The Lake House
The Lake House (released in Australia as The Magic Postbox) is a 2006 American 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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| Cinematography | Alar Kivilo
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| Edited by | Alejandro Brodersohn
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| Running time | 105 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Budget | $40 million
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| Box office | $115 million
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Kate: (voice over) Here's a little something for you. There was a freak blizzard in the spring of 2004. So, watch out for that April snow.
- Sandra Bullock revealed in an Entertainment Weekly interview that the title house had running water but no toilets.
- 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).
- The actual house did not exist and was built for the movie, then dismantled. In using Google Earth to see the house, enter 41.7142, -87.8901 in the window on the Fly To tab. This will take you to the center of the lake. Zoom to the clearing on the eastern shore. Then select April 29, 2005 as the date.
- The construction site that Reeves' character is working on is real. It is owned by Pulte Homes and is the Madison Park Community in Aurora, Illinois.
- First movie to be released simultaneously on DVD, HDDVD and Blu-ray Disc.
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