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The Lake House is a 2006 English-language romance, fantasy, drama, and science fiction film directed by Alejandro Agresti and written by David Auburn. Produced by Roy Lee through Village Roadshow Pictures and Vertigo Entertainment, the movie stars Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dylan Walsh, and Shohreh Aghdashloo. It is a remake of the film Il Mare and centers on the subject of time travel.
Filmed in Chicago, the narrative is also set in Chicago, Illinois. The film has a runtime of 99 minutes and was originally released on June 16, 2006. Music for the film was composed by Rachel Portman, who is also listed as a performer. The production utilized 35 mm film format.
The movie received a PG rating. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.8 from 164,681 votes and a Metascore of 52. The Rotten Tomatoes rating is 35%. The film grossed $114,830,111 against a budget of $40,000,000. It won two awards and received two nominations. Distribution was handled by Netflix, Fandango at Home, and Warner Bros. Entertainment.
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Film · TMDB
7.0When architect Alex Wyler moves into an unusual glass house on stilts over a lake, he discovers a note from the previous tenant in the mailbox--but no one's lived in the house for years. He replies and soon discovers that he's corresponding with a doctor named Kate Forster. Their correspondence, only through the 'magical' mailbox, turns romantic and their paths cross in unexpected ways, but when they try to truly connect, danger looms. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Alex Wyler
- Sandra Bullock as Dr. Kate Forster
- Christopher Plummer as Simon Wyler
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Henry Wyler
- Willeke van Ammelrooy as Kate's Mother
- Dylan Walsh as Morgan
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- ex-boyfriend
- writing
- architect
- remake
- architecture
- doctor
- mysterious letter
- dog
- mailbox
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
164,681 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
35%
Metacritic
52/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alejandro Agresti
- Written by
- David Auburn
- Based on
- Il Mare , 2000 film, by Kim Eun-jeong and Kim Mi-yeong
- Produced by
- Doug Davison, Roy Lee
- Starring
- Keanu Reeves Sandra Bullock Dylan Walsh Shohreh Aghdashloo Christopher Plummer
- Cinematography
- Alar Kivilo
- Edited by
- Alejandro Brodersohn , Lynzee Klingman
- Music by
- Rachel Portman
- Production companies
- Village Roadshow Pictures , Vertigo Entertainment , Sidus Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- June 16, 2006 ( 2006-06-16 )
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Countries
- United States , South Korea
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $114.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Il Mare
- Main subject
- time travel
- Director
- Alejandro Agresti
- Screenwriter
- David Auburn
- Cast member
- Lynn Collins
- Composer
- Rachel Portman
- Producer
- Roy Lee
- Production company
- Vertigo Entertainment
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 108080
- Performer
- Rachel Portman
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- thelakehousemovie.warnerbros.com
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- publication date
- 2006-07-06
- title
- The Lake House
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- box office
- 114830111
- film format
- 35 mm film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 40000000
- review score
- 52/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Lake House (released in Australia as The Magic Postbox) is a 2006 fantasy romance film directed by Alejandro Agresti and written by David Auburn. A remake of the 2000 South Korean film Il Mare, it stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, who last appeared together in the 1994 action thriller film Speed. The film revolves around an architect (Reeves) living in 2004 and a doctor (Bullock) living in 2006 who meet via letters left in the mailbox of a lake house where they both lived at separate points in time. They carry on a two-year correspondence while remaining separated by the time difference.
Plot
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