The Lake House (2006)

Director:

Alejandro Agresti

Writers (WGA):

David Auburn (screenplay)
Eun-Jeong Kim (motion picture "Siworae") ...
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Release Date:

16 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

How do you hold on to someone you've never met?

Plot:

A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

Plot Keywords:

House | Lake | Architect | Correspondence | Mailbox

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 28	4:00 PM	OXYGEN
Sun. Nov. 29	12:00 AM	OXYGEN

Cast

Keanu Reeves	...	Alex Wyler
Sandra Bullock	...	Kate Forster
Christopher Plummer	...	Simon Wyler
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	...	Henry Wyler
Willeke van Ammelrooy	...	Kate's Mother
Dylan Walsh	...	Morgan
Shohreh Aghdashloo	...	Anna
Lynn Collins	...	Mona
Mike Bacarella	...	Mulhern
Kevin Brennan	...	Waiter
Frank Caeti	...	Cove Patron
Aliyah Carr	...	Girl Patient
Jennifer Clark	...	Nurse Practitioner
Jacob D. Dumelle	...	Patient on Gurney
Scott Elias	...	Doug (as Scott A. Elias)
Tiffini Funches	...	Young Nurse
Lori Ann Gerdisch	...	I.C.U. Nurse
Michael Andrew Gorman	...	Cove Bartender (as Michael Gorman)
Jennifer Kern	...	Nurse
Joy Kocay	...	Party Goer
Cynthia Kaye McWilliams	...	Vanessa
India Neilan	...	Hostess
Nora Newbrough	...	Marjorie
Marissa Newton	...	Hostess #2
Mia Park	...	Receptionist
Peggy Roeder	...	Attendant
Jason Wells	...	Costello
Jacqueline Williams	...	Madhvi Patel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Abustan	...	Ivy League Jr Architect (uncredited)
Nathan Adloff	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Lori Claussen	...	Dog Walker (uncredited)
Katie Cleary	...	Architect (uncredited)
Jane F. Cox	...	Business Woman (uncredited)
Sue Durso	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Jason Frederick	...	Ice Skater (uncredited)
John R. Haley	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Patricia E. Harrington	...	Businesswoman (uncredited)
Bryanna Hartung	...	Girl at Navy Pier (uncredited)
Bob Kolbey	...	Commuter (uncredited)
Ernie Lang	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
John Littlefield	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Alexandra LoRusso	...	Messenger (uncredited)
Jamie Louachai	...	Skater (uncredited)
William Nero Jr.	...	Boy (uncredited)
Jonathan Samuels	...	Architect (uncredited)
Gary Sedlock	...	Construction Worker (uncredited)
January Stern	...	Pediatrician (uncredited)
Rahul Thakkar	...	Doctors Assistant (uncredited)
Ron Valdez	...	Ivy League Jr Architect (uncredited)
Andrea N. Winters	...	Waitress (uncredited)

Directed by
Alejandro Agresti

Writing credits (WGA)
David Auburn		(screenplay)
Eun-Jeong Kim		(motion picture "Siworae") &
Ji-na Yeo		(motion picture "Siworae")

Produced by
Bruce Berman	....	executive producer
Doug Davison	....	producer
Dana Goldberg	....	executive producer
Roy Lee	....	producer
Sonny Mallhi	....	co-producer
Mary McLaglen	....	executive producer
Erwin Stoff	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Rachel Portman
Paul M. van Brugge

Cinematography by
Alar Kivilo		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Alejandro Brodersohn
Lynzee Klingman

Casting by
Denise Chamian
Claire Simon

Production Design by
Nathan Crowley

Art Direction by
Kevin Kavanaugh
Shane Valentino
Tomas Voth		(as Tomãs Voth)

