The Savages, Fox Searchlight Pictures ; Lone Star Film Group ; This Is That Productions ; Ad Hominem Enterprises ; Cooper's Town Productions ; produced by Anne Carey, Ted Hope, Erica Westheimer ; written by Tamara Jenkins ; directed by Tamara Jenkins
Type
Label
The Savages, Fox Searchlight Pictures ; Lone Star Film Group ; This Is That Productions ; Ad Hominem Enterprises ; Cooper's Town Productions ; produced by Anne Carey, Ted Hope, Erica Westheimer ; written by Tamara Jenkins ; directed by Tamara Jenkins
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for sexual content, violence and language
Main title
The Savages
Oclc number
197040747
Responsibility statement
Fox Searchlight Pictures ; Lone Star Film Group ; This Is That Productions ; Ad Hominem Enterprises ; Cooper's Town Productions ; produced by Anne Carey, Ted Hope, Erica Westheimer ; written by Tamara Jenkins ; directed by Tamara Jenkins
Runtime
113
Summary
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from their abusive father, Lenny. Suddenly, a call comes in that Lenny's girlfriend has died and he cannot care for himself. Lenny suffers from dementia and her family dumps Lenny on his children. Despite the fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father. The siblings are forced to face the struggle with their now personal demons
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Ad Hominem Enterprises (Firm)
- Zayas, David
- Linney, Laura
- Bosco, Philip
- Hope, Ted
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Seymour, Cara
- Akinnagbe, Gbenga
- Cooper's Town Productions (Firm)
- Friedman, Peter
- This is That (Firm)
- Westheimer, Erica
- Lone Star Film Group (Firm)
- Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014
- Carey, Anne
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
Subject
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor16
- Ad Hominem Enterprises (Firm)
- Zayas, David
- Linney, Laura
- Bosco, Philip
- Hope, Ted
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Seymour, Cara
- Akinnagbe, Gbenga
- Cooper's Town Productions (Firm)
- Friedman, Peter
- This is That (Firm)
- Westheimer, Erica
- Lone Star Film Group (Firm)
- Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014
- Carey, Anne
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Genre3
- Subject7
- Content1
- Is Based On1
- Mapped to1