Released 1997
Stars Mischa Barton, Sam Rockwell, Kathleen Quinlan, Christopher McDonald, Bruce McGill 
Directed by John Duigan

Lawn Dogs is about Devon Stockard (brilliantly played by Mischa Barton), a little girl who is entirely unimpressed by the shallowness and corruption of her parents and their wealthy neighbours. It's also about Trent Burns (Sam Rockwell), a young lawn maintenance guy from the other side of the tracks. Devon is wise beyond her years, perhaps because of her experience as a heart surgery patient. Trent is biding his time until he can get away for a fresh start somewhere else. Neither feels comfortable inside the gates of the pretentious Camelot Gardens subdivision, although this is where Devon lives and Trent works.

We follow Devon as she does what she must to satisfy the social-climbing aspirations of her parents, while escaping whenever she can to her own world of imagination. When she discovers Trent's dilapidated trailer in the woods, Devon has found a haven and she latches on to Trent like a limpet. Once this happens, it's only a matter of time before there's big trouble in Camelot Gardens.

Summary by Brian Webster