Lake Boat (2000)

Description

Academy Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize winning writer, David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, State and Main, Heist), brings his own life experiences as a young man to the screen in this film adaptation of his play. Grad student, Dale Katzman (Tony Mamet), lands a summer job on a Great Lakes steel freighter, short on experience – until he learns more than he bargained for about life, love and lost potential through the stories of his fellow shipmates Veteran Mamet actor Joe Mantegna (Homicide, Things Change, House of Games), directs a stellar cast, featuring Charles Durning, Peter Falk, Robert Forster, JJ Johnston, Denis Leary and George Wendt.