Savannah

2013
PG-13
1h 41m

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5.8/10

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Jim Caviezel, Sam Shepard, and Jaimie Alexander in Savannah (2013)

The true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century America on the wrong side of the law and society, his long-time friend, a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie, at his side. Master of Shakespeare, and the shotgun that provides SavannahÂ’s markets with fowl, Ward fights for his rights as a hunter. His charisma and eloquent
rhetoric win the heart of a society woman who defies her father to marry him. An elderly Moultrie tells the story of life on the river with his friend to a little boy, who passes the legendary Ward Allen down to the next generation.

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Drama about the friendship between an Oxford-educated Southerner and a former black slave in turn-of-the-century Savannah.Drama about the friendship between an Oxford-educated Southerner and a former black slave in turn-of-the-century Savannah.Drama about the friendship between an Oxford-educated Southerner and a former black slave in turn-of-the-century Savannah.

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1.9K

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Trivia
There is scene shortly after the film flashes to 1922 where Ward and Christmas are discussing the construction of "Imperial." The characters are referring to Imperial Sugar, which is the modern day corporate name for Dixie Crystal, who built their sugar refinery on Savannah's marsh front in 1916.

Goofs
In the film, Ward Allen died in 1922. He was born in 1856, so he would have been 66 years old, but Jim Caviezel was 44 during filming. Ward Allen actually died in 1931 at the age of 75.