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  • The Deer Hunter
  • The Deer Hunter review by Darren Oliver from London
    Rated - 5 stars A true materpiece 29 December 2004
    ...uring the Vietnam War. It starts in their hometown with the marriage of Steven (John Savage) which is also a sending off party for the two other men Nick (Christopher Walk...  
  • The Onion Field
  • The Onion Field review by Darth Egregious from London
    Rated - 4 stars Strong story and performances save it from its slightly slow pacing 1 December 2005
    ...nces - the whole cast is riveting - there's not a single poor performance. When John Savage hits his child the moment is simulataneously shocking and pitiable thanks to hi...  
  • Wolfhound / Club Vampire
  • Wolfhound / Club Vampire review by A customer from WITNEY
    Rated - 1 stars 25 July 2004
    ...ngle on vampires.cross between goth and slasher movie plus token american actor John Savage at his lowest ever.avoid...  

John Savage - filmography


  • Intoxicating on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Kirk Harris,  John Savage,  Eric Roberts
    Director: Mark David
    Certificate: 15
    Dorian Shanley (Kirk Harris), is a heart surgeon who abuses alcohol and drugs. Dorian trades stolen pharmaceuticals for cocaine , provided by his best friend and enabler, Teddy (Eric Roberts). While Dorian's life and career take a nosedive, Shanley numbs the pain of losing his father, William ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 32% from 357 members
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  • The Jack Bull on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Cusack,  John Goodman,  L.Q. Jones
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: 15
    At a time in the West when colonies dreamt of statehood and men forged their own laws with power and pride, a honest rancher is forced to face the injustices of a power-hungry neighbor. John Cusack stars as Myrl Redding, a just and forthright horse trader who becomes the brutal victim of his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 66% from 132 members
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  • Summer Of Sam on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Leguizamo,  Adrien Brody,  Mira Sorvino
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: 18
    SUMMER OF SAM, Spike Lee's sizzling interpretation of the summer of 1977 in New York City, when thermometers shattered and a serial killer terrorized the city, focuses on an Italian-American community in the Bronx specifically, Dionna (Mira Sorvino) and Vinny (John Leguizamo), a couple whose ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 65% from 963 members
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  • The Thin Red Line on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Sean Penn,  Adrien Brody,  Jim Caviezel
    Director: Terrence Malick
    Certificate: 15
    Terrence Malick returns to Hollywood after a two-decade hiatus with this adaptation of the classic WWII novel by James Jones. The story follows the efforts of an army platoon to capture the Japanese-controlled island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean, which will have a major effect on the outcome ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 67% from 2,619 members
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  • Amnesia on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  John Savage,  Sally Kirkland
    Director: Kurt Voss
    Certificate: 18
    After seeing no end to his passionate affair with his son's teacher Veronica Gow, Paul Keller the married and guilt-stricken minister of Hollow Lake gives in to desire and sin and plots to fake his death in order to run away with her, leaving his wife with the insurance money. But things gets ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.0 35% from 68 members
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  • White Squall on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Caroline Goodall,  John Savage
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: 12
    Eclectic director Ridley Scott here tries his hand at a coming-of-age tale, which stars Jeff Bridges as ship captain Christopher Sheldon. Based on a true story, the film is set in 1960 as a group of teenaged prep students signs on to Sheldon's floating summer school, conducted on a two-masted ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 66% from 369 members
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  • Door To Silence (1991)
    Starring: John Savage,  Richard Castleman,  Jennifer Loeb
    Director: Lucio Fulci
    Certificate: TBC
    A young man has mysterious encounters with an unknown woman, an ominous hearse, and other supernatural events on the road during an aimless drive around Louisiana after the funeral of his father.
    Rate this: 2.0 36% from 5 members
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  • Any Man's Death on DVD (1989)
    Starring: John Savage,  William Hickey,  Ernest Borgnine
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: 15
    A journalist is sent to find a missing colleague in Angola. What he faces is a personal dilemma as he discovers a Nazi war criminal responsible for thousands of Jewish deaths, working on a cure for cancer...
    Rate this: 2.0 37% from 36 members
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  • Salvador on DVD (1985)
    Starring: James Woods,  James Belushi,  John Savage
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: 18
    Oliver Stone's first overtly political film, SALVADOR is a passionate protest against the savagery unleashed by fascist thugs in El Salvador during the early 1980s with the complicity of the U.S. government. It stars James Woods as combat photojournalist Richard Boyle, an erratic, cynical character ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 71% from 551 members
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  • The Onion Field on DVD (1979)
    Starring: John Savage,  James Woods,  Ted Danson
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: 18
    Based on the best-selling novel by Joseph Wambaugh, which tells the true and tragic story of the kidnapping of two police officers in Los Angeles in the 1960s.
    Rate this: 3.0 61% from 275 members
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  • Hair on DVD (1979)
    Starring: John Savage,  Treat Williams,  Beverly D'Angelo
    Director: Milos Forman
    Certificate: 15
    The "Age of Aquarius" is captured for all time in Czech director Milos Forman's version of the hit 1960s Broadway musical. A clean-cut midwestern kid named Claude (John Savage), fresh off the bus from Oklahoma and eager to do service in the military, comes to New York and ends up sidetracked by a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 64% from 335 members
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  • The Deer Hunter (2 discs) on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  John Cazale,  John Savage
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: 18
    This epic look at the Vietnam War and its effects told through the lives of a tight knit group of friends from a Pennsylvania town was Michael Cimino's second film and established him in the pantheon of American directors. Complex and emotionally raw performances from Robert De Niro and Meryl ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 76% from 7,450 members
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  • Bad Company on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Barry Brown,  Jim Davis
    Director: Robert Benton
    Certificate: 15
    Robert Benton's directorial debut stars Jeff Bridges as young con man Jake Rumsey in this highly original Western. After Drew Dixon (Barry Brown), an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land with a loose ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 312 members
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  • Flynn on DVD
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Steven Berkoff,  Claudia Karvan
    Director: Frank Howson
    Certificate: 18
    Pearce (from L.A. CONFIDENTIAL) plays everyone's favourite swashbuckler Errol Flynn in his early years. This biopic details Flynn's life, from his youth in Australia to his early adventures in Hollywood up until his trial for murder at age 21.
    Rate this: 2.0 38% from 56 members
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John Savage facts

5 most recent films


Intoxicating - 1.5 stars
The Anarchist Cookbook - 2.5 stars
Wolfhound / Club Vampire - 2.0 stars
They Nest - 2.5 stars
The Jack Bull - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Deer Hunter, The - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
The Deer Hunter - 3.5 stars
Salvador - 3.5 stars
Message In A Bottle - 3.0 stars
Hair - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


The Amateur - 3 stars
Hunting - 1.5 stars
Door To Silence - 2.0 stars
Any Man's Death - 2.0 stars
All The Kind Strangers - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Miranda Otto - 2 times - show films
Christopher Walken - 2 times - show films
Guy Pearce - 2 times - show films
Meryl Streep - 2 times - show films
John Cusack - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Frank Howson - 2 times - show films
Michael Cimino - 2 times - show films
Terrence Malick - 1 times - show films
Robert Benton - 1 times - show films
Andy Ruben - 1 times - show films