- Savages (film)
Infobox Film
name = Savages
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caption = DVD Cover for Savages, which replicates the original 1972/1973 film poster.
director = James Ivory
producer =Ismail Merchant Joseph J.M. Saleh (executive)Anthony Korner (associate)
writer =George Swift Trow Michael O'Donoghue (based upon an idea by James Ivory)
starring =Lewis J. Stadlen Anne Francine Sam Waterston Susie Blakely
Ultra VioletSalome Jens Kathleen Widdoes Thayer David Asha Puthli Martin Kove
music =Joe Raposo Bobby Short (theme song)
cinematography =Walter Lassally
editing =Kent McKinney
distributor =Angelika Films
released =27 June ,1972
runtime = 106minute s
country =United States
awards =
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0069226Savages is a 1972
Merchant Ivory Film directed by James Ivory and screenplay byGeorge Swift Trow andMichael O'Donoghue , based on an idea by Ivory. The film concept given to Trow and O'Donoghue was to tell a story that was the reverse ofLuis Buñuel 's 1962 film "The Exterminating Angel", in which guests at an elegant dinner party become trapped, start dying and by film's end become complete savages. Writing began in late 1968 and continued through 1969.Its first showing came at theCannes Film Festival in May 1972. Savages was the first Merchant/Ivory film released in the United States.Plot Synopsis
In contrast to Buñuel's story, Savages starts when a tribe of primitive "mudpeople" performing a sacrifice encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long Island estate in the 1930's. Entering, they begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles and dress of people at a weekend party. There follows an allegory of upper-class behavior. At last, they begin to devolve toward their original status, and after a battle at croquet, they disappear into the woods.
Links
* [http://www.merchantivory.com/savages.html Merchant Ivory Productions]
* [http://www.festival-cannes.com/films/fiche_film.php?langue=6002&id_film=767 Cannes Film Festival]ources
*"Mr. Mike: The Life and Work of Michael O'Donoghue" by Dennis Perrin, 1999. ISBN 0-380-72832-X.
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