It underlines its metaphors and themes, then follows them with rows of exclamation points, just in case those in the cheap seats might miss them. Save The Tiger is overwritten and overstuffed, but frequently gripping and infused with grimy period detail and sweaty intensity. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Golden Globes: 3 Nominations. [5], Learn how and when to remove this template message, Best Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Produced or Published, Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Save_the_Tiger&oldid=971631693, Films featuring a Best Actor Academy Award-winning performance, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from October 2009, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 August 2020, at 09:28. [3], New York Times critic Vincent Canby called it "not a very good movie but it's a rather brave one, a serious-minded examination of some of the least interesting aspects of the failed American dream. A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive. A disillusioned aging decent man and once proud WWII veteran is dealing with midlife crisis as well as a tough moral dilemma. The Sting. With Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Norman Burton. He lives in a mansion in Beverly Hills and is obsessed with the past, which included combat during World War II. Steve Shagan, a novelist and screenwriter who earned Oscar nominations for his work on Save the Tiger and Voyage of the Damned, has died. But it never allows viewers to forget that it's also about the ethics and morality of capitalism—capitalism as warfare, capitalism as prostitution, and the conflict between a rosy, idealized conception of nostalgic American innocence and the raucous, irreverent rebellion of the counterculture. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. Directed by John G. Avildsen. Academy Awards, USA 1974 Winner Oscar: Best Actor in a Leading Role Jack Lemmon: Nominee Oscar: Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jack Gilford: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced Winners & Nominees. In 2011, Panthera and Save the Tiger Fund joined forces to carry out the most effective conservation activities possible to save the future of wild tigers. Save the Tiger (1973) Awards. Over the course of about a day and a half, he helps secure prostitutes for a lonely client, orders the arson of one of his factories, wigs out while giving a speech at a fashion show, and has sex and smokes pot with a hippie space cadet whose idea of seduction is blurting out "Wanna ball?" On the surface, the film might appear to be about one extraordinarily stressful day or so in the life of a Los Angeles businessman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. This last task is complicated when a client has a heart attack while cavorting with a prostitute provided by Stoner, as he has been doing for important clients for years. Through it all, Harry drinks, laments the state of the world, and tries his best to keep the business rolling as usual. The 1973 feature Save The Tiger won an Oscar for Best Actor (Jack Lemmon), plus nominations for Supporting Actor (Jack Gilford) and Original Screenplay (Steve Shagan, who also produced). In particular, Lemmon's beautifully modulated performance helps make it a worthy addition to the canon of films about how the system can drive ordinary citizens insane. This partnership combin There is also a novel version of Save the Tiger, by Shagan: the title comes from a campaign to save tigers from extinction for which Stoner signs a petition. The 1973 feature Save The Tiger won an Oscar for Best Actor (Jack Lemmon), plus nominations for Supporting Actor (Jack Gilford) and Original Screenplay (Steve Shagan, who also produced).As is often the case, Lemmon and Shagan seem to have been honored as much for the quantity of their work as its quality. Save The Tiger—which has just been released on a frustratingly no-frills DVD, sans even the requisite trailer—is an extraordinarily dense film, not just in terms of the sheer volume and speed of its excessively wordy dialogue, but also in the sheer preponderance of ideas being shoved down the audience's throat. Showing all 2 wins and 5 nominations. The arson is agreed to very reluctantly by Greene, an older family man who watches Harry's decline with alarm. The line, however, is a success. Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture. Save The Tiger is a character study with powerful, universal themes and a shattering commentary on the state of the world that explodes off the screen even forty years after it was made. Save the Tiger is a 1973 American drama film about moral conflict in contemporary America directed by John G. Avildsen, and starring Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Thayer David, Lara Parker, and Liv Lindeland. COPYRIGHT © HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION. The movie failed financially at the box office, but critics and viewers who saw it liked the performance of Lemmon as Stoner. The movie was written by Steve Shagan and directed by John G. Avildsen. Save the Tiger is a 1973 American drama film about moral conflict in contemporary America directed by John G. Avildsen, and starring Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Thayer David, Lara Parker, and Liv Lindeland. With no legal way to keep the company from going under, Stoner considers torching his warehouse for the insurance settlement. Lemmon won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Harry Stoner (making him the first of six actors to win Oscars for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor), an executive in the garment industry who struggles with the complexity of modern life versus the simplicity of his youth. Harry Stoner (Jack Lemmon) is the owner of a struggling Los Angeles apparel company. He and his partner Phil Greene (Jack Gilford), have kept it from collapsing by fraudulent accounting. Actor - Al Pacino in "Serpico" Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler. He was 88. The movie was filmed in sequence after three weeks of rehearsal in Los Angeles. As is often the case, Lemmon and Shagan seem to have been honored as much for the quantity of their work as its quality. With nerves still shaky, Stoner takes the stage at the premiere of his company's new line, only to be overcome by war memories. "[4], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 7.2/10. On top of everything else, Lemmon has to deal with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress disorder. 10 Nominations, 7 Wins A disillusioned aging decent man and once proud WWII veteran is dealing with midlife crisis as well as a tough moral dilemma. But Save The Tiger creates such a corrosively acidic portrait of the compromises and corruption endemic in the business world that it's hard to tell whether he's haunted by the dead bodies he witnessed in World War II, or the inhuman pressures of launching the previous spring's line of sporty casual wear. Stoner ends the day spontaneously deciding to spend the night with a free-spirited young lady, whose ignorance of his generation underscores his isolation from the world around him. GOLDEN GLOBE(S)®, HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION®, CECIL B. DEMILLE® AND GOLDEN GLOBES® STATUETTE DESIGN MARK ARE THE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS AND THE GOLDEN GLOBE® STATUETTE THE COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY, OF THE HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION. The screenplay was adapted by Steve Shagan from his novel of the same title. The screenplay was adapted by Steve Shagan from his novel of the same title. View by Category; ... * Actor - Jack Lemmon in "Save the Tiger" Serpico. If he wants his small near-bankrupt clothing company to survive, he has two days to let go of his shaken morals. Critic John Simon wrote Save the Tiger 'is a film with good, serious intentions, and thus a somewhat touching failure'. It's the kind of movie that never allows subtext to simply remain subtext. Based on Save the Tiger's critical accolades including Academy Award nominations for Jack Gilford (Best Supporting Actor) and Steve Shagan (Best Writing), this talented director continued to work in the industry until retiring in 1994 after completing 8 Seconds starring "Beverly Hills 90210" veteran Luke Perry. Lemmon was determined to make the movie, despite its limited commercial prospects, and so he waived his usual salary and worked for scale. If he wants his small near-bankrupt clothing company to survive, he has two days to let go of his shaken morals. Save the Tiger. Of course, it helps that nobody ever conveyed the clammy desperation of patrician WASPs quite as indelibly as Lemmon, who stars as the co-owner of a struggling garment company. He also talks obsessively about jazz and baseball, two subjects that connect him with his romanticized childhood, far from a sick, sad adult world spinning madly out of control. Steve Shagan's script uses Harry Stoner, portrayed by Jack Lemmon, as a way to dissect the world as we follow a little more than a day in his life. 2 Nominations.