The Lake House (film)

The Lake House
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlejandro Agresti
Written byDavid Auburn
Based onIl Mare
2000 film
by Kim Eun-jeong and Kim Mi-yeong
Produced byDoug Davison
Roy Lee
Starring
CinematographyAlar Kivilo
Edited byAlejandro Brodersohn
Lynzee Klingman
Music byRachel Portman
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • June 16, 2006 (2006-06-16)
Running time
99 minutes
CountriesUnited States
South Korea
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40 million
Box office$114.8 million

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.