Lakeview Terrace (2008)

A LAPD officer will stop at nothing to force out the interracial couple who just moved in next door.

Director:

Neil LaBute

Writers:

David Loughery (screenplay), Howard Korder (screenplay),

Stars:

Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Abel Turner
Patrick Wilson	...	Chris Mattson
Kerry Washington	...	Lisa Mattson
Ron Glass	...	Harold Perreau
Justin Chambers	...	Donnie Eaton
Jay Hernandez	...	Javier Villareal
Regine Nehy	...	Celia Turner
Jaishon Fisher	...	Marcus Turner
Robert Pine	...	Captain Wentworth
Keith Loneker	...	Clarence Darlington
Caleeb Pinkett	...	Damon Richards
Robert Dahey	...	Jung Lee Pak
Ho-Jung	...	Sang Hee Pak
Dallas Raines	...	TV Weatherman
Michael Sean Tighe	...	Manager

Storyline

In California, the Caucasian Chris Mattson and his African-American wife Lisa Mattson move to a house in a gated community. The racist and dysfunctional next-door neighbor is the abusive LAPD Officer Abel Turner who feels uncomfortable with the relationship of the newcomers and transforms their lives into Hell on Earth.

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Plot Keywords:

lapd | interracial couple | neighbor | male rear nudity | shootout | 

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Taglines:

What could be safer than living next to a cop?

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

14A

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures [France] Sony Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Harcelés

Filming Locations:

Hawthorne, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£224,493 (UK) (5 December 2008)

Gross:

£428,299 (UK) (12 December 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Overbrook Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A Google Earth Street View camera car photographed the cul-de-sac during production. Users could view N. Deer Creek Dr. in Walnut, CA, using Street View, to see film crew and set hardware in place. The street view image has now been updated to a newer version at a later date.

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Goofs

In the bar scene with Chris and Abel, the amount of scotch Chris is drinking changes between shots.

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Quotes

Chris Mattson: Did you see anybody?
Abel Turner: No. I just see you.

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Connections

Referenced in Cleanflix (2009)

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Soundtracks

Hell Above Water
Written by Dean Garcia, Toni Halliday (as Toni Haliday)
Performed by Curve
Courtesy of Hip-O Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

A surprisingly good film! Just not a work of art..

So I have to be brutally honest here, I was mainly looking forward to see "Lakeview Terrace" because I really thought it was going to be awful. And it did look that way to me by the trailers. So I went to laugh at it, but when it started to keep getting better and better, I couldn't really laugh at it anymore. Now not saying that this movie does not have flaws, because IT DOES. But it surprised me with its thematic elements, and really suspenseful scenes. But the cons are that it is a really heavy PG-13 film, and I personally thought they could have made it 10 times better if they had crossed the line into 'R'(which wouldn't have taken much more) and really fleshed out some things that are just hinted at because of their content. And the main con to the film for me was that there was no message at the end of the movie. It just ended, no theme or statement about the story. Just ended without saying "Now the moral of the story is..." So overall I'd recommend this movie to you. The good out-weighs the bad and its really a lot of fun.