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Save the Tiger
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| Save The Tiger | |
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| Directed by | John G. Avildsen |
| Produced by | Edward S. Feldman Martin Ransohoff Steve Shagan |
| Written by | Steve Shagan |
| Starring | Jack Lemmon Jack Gilford Laurie Heineman Norman Burton Patricia Smith |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 14 February 1973 USA |
| Running time | 100 Min |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Save the Tiger is a 1973 film which tells a story of moral conflict in modern America. It stars Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Thayer David, Lara Parker and Liv Lindeland.
Lemmon plays Harry Stoner in a bleak story that depicts an outwardly successful man questioning the value of the material prosperity he's desperately trying to maintain. Lemmon and Gilford play men who run an apparel company and are in financial trouble. Over the course of two days, Stoner considers torching his warehouse for the insurance settlement, his main client suffers a heart attack in a tryst Lemmon arranged, he meets a free-spirited hitchhiker, and breaks down at the premiere of his company's new line.
Throughout the film, Stoner struggles with the complexity of modern life versus the simplicity of his youth. He longs for the pleasures he enjoyed as a young man. Baseball, jazz, and his experiences during the World War II landing at Anzio are topics he muses about.
Juggle the books. Set fire to the factory. Supply women for the clients. Harry Stoner will do anything to get one more season.
The movie was written by Steve Shagan and directed by John G. Avildsen.
It won the Academy Award for Best Actor (Jack Lemmon) and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Gilford) and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced.
The movie was filmed in sequence after three weeks of rehearsal in Los Angeles.
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