The Lake House (film)
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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.
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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 million
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References
- IGN used star ratings out of 5 at the time. The site later revised the score to 5 out of 10.
- Box Office Mojohttps://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl157255169/
- The Hollywood Reporterhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050216100825/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000761268
- Varietyhttps://variety.com/2003/film/news/auburn-has-flair-for-mare-1117883378/
- The Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/pictures/9239346/The-top-houses-from-the-movies.html?frame=2208439
- Chicago Readerhttps://www.chicagoreader.com/pdf/060714/060714_section_1.pdf
- Chicago Tribunehttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-04-03-0504030394-story.html
- Soundtrackhttps://www.soundtrack.net/album/the-lake-house/
- "The Lake House (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Rachel Portman on Apple Music"https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-lake-house-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/161284694
- AllMusichttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r841214
- The Lake House: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Soundtrackhttps://www.soundtrack.net/movie/the-lake-house/
- Filmtrackshttps://www.filmtracks.com/titles/lake_house.html
- Movie-wavehttp://www.movie-wave.net/titles/lake_house.html
- Box Office Mojohttps://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed3380085764/
- The Numbershttps://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Lake-House-The
- The Lake Househttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lake_house
- The Lake Househttps://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-lake-house
- "Cinemascore"https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/
- RogerEberthttps://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lake-house-2006