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Fierce People (2005)

R  107 min  -  Drama | Thriller   -  30 November 2007 (USA)
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A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.

Director:

Griffin Dunne

Writers:

Dirk Wittenborn (book), Dirk Wittenborn (screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Diane Lane ...
Anton Yelchin ...
Donald Sutherland ...
Ogden C. Osborne
Chris Evans ...
Kristen Stewart ...
Paz de la Huerta ...
Jilly
Blu Mankuma Blu Mankuma ...
Gates
Elizabeth Perkins ...
Mrs. Langley
Christopher Shyer ...
Dr. Leffler
Garry Chalk ...
McCallum
Ryan Mcdonald ...
Ian
Dexter Bell ...
Marcus Gates
Kaleigh Dey ...
Paige
Aaron Brooks ...
Giacomo
Teach Grant ...
Dwayne
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Storyline

Trapped in his mother's Lower East Side apartment, sixteen-year-old Finn wants nothing more than to escape New York and spend the summer in South America studying the Iskanani Indians, or "Fierce People," with the anthropologist father he's never met. But Finn's dreams are shattered when he is arrested in a desperate effort to help his drug-dependent mother, Liz, who scrapes by working as a masseuse. Determined to get their lives back on track, Liz moves the two of them into a guest house on the vast country estate of her ex-client, the aging aristocratic billionaire, Ogden C. Osbourne. In Osbourne's close world of privilege and power, Finn and Liz encounter a tribe fiercer and more mysterious than anything they might find in the South American jungle: the super rich. While Liz battles her substance abuse and struggles to win back her son's love and trust... Written by Zoey  

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Plot Keywords:

Anthropologist | Addiction | New Jersey | Tribe | Billionaire  | See more »

Taglines:

Once you become one of them, it changes you forever. See more »

Genres:

Drama | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, drug use, sexuality/nudity and some violence See all certifications »
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Details

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

Tagalog | English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Días salvajes See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$19,968 (USA) (9 September 2007) (2 Screens)

Gross:

$85,410 (USA) (23 September 2007)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA:  | Argentina:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Eddie Rosales who played the shaman in the movie's dream sequence was actually speaking in Filipino. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When the police car takes them away from their apartment it has a stop light out, but when it is arriving at the country house the light is fixed. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Finn Earl: [narrating] There's this tribe in South America called the Ishcanani. That means fierce people.
Finn Earl: They're. They're like the meanest people in the world. They'll cut off your thumbs, and they'll shit in your hammock just like we say hello.
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Connections

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: Episode dated 8 September 2007" (2007) See more »

Soundtracks

"Hail to the Chief"
Written by James Sanderson
Arranged and Orchestrated by Patric Caird See more »