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The Savages

  • 2007
  • R
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
40K
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The Savages (2007)
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Dark ComedyPsychological DramaComedyDrama

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
    40K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tamara Jenkins
    • Writer
      • Tamara Jenkins
    • Stars
      • Laura Linney
      • Philip Seymour Hoffman
      • Philip Bosco
    • 142User reviews
    • 200Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 17 wins & 33 nominations total

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    Top Cast44

    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
    Katherine Kirkpatrick
    • Real Estate Agent
    • (as Laura Palmer)
    Salem Ludwig
    • Mr. Sperry
    Sandra Daley
    Sandra Daley
    • Attendant
    Peter Frechette
    Peter Frechette
    • Matt
    Jennifer Lim
    Jennifer Lim
    • Manicurist #1
    • Director
      • Tamara Jenkins
    • Writer
      • Tamara Jenkins
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews142

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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • 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 with Ebert & Roeper: 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

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    Details

    • Release date
      • January 17, 2008 (Singapore)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Searchlight Pictures
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Дикуни
    • Filming locations
      • Buffalo, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Fox Searchlight Pictures
      • Lone Star Film Group
      • This Is That Productions
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    Box office

    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,623,082
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $151,859
      • Dec 2, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,653,221
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 54m(114 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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