859 (USA) (15 May 1998)Gross:
$106,292 (USA) (30 October 1998)Company Credits
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Devon: Once upon a time, in a far off land, lived a girl and her mother and father. Their village was surrounded by a high wall. Outside the wall was the forest, home of Babay Aga, the witch. Babay Aga had iron teeth like three trees. His legs were like chicken legs, and he ate little girls for dinner. But inside the wall we were safe.
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Performed by Jubilee
Courtesy of Silvertone Records, Ltd.
Written by Baxter/Frith/Holdich/Severin
Used by permission of Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
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Randy Peterson, the stuntman who doubled for Sam Rockwell in the dive off the bridge early in the film, performed the stunt a total of six times - five times completely naked, and once wearing briefs (in case an alternative shot would be needed for a US TV version). The bridge (in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) was 70 feet high and the water around nine feet deep. See more »Goofs
Devon refers to Baba Yaga as "he" several times and describes the character as having chicken legs, however, in Russian fairy tales/folklore Baba Yaga is an old woman and gets around by flying in a mortar and pestle, it is her house that runs about on chicken legs. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Devon: Once upon a time, in a far off land, lived a girl and her mother and father. Their village was surrounded by a high wall. Outside the wall was the forest, home of Babay Aga, the witch. Babay Aga had iron teeth like three trees. His legs were like chicken legs, and he ate little girls for dinner. But inside the wall we were safe.
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"Shake And Shiver"Performed by Jubilee
Courtesy of Silvertone Records, Ltd.
Written by Baxter/Frith/Holdich/Severin
Used by permission of Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
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Sam Rockwell has been had. He lit up the screen in "Box of Moonlight," is a major player in the upcoming "Midsummer Night's Dream," and yet he didn't get equal billing for screen time in either of those films. What gives? In "Lawn Dogs" Rockwell is stunning as the lawn boy who accepts a little "rich" girl as a friend and gives her a new view of the world. The movie is rich in atmosphere and color. The central Southern United States has rarely appeared so docile and yet so menacing. Every time I thought I knew where "Lawn Dogs" was going...it pulled another pleasant surprise. Mischa Barton is amazing as Devon Stockard, the little girl with more on her mind than selling cookies. This is truly one of the best American films of the 90's. If you like off-beat slices of America with a twisted view, then "Lawn Dogs" is the best movie you'll see in a long time. It is quite simply full of the magic, menace and imagination alive in the heads and hearts of little girls...about to become young women. Oh yeah, and give Sam Rockwell his due!