Set Decoration by
Meg Everist

Costume Design by
Deena Appel

Makeup Department
Chelo	....	assistant makeup artist (as Chelo Ontiveros)
Dominic Mango	....	hair department head
Pam Milone McLaughlin	....	assistant hair stylist (as Pamela Milone-McLaughlin)
Geri B. Oppenheim	....	makeup artist: Keanu Reeves
Suzi Ostos	....	makeup department head
Nina Paskowitz	....	hair stylist: Keanu Reeves
Janine Rath	....	hair stylist: Sandra Bullock (as Janine Rath-Thompson)
Thomas Terhaar	....	additional hair stylist
Pamela S. Westmore	....	makeup artist: Sandra Bullock (as Pamela Westmore)

Production Management
Scott Elias	....	unit production manager (as Scott A. Elias)
James Hathcock	....	production manager
Susan E. Novick	....	post-production supervisor
Mark Scoon	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Maria Battle-Campbell	....	second assistant director
Jennifer Deigl	....	second second assistant director
Richard S. Lederer	....	second assistant director
Josh McLaglen	....	first assistant director
Justin Muller	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jason Beale	....	art assistant: re-shoot
Troy Borisy	....	leadman
Jeff Brown	....	greens coordinator
David J. Chamerski	....	assistant property master
William Dambra	....	property master (as William D'Ambra)
Jeff Dieter	....	greensman
Stephanie Gilliam	....	set designer
Thomas J. Glynn	....	on-set dresser
Veloz Gomez	....	set dresser
Malcolm Greeley	....	construction foreman
Aaron C. Holden Jr.	....	assistant property master
Craig Jackson	....	lead set designer
Phillis Lehmer	....	graphic designer
Blake E. Matthys	....	set dresser
Benjamin Nowicki	....	art department coordinator
Troy Osman	....	construction coordinator (as Troy O. Osman)
Tyler Osman	....	construction foreman
Marquee Reno	....	art department assistant
Tom Safron	....	greensman (as Tommy Safron)
Ericka N. Shane	....	construction estimator
Larry Szymanowski	....	stand-by painter
David Tennenbaum	....	set designer
Matthew Tufano	....	set dresser
Missy Weimer	....	set decoration coordinator
Phil Ellman	....	greensman (uncredited)
Kyle Holden	....	props (uncredited)
Kyle Holden	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Bach	....	dialogue editor
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Timothy Carden	....	adr supervisor (as Paul Carden)
Jed M. Dodge	....	dialogue editor (as Jed Dodge)
Rickley W. Dumm	....	sound editor (as Rickley Dumm)
Russell Farmarco	....	adr supervisor (as Russ Farmarco)
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Frank Gaeta	....	sound designer
Frank Gaeta	....	supervising sound editor
Luis Galdames	....	assistant sound editor
Jim Gaudio	....	utility sound
Thomas Giordano	....	production sound technician: re-shoots, Los Angeles
Patrick Guraudi	....	sound editor
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Robert Jackson	....	sound editor (as Bob Jackson)
Jason Johnston	....	boom operator
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Kimberly R. McCord	....	dialogue editor (as Kimberly McCord Wilson)
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist (as Chris Moriana)
Todd Niesen	....	dialogue editor
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Sarah Payne	....	dialogue editor
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott D. Smith	....	sound mixer
Frederick H. Stahly	....	sound editor (as Fred Stahley)
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Michael Ahasay	....	special effects foreman
Ryan Evans	....	special effects
Veloz Gomez	....	special effects
Kyle Holden	....	special effects technician
John D. Milinac	....	special effects coordinator
Helen Stergiou	....	special effects production assistant
Dieter Sturm	....	snowmaker

