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The last thing the two Savage siblings ever wanted to do was look back at their difficult family history. Having wriggled their way out from beneath their fatherâs domineering thumb, they are now firmly cocooned in their own complicated lives. Wendy is a struggling East Village playwright, AKA a temp who spends her days applying for grants, stealing office supplies and dating her very married neighbor. Jon is a neurotic college professor writing books on obscure subjects in Buffalo. Then comes the call that informs them that the father they have long feared and avoided, Lenny Savage, is slowly being consumed by dementia and they are the only ones that can help. Now, as they put their already arrested lives on hold, Wendy and Jon are forced to live together under one roof for the first time since childhood, rediscovering the eccentricities that drove each other crazy. Faced with complete upheaval and battling over how to handle their fatherâs final days, they are confronted with what adulthood, family and, most surprisingly, each other are really about.
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Logline: |
When an estranged and senile father starts failing, his son and daughter are suddenly burdened with the heavy chore of care-giving for a man who once neglected and abused them. |
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| Genres: |
Drama and Kids/Family |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 53 min. |
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| Release Date: |
November 28th, 2007 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for some sexuality and language. |
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| Distributors: |
Fox Searchlight Pictures
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| Production Co.: |
This Is That, Lone Star Film Group
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| Studios: |
Fox Searchlight Pictures
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| Financiers: |
Ad Hominem Enterprises, Cooper s Town Productions
Completion Bond Provider: Film Finances Inc
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$6,610,326 |
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| Filming Locations: |
New York, New York, USA
New York City, New York, USA
Sun City, Arizona, USA
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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