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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Steve Shagan (writer)
Release Date:
21 July 1973 (Sweden)
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Tagline:
Jack Lemmon in his most important dramatic role since "The Days of Wine and Roses." more
Plot:
A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days. full summary | add synopsis
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Businessman
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Fashion Show
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Beach
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Suit
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Tie
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 1 win
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5 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
'Drunk' Pacino Thrilled To Lose Out On Serpico Oscar
(From WENN. 22 February 2009, 5:45 PM, PST)
Jack Lemmon Dead At 76
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 28 June 2001)
(From WENN. 22 February 2009, 5:45 PM, PST)
Jack Lemmon Dead At 76
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 28 June 2001)
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Lemmon deserved the Oscar for this one
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Lemmon | ... | Harry Stoner |
 | Jack Gilford | ... | Phil Greene |
 | Laurie Heineman | ... | Myra |
| Norman Burton | ... | Fred Mirrell |
| Patricia Smith | ... | Janet Stoner |
| Thayer David | ... | Charlie Robbins |
| William Hansen | ... | Meyer |
 | Harvey Jason | ... | Rico |
| Liv Lindeland | ... | Ula (as Liv Von Linden) |
| Lara Parker | ... | Margo |
| Eloise Hardt | ... | Jackie |
| Janina | ... | Dusty |
| Ned Glass | ... | Sid Fivush |
| Pearl Shear | ... | Cashier |
| Biff Elliot | ... | Tiger Petitioner (as Biff Elliott) |
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100 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:15 (re-rating) (2005) |
UK:AA (original rating) |
Canada:18A (Ontario) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R
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Jack Lemmon admitted to having had a serious drinking problem at one time, which is one reason he looks back on his Oscar-winning role as Harry Stoner in Save the Tiger (1973) as perhaps the most gratifying, emotionally fulfilling performance of his career.
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Goofs:
Continuity: Harry wipes Fred's face almost completely clean of the red body paint. In a subsequent shot, Fred's face is covered with red paint again.
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Quotes:
[Referring to the arsonist and the hooker]
Phil Greene: Professionals, Charlie and Margo. One starts the fires, the other one puts them out.
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Phil Greene: Professionals, Charlie and Margo. One starts the fires, the other one puts them out.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
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Soundtrack:
Stompin' At The Savoy
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This was definitely a tour-de-force performance for Jack Lemmon.
I believe the strength of this film is that his performance allows it to strike a multi-generational cord with viewers...a key theme of the movie is the way the world has changed since they way we remembered it when we were younger, which I think is a pang that all of us get, no matter what age. The world always seems darker and more complicated now and concept that needs no real transposition between eras.
Harry Stoner is a man of his times...swing bands, baseball, and World War II. His life is still influenced by all three, but only in quick flashes of fond memories or flashbacks of a beach in Italy. Lemmon gives us a character that does what he has to do in order to maintain what he has worked for, and that rationalizes that which may or may not be quite on the up-and-up.
Jack Gilford is excellent as his partner in Capri Casuals, representing a voice of conscience that is not quite as blind to circumstance as Jack's character, and there are several other good performances in the film. Jack Lemmon stands out, as he does in most films, and richly deserved the Academy Award for this one.