Visual Effects by
Daniel Arkin	....	visual effects editor
Damon Bingham	....	visual effects producer
Brett Boggs	....	digital effects artist
Randy Brown	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Burns	....	visual effects compositing supervisor
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Christine Cram	....	digital artist
Craig Crawford	....	digital compositor
Chris Dawson	....	data wrangler
Karl Formander	....	digital effects artist
Nicholas Hasson	....	digital intermediate editor
Phil Holland	....	digital artist
Rimas Juchnevicius	....	digital compositor
Christopher Lance	....	digital compositor
Tony Meister	....	digital effects artist
Tony Meister	....	title designer
Kama Moiha	....	digital compositor: Warner Bros
Lori J. Nelson	....	visual effects producer (as Lori Nelson)
Jason Piccioni	....	visual effects supervisor
Gabrielle Barrere Robinson	....	visual effects production manager
Brad Smith	....	render i/o administrator
Bill Spradlin	....	lighting technical director
Jeffrey Edward Baksinski	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Bill Schaeffer	....	roto/digital paint artist (uncredited)
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	visual effects production supervisor: Warner Bros. (uncredited)

Stunts
Melanie A. Allen	....	stunt performer
Frank P. Calzavara	....	stunt performer (as Frank Calzavara)
Brian Christensen	....	stunt performer
Tobiasz Daszkiewicz	....	stunt performer
James Fierro	....	stunt performer
Mark Harper	....	stunt performer
Maryann Kelman	....	stunt performer
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunt coordinator (as Rick LeFevour)
Tom Lowell	....	stunt performer
Daniel Maldonado	....	stunt performer
James R. Mammoser	....	stunt performer (as James Mammoser)
Natalie M. Meyer	....	stunt performer
Linda Perlin	....	stunt performer
Scott Philyaw	....	stunt performer
Alicia Skirball	....	stunt performer
Kevin Sorenson	....	stunt performer (as Kevin Sorensen)
Jodi Starnes	....	stunt performer
Bobby Stuart	....	stunt performer (as Bob Stuart)
Larry C. Tankson	....	stunt performer
Tommy Turvey	....	stunt performer (as Tommie Turvey)
Rich Wilkie	....	stunt performer
Carl Paoli	....	stunt double: Keanu Reeves (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Joel Bennett	....	grip
Kelly R. Borisy	....	best boy grip (as Kelly Borisy)
Eric Budlong	....	key grip: additional photography
Makiko Carlson	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Dawn Copeland	....	rigging electrician
Jaime Dawkins	....	grip
Paul DeMarte	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Fred Folmer	....	grip
John P. Friday	....	rigging gaffer
Kevin Gazdik	....	grip
Bob Gomez	....	rigging electrician
Darryl Humber	....	dolly grip (as D. Richard Humber)
George Kohut	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Peter Kuttner	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Mark La Bonge	....	Steadicam operator
Mark La Bonge	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Matthew LeCrone	....	electrician
Chris Mulsoff	....	rigging gaffer
Dick Oakes	....	chief lighting technician
Jesse Wayne Parker	....	best boy grip (as J. Wayne Parker)
C. Alan Rawlins	....	key grip
Riko Schatke	....	grip
Peter Sorel	....	still photographer
Robert Swander	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as Robert S. Swander)
Don Warden	....	grip
Eric Wheeler	....	camera loader (as Eric Shawn Wheeler)
Steven R. Wojcik	....	additional camera operator
Frank Yario Jr.	....	video assist operator
Nick Zeigler	....	electrician
Joe Carpita	....	camera loader (uncredited)
Cameron Zetty	....	lighting console programmer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Angela Demo	....	casting assistant
Tracy Dixon	....	extras casting
Scout Masterson	....	casting associate
Claire Simon	....	casting: Chicago
David Kramer	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nickolaus Brown	....	costume supervisor: re-shoots
Patrick Caulfield	....	costumer: Keanu Reeves
Stella Cottini	....	set costumer (as Stella C. Cottini)
Gretchen Gain	....	costumer
Jennifer Jobst	....	costume supervisor
Laura Kaminski	....	wardrobe production assistant
Rachael Ohman	....	set costumer
Gina Panno	....	set costumer
Heather Pollock	....	set costumer
Nomi Shichor	....	key costumer
Joel Voorhies	....	costumer: Sandra Bullock

