The Savages
Comedy
20th Century Fox  (1/18/2008) 114 mins R

7.4 (9,802 votes)
"In her consummately executed, irreverent drama The Savages, Tamara Jenkins achieves a rare storytelling feat: making us simultaneously laugh and cry. In what may evolve into a new genre, the coming-of-middle-age story, she has captured all the pain and misgivings that befall a pair of adult siblings, suddenly plucked from their very absorbed lives and forced to care for a parent who never much bothered to care for them..."

- Geoffrey Gilmore, Sundance Film Festival...

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Cast and Crew
Laura Linney  ......  Wendy Savage
Philip Seymour Hoffman  ......  Jon Savage
Philip Bosco  ......  Lenny Savage
Peter Friedman  ......  Larry
David Zayas  ......  Eduardo
Gbenga Akinnagbe  ......  Jimmy
Director  .....  Tamara Jenkins
Producer  .....  Anne Carey; Erica Westheimer; Anthony Bregman; Jim Burke; Ted Hope
Writer  .....  Tamara Jenkins
Notes
Goofs:
Factual errors: 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). (more)

Filming Locations:
Buffalo, New York, USA (more)

Quotes:
Student: What is the difference between plot and narrative? (more)

Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations (more)