Movie
The Savages
Overview
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-11-28
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, Ad Hominem Enterprises, Lone Star Film Group, This is that, Savage Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Laura Linney as Wendy Savage
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Jon Savage
- Philip Bosco as Lenny Savage
- Peter Friedman as Larry
- David Zayas as Eduardo
- Gbenga Akinnagbe as Jimmy
- Cara Seymour as Kasia
- Tonye Patano as Ms. Robinson
- Guy Boyd as Bill Lachman
- Debra Monk as Nancy Lachman
- Rosemary Murphy as Doris Metzger
- Hal Blankenship as Burt
Crew
- Tamara Jenkins - Director
- Tamara Jenkins - Writer
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