Editorial Department
Jason Barnoski	....	post-production assistant
Marisa Clayton	....	digital intermediate project manager
Matt Diezel	....	associate editor
Sue Gates	....	digital colorist (as Sue Hatchimonji-Gates)
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Robb Porter	....	post-production coordinator: Modern VideoFilm
Jennifer Stellema	....	second assistant editor: avid
Mike Will	....	digital editor: IQ
Danya Joseph	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
David Carbonara	....	music editor
Chris Cozens	....	music scoring engineer
Chris Dibble	....	music scoring mixer
Chris Dibble	....	music scoring recordist
John Houlihan	....	music supervisor
Season Kent	....	co-music supervisor
Marvin R. Morris	....	assistant music editor (as Marvin Morris)
Katherine Quittner	....	music editor
Arlyn B. Rambayon	....	assistant music editor (as Arlyn Rambayon)
Jay B. Richardson	....	music editor (as Jay Richardson)
Ben Schor	....	assistant music editor
David Snell	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Michael R. Cairo	....	driver
William T. Hogan III	....	transportation coordinator
Danny Maxwell	....	transportation captain
Joe Vanis	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Lucia Balducci	....	translator: Mr. Agresti
Jason Barnoski	....	staff assistant
Janey Bergam	....	assistant: Mr. Reeves (as Janey L. Bergam)
Jeremy Thomas Black	....	production assistant
Dr. Ira Blumen	....	technical consultant
Adam Boor	....	production assistant
Christopher J. Brown	....	staff assistant
Ken Cabrera	....	craft service (as Kenny Cabrera)
Chris-Teena Constas	....	staff assistant
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
James Dew	....	dog trainer
Mikey Eberle	....	staff assistant
Raul Esparza III	....	location assistant
Sherry Gallarneau	....	script supervisor
David George	....	staff assistant
Jillian Giacomini	....	script supervisor: additional photography
Kristin Gomez	....	second assistant accountant
AnaMarie C. Gonzaga	....	production accountant
Kate Gordon	....	assistant: Mr. Stoff
Jose Gunther	....	staff assistant
Clayton Hauck	....	additional production assistant
Eric Hingst	....	staff assistant
Tricia Horn	....	intern
Steven Hudosh	....	location assistant
Boysie Jereza	....	assistant production accountant
Dori Kancher	....	assistant: Ms. Bullock
Kate Kelly	....	production coordinator
Jonathan Kinnas	....	production assistant
Irec Kriske	....	staff assistant
Megan Kristen Lane	....	production assistant
Alex Lee	....	production assistant
Jenne Lee	....	production assistant
Lara Leonard	....	assistant: Ms. Bullock (as Lara L. Leonard)
Sharon Lomasney	....	production secretary
Kathryn Madden	....	set medic (as Kathryn A. Madden)
Ernie Malik	....	unit publicist
Mark Mamalakis	....	assistant location manager
Scott Markus	....	production assistant
James R. McAllister	....	location manager
Kathy McHugh	....	production coordinator: re-shoots
Tony Meister	....	title designer: main titles
Patrick Muldoon	....	key location assistant
India Neilan	....	assistant: Mr. Agresti
Rachael Ohman	....	staff assistant (as Rachel Ohman)
Rosemary Orlando	....	assistant production coordinator (as Rosemary A. Orlando)
Brian C. Pawlowski	....	accounting clerk
Sunni-Ali Powell	....	landscape services
Stefan Rand	....	staff assistant
Jonah Ravine	....	staff assistant
Katie Ray	....	staff assistant
Marquee Reno	....	staff assistant
Maria Roxas	....	assistant location manager (as Maria C. Roxas)
Jason Ruffolo	....	production assistant: wrap
Paul Ruffolo	....	production assistant: wrap
Lindsey Spaulding	....	assistant: Ms. McLaglen
Andy Spellman	....	staff assistant
Helen Stergiou	....	staff assistant
Bret August Tanzer	....	production assistant
Matt Tulve	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Mono Wilborn	....	assistant location manager (as Monoleto R. Wilborn)
Chris Wittenborn	....	remote head technician
Richard Wolgemuth	....	additional location assistant
Kho Wong	....	assistant: Mr. Davison
Jenny Wood	....	production assistant
Mark N. Woods	....	technocrane operator
Irene Yeung	....	assistant: Mr. Davison
Kenneth Yoder	....	production assistant
Marijan Zoric	....	chef
Joan Zulfer	....	assistant production accountant (as Joan M. Zulfer)
Matt Dworzanczyk	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Jodi London	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Adam Wollenberg	....	production coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Vertigo Entertainment
• Village Roadshow Pictures
• Sound for Film

