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| Directed by | Joe Mantegna |
| Written by | David Mamet |
| Produced by | Eric R. Epperson Tony Mamet Joe Mantegna Morris Ruskin Stacia Sekuler |
| Starring | Charles Durning Peter Falk Denis Leary Andy García Roberta Angelica |
| Cinematography | Paul Sarossy |
| Edited by | Christopher Cibelli |
| Music by | Bob Mamet |
| Distributed by | One Vibe Entertainment |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | Canada United States |
| Language | English |
Lakeboat is a 2000Americandrama film, adapted byDavid Mamet from his 1970play of the same name, directed byJoe Mantegna and starringCharles Durning,Peter Falk,Denis Leary andAndy García.[1][2][3][4]
A young man, Dale Katzman, a college student from an Ivy League school "near Boston" takes a summer job as the night cook in the galley of the Seaway Queen, a lake boat bulk carrier on theGreat Lakes for a Chicago-based steel concern. Dale's predecessor, Guigliani, endured a particularly violent end while on terra firma, the cause and nature of which is speculated by the other crew members. Dale, and the audience, gets to know each of them, including: Fireman, who reads voraciously when not "watching the gauges"; Fred, who imparts his unique, politically incorrect philosophy regarding women on the young man; and, especially, Joe Litko, a 23-year veteran of the seas, who sees much of himself in Dale. The dialogue is Mametspeak at its most raw, as secrets are shared, picayune matters are debated, and fantasies are laid out, vividly.
The film has an 83% rating onRotten Tomatoes.[5]Roger Ebert awarded the film three stars.[6]
The film earned $5,159 on a limited release in theUnited States.[7]
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