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Savages is a 2012 American drama film directed by Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Shane Salerno and Don Winslow, based on a work by Don Winslow. Its cast includes Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Blake Lively and Salma Hayek, with Lively also serving as narrator. Daniel Mindel was the cinematographer and Joe Hutshing the film editor, for Relativity Media.
The story is set in Mexico and California, though filming took place in Indonesia. Distributed by Netflix and rated R, the film had a budget of $45,000,000 and earned $82,966,152 at the box office.
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6.4Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Cast
- Taylor Kitsch as Chon
- Blake Lively as Ophelia 'O' Sage
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Ben
- John Travolta as Dennis
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Elena
- Benicio del Toro as Lado
Themes
- explosive
- widow
- american abroad
- eye gouging
- dea agent
- shot
- southern california
- surrogate daughter
- laguna beach, california
- enforcer
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
138,401 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 7 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Oliver Stone
- Screenplay by
- Shane Salerno Oliver Stone Don Winslow
- Based on
- Savages , by Don Winslow
- Produced by
- Moritz Borman Eric Copeloff
- Starring
- Taylor Kitsch Blake Lively Aaron Johnson John Travolta Benicio del Toro Salma Hayek
- Cinematography
- Dan Mindel
- Edited by
- Joe Hutshing Stuart Levy Alex Marquez
- Music by
- Adam Peters
- Production companies
- Relativity Media Ixtlan Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- June 25, 2012 ( 2012-06-25 ) ( Westwood ) July 6, 2012 ( 2012-07-06 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 130 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $45 million
- Box office
- $83 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Oliver Stone
- Screenwriter
- Oliver Stone
- Cast member
- Ali Wong
- Production company
- Relativity Media
- Cinematographer
- Daniel Mindel
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- Indonesia
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 364974
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.savagesfilm.com
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- publication date
- 2012-06-25
- title
- Savages
- narrator
- Blake Lively
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Don Winslow
- Commons category
- Savages (2012 film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 59/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Savages is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Oliver Stone. Its screenplay, written by Stone, Don Winslow and Shane Salerno, is based on Winslow's 2010 novel. It stars Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Benicio del Toro, Demián Bichir, Salma Hayek, and John Travolta. The film follows two cannabis growers, Chon, an ex-Navy SEAL, and Ben, who are best friends, as they confront the Mexican drug cartel that kidnapped their girlfriend.
The film was released by Universal Pictures on July 6, 2012, to mixed reviews, and grossed $83 million worldwide on a $45 million budget.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Savages” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.