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2009) (UK) (TV) (BBC1)
• Net5 (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• RTL (2008) (Germany) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Sweden) (DVD)

Special Effects

• WBA Visual Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Ann & Mario Catering  catering
• Asylum VFX  main titles (as Asylum)
• Birds & Animals Unlimited  dog provided by (as Birds & Animals Unlimited)
• Casting Associates  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Chicago Audio Works  production sound services
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Film Worker's Club, The  processing (as Filmworkers Club)
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Modern VideoFilm  digital intermediate
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Technicolor  color
• Widget Post Production  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Il mare (USA) (working title)
The Sea (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some language and a disturbing image.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Malaysia:U | USA:PG (certificate #42649) | Canada:G (British Columbia) | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:o.Al. | Philippines:G | Australia:PG | Hungary:14 | Sweden:Btl | Hong Kong:I | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Aurora, Illinois, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The Lake House used was located on Maple Lake, a small and well known haunted fishing lake located in Willow Springs, IL.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Kate is at the kitchen table, talking to her mother about her mother's first love, there is a cutaway to Kate's face, right hand under her chin. When it cuts back, she is holding a knife and fork with two hands.

Quotes:

Kate: Okay, my mystery correspondent, I get it - just in case you really are where and when you think you are, you'll need this
[he takes out a scarf from his mailbox]
Kate: . There was a freak late snow and everyone got sick. So, plenty of rest, lots of fluids. Doctor's orders.
Alex: [sarcastically] Snow. Right.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Gilmore Girls Only (#7.17)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et Une Femme)

Truly Moving Picture

I saw this film on May 26th, 2006 in Indianapolis. I am one of the judges for the Heartland Film Festival's Truly Moving Picture Award. A Truly Moving Picture "…explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life." Heartland gave that award to this film. An attractive, educated, professionally fulfilled Doctor (Sandra Bullock) "meets" an attractive, educated, sensitive architect (Keanu Reeves) via letters and a past common residency of a particular lake house. What could be the problem? The problem is that they are currently living two years apart and then again at the exact same time in this romantic, heart-wrenching, dramatic fairy tale. The Doctor leaves the lake house in rural Illinois in 2006 in order to advance her career and find happiness in Chicago. She leaves a note to an unknown-to-her new tenant, the architect, to forward her mail. They correspond to each other and slowly discover that he is actually living in the house 2 years earlier in 2004. And … they share the same dog. But somehow the viewer can suspend disbelief and get into the story because the two characters are believable and intelligent and are initially just as skeptical of the time riddle as the viewer. Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock re-unite for the first time since "Speed." The genre of "The Lake House" is completely different, but the actors are just as complementary and likable in this fantasy tale. They both display a deep, patient, and profound love for each other. And they do so with grace and charm and a chemistry that can't be readily explained. Much of this film plays like a mystery with mothers and fathers, siblings, and boy and girl friends weaving in and out of the story in the present time of 2004 and the present time of 2006. But through it all, the Doctor and the architect ultimately never lose hope that they can solve this time puzzle and can actually be together at the same moment in time. FYI – There is a Truly Moving Pictures web site where there is a listing of past Truly Moving Picture Award winners that are now either at the theater or available on video.