Youngster Devon (Mischa Barton) is transplanted by her parents into an uptight gated community, Camelot Gardens. The lonely and imaginative ten-year-old girl escapes the confines of her new "community" and makes friends with an isolated eccentric, Trent (Sam Rockwell), who lives in a trailer on the outskirts of town. Trent mows the lawns of Devon's family and is looked down upon by the upper-class denizens of Camelot Gardens. When their secret friendship is revealed the community explodes, unable to understand the innocent bond between the two outcasts.

Mischa Barton makes a sparkling screen debut in this fresh and lively urban fairy tale. Barton plays Devon, a new transplant, along with her uptight parents, to the even more uptight suburbian utopia of Camelot Gardens, a closed-in, upper-class neighborhood that might be anywhere in America. The highly imaginative ten-year-old has no friends, and instead lives through her fantasies. Yet, when she travels outside the walls of the Gardens and ends up at the trailer of Trent Burns (Sam Rockwell), a poor eccentric who mows her family's lawn, a friendship blossoms. When tragedy strikes the dog of a local bully, their secret relationship is made public and the community explodes. Rockwell gives a thoroughly funny, engaging performance as the outcast Trent, and makes his bond with the younger Devon seem honest, heartfelt, and beautiful. LAWN DOGS is a thoughtful and heartwarming tale of a friendship that defies the rules of class or age.

"What you piss in is yours for life."--Trent (Sam Rockwell) to Devon (Mischa Barton)

"A popular girl is never bored. Or boring."--Morton Stockard (Christopher McDonald) to Devon

"The way I see it, you have people who own lawns and people who mow them. And they are never the same."--Trent to Devon

"I don't like children. They smell like TV."--Devon

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Letterbox - 1.85
Widescreen - 1.85
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Chapter Stops
Text/Photo Galleries:
Cast & Crew Biographies
DVD-ROM Features:
Web Access

Sam Rockwell: Actor, CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND
Mischa Barton: Actress
Kathleen Quinlan: American Actress
Christopher McDonald: American Actor

John Duigan: Australian Director

Duncan Kenworthy: Producer

Naomi Wallace: Screenwriter

Trevor Jones: Composer, EXCALIBUR (1981)

Humphrey Dixon: Editor

"...Beguilingly offbeat....Rockwell emerges as a compelling actor..."
"...[A] pointedly whimsical film....[It] shows off a poised young actress and a leading man with charisma to burn..."
"...Duigan reveals the truth and humor of growing up in a sheltered, unforgiving suburbia..."