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Save the Tiger
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. The screenplay was written years prior by Steve Shagan, who novelized his screenplay in 1972 while trying to sell the script to a studio.
Plot
Harry Stoner is the owner of a struggling Los Angeles apparel company. He and his partner, Phil Greene, have kept it from collapsing by fraudulent accounting. He lives in a mansion in Beverly Hills and is obsessed with the past, which included combat during World War II. While driving to work he picks up a young free-spirited hitchhiker on Sunset strip, Myra. She offers to have sex with him but he declines. With no legal way to keep the company from going under, Stoner considers torching his warehouse for the insurance settlement.
Awards
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| author | Steve Shagan |
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| award | Academy Award for Best Actor |
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | John G. Avildsen |
| editor | David Bretherton |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | beverly hills drive false insurance claims family man heart attack hitchhike myocardial infarction obsess struggle sunset strip torching his warehouse war memories world war ii |
| musicBy | Marvin Hamlisch |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Steve Shagan |
| productionCompany | Filmways |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |