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The Savages

  • 2007
  • K-7
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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The Savages (2007)
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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.

  • Director
    • Tamara Jenkins
  • Writer
    • Tamara Jenkins
  • Stars
    • Laura Linney
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Philip Bosco
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    38K
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    • Director
      • Tamara Jenkins
    • Writer
      • Tamara Jenkins
    • Stars
      • Laura Linney
      • Philip Seymour Hoffman
      • Philip Bosco
    • 134User reviews
    • 195Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 17 wins & 33 nominations total

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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)
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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
    • Director
      • Tamara Jenkins
    • Writer
      • Tamara Jenkins
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    • Trivia
      Director Tamara Jenkins contacted Carter Burwell to score the movie. Burwell had already committed himself to score Menetetty maa (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 Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Mist/This Christmas/August Rush/I'm Not There/Purple Violets (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

    User reviews134

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    Getting Even with Dad
    "The Savages" has been terribly mismarketed. I'm sure plenty of people who went to watch it having seen only the previews, thought it was a comedy, and were disappointed. If anything, this is a "dramedy" - it will make you smile a few times, but never laugh out loud. But that's not a bad thing, the other way around.

    This is a story about two siblings, Wendy (Laura Linney, who earned a surprise - and much deserved - Oscar nomination for this performance) and Jon Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who have to take care of their ailing, estranged father, Lenny (Philip Bosco). Fathers and kids relationships have been discussed in tons of movies, but Tamara Jenkins (real life wife of Jim Taylor, co-author of Alexander Payne's scripts - they both produced this movie, by the way) managed to create something fresh and beautiful in its own simplicity (and, at the same time, so complex and painfully real, for all of those who've had difficult family relationships - and who hasn't?). "The Savages" reminds me of Noah Baumbach's "The Squid and the Whale", also starring Laura Linney - but with a little less humor, and perhaps even more heart. Hoffman and Bosco are also great, as usual. Jenkins proves that she's a very sensitive writer/director, and I'm excited to check whatever she does next. I'm rooting for either her or Diablo Cody ("Juno") to win the Oscar for best original screenplay next month (coincidentally, both movies have The Velvet Underground's "I'm Sticking With You" in the soundtrack). 10/10.
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    • Release date
      • January 17, 2008 (Singapore)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Perheen parissa
    • Filming locations
      • Sun City, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Searchlight Pictures
      • Lone Star Film Group
      • This Is That Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,623,082
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $151,859
      • Dec 2, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,653,221
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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