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Savages is a american film of genre Drama directed by James Ivory released in USA on 27 june 1972 with Lewis J. Stadlen

Savages (1972)

Savages
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Released in USA 27 june 1972
Length 1h46
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Fantasy
Rating55% 2.7575552.7575552.7575552.7575552.757555

Savages is a 1972 Merchant Ivory Film directed by James Ivory and screenplay by George W. S. Trow and Michael 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 of Luis Buñuel's 1962 film The Exterminating Angel, in which guests at an elegant dinner party become bestial. Writing began in late 1968 and continued through 1969. Its first showing came at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1972.

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 Westchester estate in the 1930s.

Actors

Lewis J. Stadlen

(Julian Branch, a Song Writer (as Lewis Stadlen))
Anne Francine
Sam Waterston

(James, the Limping Man)
Susan Blakely

(Cecily, a Debutante)
Isabelle Collin-Dufresne

(Iliona, a Decadent)
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