Savages (film)

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 Violet
Salome 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 = 106 minutes
country = United States
awards =
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0069226

Savages is a 1972 Merchant Ivory Film directed by James Ivory and screenplay by George Swift 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 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 the Cannes 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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