Savage Grace (2007)

Director:

Tom Kalin

Writers (WGA):

Howard A. Rodman (screenplay)
Natalie Robins (book) ...
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Release Date:

30 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the Atlantic and remains one of the most memorable American Tragedies...

Plot Keywords:

Mother Son Incest | Woman On Top | Masturbation | Incest | Hand Job

Cast

Julianne Moore	...	Barbara Baekeland
Stephen Dillane	...	Brooks Baekeland
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elena Anaya	...	Blanca
Simón Andreu	...	Jean Pierre Souvestre
Jim Arnold	...	Joost Van Den Heuvels
Xavier Capdet
Barney Clark	...	Tony as a child
Hugh Dancy	...	Sam Green
Abel Folk	...	Carlos Durán
Mapi Galán	...	Simone Lippe
Martin Huber	...	Aschwin Lippe
Lina Lambert	...	Missy
Minnie Marx	...	Midge Van Den Heuvels
Peter Vives Newey	...	Mishka
Brendan Price
Eddie Redmayne	...	Tony Baekeland
Anne Reid	...	Nini Daly
Belén Rueda	...	Pilar Durán
Unax Ugalde	...	Black Jake

Directed by
Tom Kalin

Writing credits (WGA)
Howard A. Rodman		(screenplay)
Natalie Robins		(book) &
Steven M.L. Aronson		(book)

Produced by
Alberto Aranda	....	co-producer
Christian Baute	....	co-executive producer
Johnathan Dorfman	....	executive producer
Temple Fennell	....	executive producer
Xavier Granada	....	co-producer
Stephen Hays	....	executive producer
Pamela Koffler	....	producer
Iker Monfort	....	producer
Hengameh Panahi	....	executive producer
Howard A. Rodman	....	associate producer
Katie Roumel	....	producer
Elvira M. Sales	....	co-executive producer
Christine Vachon	....	producer
John Wells	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Fernando Velázquez

Cinematography by
Juan Miguel Azpiroz

Film Editing by
John F. Lyons

Casting by
Laura Rosenthal

Production Design by
Víctor Molero

Art Direction by
Deborah Chambers

Costume Design by
Gabriela Salaverri

Makeup Department
Ana López Puigcerver	....	makeup department head
Belén López Puigcerver	....	hair department head
Jerry Popolis	....	hair stylist: Julianne Moore
Susan Reilly LeHane	....	makeup artist: Julianne Moore

Production Management
Asen Kanchev	....	music production manager
Nicolás Tapia	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
F. Javier Soto	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Nuria Muni	....	property master
Octavio Tapia	....	on-set propmaster

Sound Department
Juan Borrell	....	sound
Bela María da Costa	....	sound editor
Jaime Fernández	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Nuncle	....	title design

Stunts
Antonio Higueruelo	....	action coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Juan Gonzalez Guerrero	....	electrician
Migueltxo Molina	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Pep Armengol	....	casting: Spain
Ali Farrell	....	casting associate
Luci Lenox	....	casting: Spain
Claire Saunders	....	casting: UK

Other crew
Yee Yeo Chang	....	assistant to producer
Ramsey Fong	....	production accountant: New York
Ruben Gomez	....	production assistant
Pawel Grajnert	....	chief researcher
Mar Henche	....	production accountant
Miguel Ángel Muñoz	....	accountant
Nuncle	....	title designer
Marc Panadés	....	production trainee
Alberto Poveda	....	unit production assistant
Marc 'Markus' Prat Trias	....	production trainee

Thanks
Manuel Monzón Fueyo	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• A Contraluz Films (co-production)
• ATO Pictures
• Killer Films
• Montfort Producciones

Distributors

• Bir Film (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Encore Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• IFC First Take (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)

Other Companies

• Dreamachine  international sales
• Elizabeth Bardsley & Associates  script annotation
• Nuncle  design and animation
• Post Factory NY  post-production facilities
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Spain | USA | France

Language:

English | French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Japan:R-18 | Taiwan:R-18 | Singapore:R21

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

A Contraluz Films

Disappointment, homosexuality does not have to involve insanity

Vastly overrated. Only redeeming quality of this film is the beautiful scenery and some fine cinematography. This movie is not the beautiful story of the importance of accepting others for who they are, regardless of their sexual orientation. Rather, this film depicts absolute dysfunction of individuals. The director misfires in his effort to portray humanity but does so only in terms of insanity. This film is not courageous and only amateurish in the cheap images used to shock rather than an accurate portrayal of the depth of this complex story dealing with complex and important issues. I came away very disappointed.