Lakeview Terrace Page #3

Synopsis: In California, the Caucasian Chris Mattson and his African-American wife Lisa Mattson move to a house in a gated community. The racist and dysfunctional next-door neighbor is the abusive LAPD Officer Abel Turner who feels uncomfortable with the relationship of the newcomers and transforms their lives into Hell on Earth.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Neil LaBute
Production: Sony Pictures/Screen Gems
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
PG-13
Year:
2008
110 min
$39,263,506
Website
373 Views


So he was joking.

- Yeah.

- Did you ask him about the lights?

Wasn't the best time.

- I always wanted to say this.

- What?

"Honey, I'm homeowner. "

- No, that's really bad.

- No, it's good.

No, it's bad.

But I'm gonna kiss you and make it better.

- What are you doing?

- Move over.

Time to christen the pool.

- We can't.

- Come on.

It's our house.

Hurry up and get in the pool.

You're gonna go to hell.

- I am not.

- Yes, you are.

God's gonna send you down there

with a stiffy and everyone's gonna laugh.

Man, you told me to look.

You were dumb enough to do it.

Get off me!

Marcus? Celia?

Don't say anything.

What the hell is going on up here?

You're supposed to be looking out for him.

I wasn't doing nothing.

Marcus, hey, hey, hey.

I wasn't doing what?

Anything. I wasn't doing anything.

What the hell are you fighting...

Look, why don't you guys wash up?

Let's go downstairs and have some

big bowls of ice cream. Okay?

Babe?

Can I ask you a question?

This house has three bedrooms, right?

And there's two of us.

So, you know, like,

how many offices or dens,

whatever-type rooms,

does one need, really?

Well, we could...

I always wanted a sewing room for me.

Sewing.

Come on, we'll, you know...

No.

No, I don't know.

I mean, I know that we could turn one

of those rooms into a nursery...

- No.

... if we wanted to.

Or not.

Lis, come on, we've talked about this.

We'll get around to it. It's just...

Right now, we don't know

how any of this is gonna play out.

Okay. I just think that there are

really good reasons to not wait.

- No, you're right.

- In fact, to do this right now.

- No, I...

- You know?

Like, I'm not only thinking about us.

I'm thinking about our families.

I think that our families

would really benefit from...

I know, I know, I know, I know.

Are you hot?

No. Are you kidding?

No.

No.

It isn't working.

Here you go.

Why is it so loose?

Probably forgot to screw it back in.

The joys of home ownership.

What's that?

It's a good image for

an antismoking campaign.

You've gotta be kidding me.

I'll talk to him tomorrow.

Mr. Turner.

You can call me Abel.

Morning.

Getting your miles in?

Before it gets too hot.

Or before I talk myself out of it.

Yeah, I hear you on that.

Need a hand?

Matter of fact, I do.

Trying to reach this bolt down

here behind the battery.

I need you to hold it this way, just pull it.

There you go.

- Come on.

- I got it.

You all right?

- Yeah, just...

- Let's see.

Oh, yeah, you're not bleeding too bad.

- It's all right.

- You're a tough guy.

Must have some Irish in you.

Black Irish, probably.

Hey, you didn't see anyone around

the side of our house last night, did you?

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David Loughery

David Loughery is an American screenwriter and producer. Born in Chicago, Loughery attended Ball State University and the University of Iowa where he was a member of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. His first produced screenplay was Dreamscape in 1984. Loughery often works with director Joseph Ruben for whom he has written or rewritten several films including The Stepfather, The Good Son, and Penthouse North. Five of Loughery's films (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Passenger 57, The Three Musketeers, Lakeview Terrace, and Obsessed) have opened Number One at the box office. more…

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