The Savages

Nov 28, 2007

1h 54m

★ 6.9

There's a moment in everyone's life when childhood ends and adulthood begins. For Jon and Wendy Savage, that moment is now.

Overview

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Ad Hominem Enterprises

Lone Star Film Group

This is that

Savage Productions

The Savages Trailers

Cast

Wendy Savage

Laura Linney

Jon Savage

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Lenny Savage

Philip Bosco

Larry

Peter Friedman

Eduardo

David Zayas

Jimmy

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Kasia

Cara Seymour

Ms. Robinson

Tonye Patano

Bill Lachman

Guy Boyd

Nancy Lachman

Debra Monk

Doris Metzger

Rosemary Murphy

Burt

Hal Blankenship

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