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 lives in high style in a Beverly Hills mansion with a Spanish-speaking maid. Traumatized by combat in WWII, and overwhelmed by his business and life pressures, he is obsessed with his baseball-loving youth. Awakening in a scream for the second time that week, and acting out pre-war Brooklyn Dodgers baseball games in the bedroom − including a wild pitching windup he nostalgically recalls − his wife, Janet urges him to call a Dr. Frankfurter for a hypnosis session. He's explained to her that every morning he wakes up costs him $200 − what with the mortgage, daughter's Swiss school, pool cleaner, tree surgeon, etc. − and that they have to somehow finance a new line of female fashion at work, after doing "ballet with the books" the previous year to stay afloat (triggering a possible audit).
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 | act arterial occlusion awaken baseball game beverly hills brooklyn dodgers capri even expect factory false insurance claims fashion show flower power heart specialist hippie hippy hitchhike hugh casey injured insurance company island in italy lincoln continental meet morning movie theater obsess only way pass playing baseball pool cleaner struggle sunset strip torch traumatize war memories wild pitching windup world war ii wwii |
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 |