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User Rating:
5.7/10   263 votes
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Writer:
Steve Williams (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 June 1998 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
If you're going to sell out your friends...Make sure you get a good price
Plot:
Six people become embroiled in mayhem and murder when Dad Savage attempts to determine who murdered his son and stole his stash of cash. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A wonderfully quirky piece of English writing more (11 total)

Cast

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Patrick Stewart ... Dad Savage

Kevin McKidd ... H

Helen McCrory ... Chris

Joe McFadden ... Bob
Marc Warren ... Vic
Jake Wood ... Sav
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Directed by
Betsan Morris Evans 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Steve Williams  writer

Produced by
Robert Jones .... producer
Gwynneth Lloyd .... producer
Paul Sarony .... line producer
 
Original Music by
Simon Boswell 
 
Cinematography by
Gavin Finney 
 
Film Editing by
Guy Bensley 
 
Casting by
Susie Parriss 
Paddy Stern 
 
Production Design by
Michael Carlin 
 
Art Direction by
Karen Wakefield 
 
Set Decoration by
Liz Griffiths 
 
Costume Design by
Rachael Fleming 
 
Makeup Department
Colin Ware .... prosthetic designer
 
Production Management
Hilary Benson .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Beni Turkson .... second assistant director
Stephen Woolfenden .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Douglas Ingram .... storyboard artist
Nick Thomas .... storeman
 
Sound Department
Paul Botham .... boom operator
Robert Farr .... sound re-recording mixer
Stephen Griffiths .... sound editor
 
Special Effects by
Garry Cooper .... special effects technician
 
Visual Effects by
Craig Chandler .... digital compositor
 
Stunts
Steve Caswell .... stunt double
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Danny Espey .... lighting balloon operator
Robert Shacklady .... daily focus puller
David Smith .... gaffer
Mark Tillie .... still photographer
Alf Tramontin .... Steadicam operator
 
Editorial Department
Michael Corden .... first assistant editor
Steve Farman .... negative cutter
Steve Mercer .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Laurence Kaye .... music supervisor
 
Other crew
Jamie Lengyel .... location scout
Marshall Leviten .... production runner
Jon McCrory .... stand-in
Susanna Wyatt .... production accountant
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and language.
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Runtime:
104 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Germany:16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK
Company:
Polygram Filmed Entertainment more

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Soundtrack:
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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
A wonderfully quirky piece of English writing, 21 February 2005
9/10
Author: ambassadoryanek from South Africa

I have never considered myself a serious critics of films. I like what I like, and I seldom reference films to one another. So Dad Savage was for me no like Pulp Fiction meets Res. Dogs only English. It was and will always be: And English film on it's own.

So what did I think of Dad Savage? I loved it. It keeps you guessing from beginning to end, and Patrick Stewart is simply the cherry on the top. He is wonderful in this film, and unlike some of his other roles, which are typically upright and moral, he plays a mean, nasty crook, who loves his son.

The film flows quickly and easily around the intricate plot that once revealed makes wonderful and dark sense. It's in my collection because it's trying to be different from the rest, and it's what I'd like to term - a surprise film. It's quirky, sharp and fast and at no point does it give us a moral lecture, nor does it attempt to cover up anything.

If you liked Complicity (Johnny Lee Miller) or Peter's Friends (Stephen Fry) then you're bound to love Dad Savage. All my thumbs up!

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