Save the Tiger
Juggle the books. Set fire to the factory. Supply women for the clients. Harry Stoner will do anything to get one more season.
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DVD-R Details
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: November 10, 2020
- Originally Released: 1973
- Label: Paramount Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jack Lemmon & Jack Gilford | |
Performer: | Patricia Smith, Laurie Heineman, Norman Burton, Thayer David, William Hansen & Harvey Jason | |
Directed by | John G. Avildsen | |
Edited by | David Bretherton | |
Screenwriting by | Steve Shagan | |
Composition by | Marvin Hamlisch | |
Produced by | Steve Shagan | |
Director of Photography: | James Crabe |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1973 -
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B- --
Jack Lemmon won the 1973 Best Actor Oscar in John Avildsen's Arthur Miller-like sentimental melodrama, in which he plays a bitter down-on-his-luck L.A. businessman who feels cheated by the American Dream.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 5/5 --
A jolting drama, fueled by two stunning performances.
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Film Snobbery
Rating: A- --
A great film of uncommon truth.
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FulvueDrive-in.com
In the phony moral quagmire of Save the Tiger Jack Lemmon tugs at our heart strings while never letting go of his purse strings ...
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The New York Review of Books
Rating: 3/4 --
Save the Tiger is essentially a virtuoso piece of movie acting. Jack Lemmon holds the movie together by the sheer force of his performance as Harry; he makes this character so convincing that we're fascinated.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 1.5/4 --
Lemmon turns in showy, theatrical work that's appropriate to the not-terribly subtle film around him, but the whole enterprise is one that's best avoided...
Groucho Reviews
A compelling drama about morality under fire in the life of a middle-aged business man
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Spirituality and Practice
Product Description:
Director John G. Avildsen's SAVE THE TIGER is a complex character study of businessman Harry Stoner (Jack Lemmon), the CEO of a once-successful clothing company in 1970s Los Angeles. He and his business partner, Phil Greene (the great Jack Gilford), have seen better days--their company is failing, and on the eve of an important fashion show, they must make a decision about its future. Harry believes that the only way out of their financial crisis is arson and must face the possibility of that immoral decision while trying to convince Phil that it's truly the only way out. A sleazy wheeler and dealer, Harry's not above such things as pimping for his important clients, cheating on his taxes, and running his business by the seat of his pants. But above all, Harry's suffering from a midlife crisis and pining for the bygone days of his childhood, when--he believes--things were simpler and more clear-cut. Now residing in the lap of luxury, he struggles to maintain his lifestyle without losing his sense of self. As he wanders the city of Los Angeles in a daze, he meets a young hitchhiking hippie (Laurie Heineman) whom he spends the night with, but even this doesn't seem to recapture his youth. Struggling with his personal demons and the future of his business, Harry has to make a final, moral decision that will determine the way he spends the rest of his days. This intimate commentary on the evils of materialism features an Oscar-winning performance from Lemmon that is subtly and deeply moving.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 57,368
- UPC: 032429347053
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