The Savages
“There's a moment in everyone's life when childhood ends and adulthood begins. For Jon and Wendy Savage, that moment is now.”
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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Cast
23 people
Laura Linney
Wendy Savage
Known for
The Truman Show
Ozark
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Jon Savage
Known for
Mission: Impossible III
Moneyball
Philip Bosco
Lenny Savage
Known for
My Best Friend's Wedding
Hitch
Peter Friedman
Larry
Known for
Succession
Love & Other Drugs
David Zayas
Eduardo
Known for
Dexter
Oz
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Jimmy
Known for
The Wire
The Old Man
Cara Seymour
Kasia
Known for
The Knick
American Psycho
Tonye Patano
Ms. Robinson
Known for
Weeds
A Vigilante
Guy Boyd
Bill Lachman
Known for
Sharp Objects
The Young Pope
Debra Monk
Nancy Lachman
Known for
New Amsterdam
The Gilded Age
Rosemary Murphy
Doris Metzger
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
After.Life
Hal Blankenship
Burt
No other roles listed
Tamara Jenkins Director · Stephen Trask Composer W. Mott Hupfel III Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $8M · United States release November 28, 2007
Box office
Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$10,653,221
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Production
Lone Star Film Group
Production
This is that
Production
Ad Hominem Enterprises
Production
Cooper's Town
Production
Savage Productions
Production
Fox 2000 Pictures
Production
This Is That Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 19, 2007
Premiere · Sundance International Film Festival
United States · November 28, 2007
Limited theatrical
United States · April 22, 2008
Physical · DVD
United States
October 4, 2007 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
October 17, 2007 · Premiere · Austin Film Festival
October 18, 2007 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
November 2, 2007 · Premiere · Savannah Film and Video Festival
Australia
November 27, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Canada
September 10, 2007 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
September 29, 2007 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
Croatia
October 24, 2007 · Premiere · Zagreb Film Festival
Finland
July 25, 2008 · Physical · DVD
France
February 20, 2008 · Theatrical
February 25, 2009 · Physical
February 9, 2021 · Digital · VOD
April 30, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
April 24, 2008 · Theatrical
October 31, 2008 · Physical · DVD
August 21, 2009 · Physical · Cine Project DVD
Greece
November 24, 2007 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Ireland
January 25, 2008 · Theatrical
Italy
July 22, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Japan
February 3, 2010 · Digital
February 3, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Norway
November 28, 2007 · Theatrical
Poland
November 7, 2008 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 24, 2008 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 28, 2007 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 29, 2007 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
January 25, 2008 · Theatrical
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