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The Savages

  • 20072007
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  • 1h 53m
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7.1/10
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The Savages (2007)
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ComedyDrama
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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38K
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    • Tamara Jenkins
    • Tamara Jenkins
  • Stars
    • Laura Linney
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Philip Bosco
    • Tamara Jenkins
    • Tamara Jenkins
  • Stars
    • Laura Linney
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Philip Bosco
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    • 134User reviews
    • 198Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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    Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney in The Savages (2007)
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    Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney in The Savages (2007)
    Laura Linney and Philip Bosco in The Savages (2007)
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    Laura Linney
    Laura Linney
    • Wendy Savage
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Jon Savage
    Philip Bosco
    Philip Bosco
    • Lenny Savage
    Peter Friedman
    Peter Friedman
    • Larry
    David Zayas
    David Zayas
    • Eduardo
    Gbenga Akinnagbe
    Gbenga Akinnagbe
    • Jimmy
    Cara Seymour
    Cara Seymour
    • Kasia
    Tonye Patano
    Tonye Patano
    • Ms. Robinson
    Guy Boyd
    Guy Boyd
    • Bill Lachman
    Debra Monk
    Debra Monk
    • Nancy Lachman
    Rosemary Murphy
    Rosemary Murphy
    • Doris Metzger
    Harold Blankenship
    • Burt
    • (as Hal Blankenship)
    Joan Jaffe
    Joan Jaffe
    • Lizzie
    Sage Kirkpatrick
    Sage Kirkpatrick
    • Real Estate Agent
    • (as Laura Palmer)
    Salem Ludwig
    • Mr. Sperry
    Sandra Daley
    • Attendant
    Peter Frechette
    Peter Frechette
    • Matt
    Jennifer Lim
    Jennifer Lim
    • Manicurist #1
      • Tamara Jenkins
      • Tamara Jenkins
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    • Trivia
      Director Tamara Jenkins contacted Carter Burwell to score the movie. Burwell had already committed himself to score No Country for Old Men (2007), so he refused, but recommended Stephen Trask to Jenkins.
    • Goofs
      Jon Savage drives his Polish girlfriend to the airport at 6:30 AM, in broad daylight. But in November in Buffalo, it would be pitch dark at this hour (even on November 1, sunrise isn't until 7:46).
    • Quotes

      Jon Savage: Dad's not the one that has a problem with the Valley View. There's nothing wrong with Dad's situation. Dad's situation is fine. He's never gonna adjust to it if we keep yanking him outta there. And, actually, this upward mobility fixation of yours, it's counterproductive and, frankly, pretty selfish. Because it's not about Dad, it's about you and your guilt. That's what these places prey upon.

      Wendy Savage: I happen to think it's nicer here.

      Jon Savage: Of course you do, because you are the consumer they want to target. You are the guilty demographic. The landscaping, the neighborhoods of care; they're not for the residents, they're for the relatives. People like you and me who don't want to admit to what's really going on here.

      Wendy Savage: Which is what, Jon?

      Jon Savage: People are dying, Wendy! Right inside that beautiful building right now, it's a fucking horror show! And all this wellness propaganda and the landscaping, it's just there to obscure the miserable fact that people die! And death is gaseous and gruesome and it's filled with shit and piss and rotten stink!

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Juno/Starting Out in the Evening/The Savages/Hitman/The Diving Bell and the Butterfly/Redacted (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard
      Written by Henry W. Petrie (as Henry Petrie), Philip Wingate, and Dick Manning

      Performed by Peggy Lee

      Courtesy of Geffen Records

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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    If you look for honesty portrayed in film, you can't do much better than The Savages. This is an example of the type of film that rarely sees the light of day, simply because it refuses to compromise. Despite it's grim subject matter, there is plenty of humor in this film, which mainly arises from the absurdity of situations that feel so genuinely familiar. All the performances across the board are fantastic, and Ms. Jenkins was miraculously able to get funding for a film that didn't include the casting of a single "pretty young thing". Every single person in the the film genuinely looks like the real article (note: for equally impressive casting, check out Sarah Polly's "Away From Her".) There are numerous places where this film could've taken a turn into typical Hollywood schmaltz and portrayed situations in a less-than-honest way, but it's director and actors refused to go there. Thank goodness they didn't.
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    • Jan 16, 2008

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    • Release date
      • February 1, 2008 (United States)
      • United States
      • Fox Searchlight (United States)
      • English
      • German
      • Cantonese
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    • Filming locations
      • Sun City, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Searchlight Pictures
      • Lone Star Film Group
      • This Is That Productions
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    • 1 hour 53 minutes
      • Color
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      • Dolby Digital
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