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LAKEVIEW TERRACE…As It Relates To You And Your World

The Actors, Director, Info, Reviews, and Photos

Presentation byDavid Bruce

A young couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their interracial relationship. A stern, single father, this tightly wound LAPD officer has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood.

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SAMUEL L. JACKSON SAMUEL L. JACKSON (Abel Turner)(Abel Turner)His films have grossed more money in box office sales than any other actor in the world. Met his father only twice. He died from alcoholism. After the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackson attended the funeral in Atlanta as one of the ushers.

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PATRICK WILSON PATRICK WILSON (Chris Mattson)(Chris Mattson) His father is a TV anchor in Florida His mother is a singer and voice teacher Wilson is also a singer and songwriter. Married to actress Dagmara Dominczyk, they have one child, Kalin Patrick, born 23 June 2006

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KERRY WASHINGTON KERRY WASHINGTON (Lisa Mattson)(Lisa Mattson) Winner for "Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture" for Ray at the NAACP Image Awards in 2005 An active member on the Board of Directors for The Creative Coalition, a group dedicated to raising awareness of First Amendment Rights and support of arts in education.

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NEIL LABUTE NEIL LABUTE (Director) (Director) He is the author of several fictional pieces published in The New Yorker, The New York Times & Harper's Bazaar among others He studied theater at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he joined the Mormon Church. He was later disfellowshipped for a play he wrote. He has received high praise from critics for his edgy and unsettling portrayals of human relationships

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DAVID LOUGHERY (Screenplay) An interest in screenwriting brought him to Hollywood HOWARD KORDER HOWARD KORDER (Screenplay) (Screenplay) Wrote: Stealing Sinatra, My Little Assassin & The Passion of Ayn Rand ROGIER STOFFERS ROGIER STOFFERS (Director of Photography) (Director of Photography) Native of Holland. Was cinematographer on Mike van Diem's Karakter (Character), winning Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1997 and was awarded 10 honors

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The majority of the movie is filmed in Walnut, California, mainly in the areas of the Timberline development and near Walnut Ranch Park. Kerry Washington is the new spokeperson for L'Oréal. She is also an esteemed group of advisors to V-Day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls

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Moving into a dream home on a quiet Southern California cul-de-sac becomes a nightmarish ordeal for a young couple in Lakeview Terrace

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Chris and Lisa Mattson have just moved into their new suburban house when they become the target of their next-door neighbor. A stern tightly wound LAPD officer has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood.

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Abel guards his neighborhood with the same zeal he brings to his patrol route. The single father of a teenaged daughter and preteen son, he is a one-man security force, ensuring that his strict standards of behavior are adhered to, even if it means ruffling a few feathers in the process.

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Abel disapproves of Chris and Lisa’s interracial marriage. Hoping to rid the neighborhood of anything or anyone he deems "undesirable," he launches an escalating series of pranks and insults against the Mattsons.

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As Abel Turner crosses the line from annoying neighbor to dangerous adversary, the couple tries to fight back, which only feeds Turner's fury. With the resentment between the neighbors building daily, it's only a matter of time before the situation escalates into a potentially deadly stand off.

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A typical response:"Much originality and crackling dialogue in this police drama about a cop who opposes interracial marriage.“ (Grade: B+) -- Harvey S. Karten, Compuserve

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Screenwriter Loughery Screenwriter Loughery thinks many people will see thinks many people will see themselves in the themselves in the characters he has created: characters he has created:

"I think people will identify "I think people will identify with the situation. Whatever with the situation. Whatever feelings they have about feelings they have about race and color and race and color and relationshipsrelationships, they'll bring to , they'll bring to the theater and they will the theater and they will compare it to the action compare it to the action we're seeing on screen."we're seeing on screen."

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Prejudice. Prejudice. Edward Murrow once said, “Everyone is a prisoner of his own experience. No one can eliminate prejudices--just recognize them.” And William James observed, “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” Looking in a mirror and truly seeing ourselves is very difficult. We all have prejudice. Getting to know our neighbors -who are different from us, as in the film, is a good way to confront and overcome our prejudices. “Love your neighbor as yourself” is very good advice. Work at it and your life will be richer.

Director Neil LaBute: Director Neil LaBute: "The conflict is about someone who "The conflict is about someone who has grown up with a certain set of has grown up with a certain set of values and doesn't believe in the values and doesn't believe in the kind of arrangement he sees across kind of arrangement he sees across the fence. the fence. Everyone has lived next Everyone has lived next door or under or over another door or under or over another person, and felt: What are they person, and felt: What are they doing in there? Why are they making doing in there? Why are they making that noise at this time?' When one of that noise at this time?' When one of those neighbors is a policeman, it those neighbors is a policeman, it removes that first line of defense removes that first line of defense and makes for a very suspenseful and makes for a very suspenseful sense of, sense of, 'What do I do now?''What do I do now?'

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““The good neighbor looks beyond the external The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.”make all men human, and therefore, brothers.”-Martin Luther King Jr, Strength to Love-Martin Luther King Jr, Strength to Love