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Jan 17, 2008 · Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman star as siblings who must deal with their abusive and dementia-stricken father. The film explores their family dynamics, personal struggles and the challenges of elder care.
- (38K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Tamara Jenkins
- 2008-01-17
The Savages is a 2007 American black comedy - drama film written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. It stars Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Philip Bosco (in his final film before his death in 2018). It had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2007.
- $10.6 million
- Stephen Trask
- $8 million
Dec 20, 2007 · Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman star as siblings who face the challenges of caring for their elderly father, who has dementia and writes on the wall with excrement. The Savages is a realistic and humorous film that explores family dynamics, aging and mortality.
Wendy Savage (Laura Linney), a struggling playwright, has little to do with her brother, Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a college professor and author.
- (5K)
- Tamara Jenkins
- R
- Laura Linney
In Sun City, Arizona, the grumpy Lenny Savage has dementia and lives with his mate Doris Metzger (Rosemary Murphy). His son Jon is a professor of drama in Buffalo that is writing a book about Bertold Brecht.
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Nov 28, 2007 · In their dyspeptic, quarrelsome fashion, the Savages are blissfully neurotic, often very funny variations on J. M. Barrie’s fictional offspring, John and Wendy Darling, those charmed, magical...
Drama. Jon Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and his sister Wendy (Laura Linney) don't get along too well and they would both prefer not to try. Growing up with an...
