The Lake House

Year:

2006

Duration:

99 min

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Alejandro Agresti

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2006-06-16

Filming Locations: Roosevelt University - 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Earnings

Budget: $40,000,000

Opening Weekend: $13,616,196 (USA) (18 June 2006)

Gross: $52,320,979 (USA) (17 September 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Lynn Collins

The Lake House

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

Mike Bacarella

Mulhern

Kevin M. Brennan

Waiter (as Kevin Brennan)

Frank Caeti

Cove Patron

Aliyah Carr

Girl Patient

Jennifer Clark

Nurse Practitioner

Jacob D. Dumelle

Patient on Gurney

Scott Elias

Doug

Tiffini Funches

Young Nurse

Lori Ann Gerdisch

I.C.U. Nurse

Michael Andrew Gorman

Cove Bartender (as Michael Gorman)

Jenny Kern

Nurse (as Jennifer Kern)

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

Jason Abustan

Ivy League Jr Architect (uncredited)

Nathan Adloff

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Alan Bovinett

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Katie Cleary

Simon Wyler's Student (uncredited)

Jane F. Cox

Business Woman (uncredited)

Sue Durso

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Nick Ferrin

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Diane Frances Fisher

Restaurant Patron (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)

Nathan Lee

Ice Skater (uncredited)

John Littlefield

Doctor (uncredited)

Alexandra LoRusso

Messenger (uncredited)

Jamie Louachai

Skater (uncredited)

Stephen Mao

Man in Square (uncredited)

Lori Miller

Dog Walker (uncredited)

William Nero Jr.

Boy (uncredited)

Chet Nichols

Party Host (uncredited)

Libby Pedersen

Business Woman (uncredited)

Andrew Perta

Pedestrian (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)

Robert A. Young

Chicago Police Officer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The address of the building in Chicago at which Sandra Bullock lives is 1620 Racine. This would place it in the same block as the apartment belonging to Sean Connery in The Untouchables (1987) (Connery's character lived at 1634 Racine).

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Alejandro Agresti: man using breath spray on the train, beside Sandra Bullock.

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Simon Wyler's death date is listed as October 6, 2004. October 6 is also the birthday of Swiss architect Le Corbusier, one of the two architects mentioned as his influences when he designed the Lake House (the other is Frank Lloyd Wright).

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Goofs

The address that Kate (Sandra Bullock) lives at in 2006 - 1620 North Racine Street - is a non-existent address. While there is a North Racine Street in Chicago, it does not run in the 1600N block of the city.

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When Alex catches up with his dog, Jack, at Morgan and Kate's house, Alex tells Morgan that Jack is a she, not a he. A few moments later, Alex's girlfriend, Mona, catches up with Alex and his dog. She says about the dog, "Oh, I see you found him."

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When Alex brings his father coffee in the hospital, there is clearly no coffee in the paper cup.

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Quotes

Kate: [from trailer] Even though this is clearly impossible, it's amazing.

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Anna Klyczynski: He must write one hell of a letter.

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Girl Patient: My mom's last boyfriend was bald. He was nice, but she didn't marry him.

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Faq

Q

Is 'The Lake House' based on a book?

A

The Lake House is an American remake of the South Korean film Siworae (2000) (aka Il Mare), which was written by Kim Eun-jeong and Yoeh Ji-na. Siworae was adapted for The Lake House by American playwright David Auburn.

Q

How did Kate know to look under the floorboards to find her book? How did it get there in the first place?

A

In 2004, after he finds Persuasion at the train station, Alex writes to Kate and says, 'Kate, I have it with me and I'll find a way to get it to you sometime.' He doesn't put it in the mailbox as she requests. Instead, he puts it under the floor board in her future apartment (he had her 2006 address so he knew where to put it in 2004 while the building was being constructed) and left the board loose hoping she would notice and find it. In 2008, Kate is clearly POed when Morgan tells her to turn down the TV so that he can concentrate. She goes stomping off into the bedroom, hits a squeaky board, lifts the rug to inspect the squeaky board, and finds her book.

Q

That beautiful lake house! Where is it located?

A

That beautiful glass house was built for the movie and dismantled after filming.

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