Savages / Angelika Films presents presents in association with Merchant Ivory Productions ; screenplay by George Swift Trow and Michael O'Donoghue ; producer, Ismail Merchant ; director, James Ivory.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Adventures of a brown man in search of civilization.
Notes:
Lewis J. Stadlen, Anne Francine, Sam Waterston, Susie Blakely, Ultra Violet, Salome Jens, Kathleen Widdoes, Thayer David, Neil Fitzgerald, Buss Thacker, Margaret Brewster. Based on an indea by James Ivory. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Special features: Adventures of a brown man in search of civilization, an hour long documentary by director James Ivory about Indian scholar Nirad Chaudhuri; Conversation with the filmmakers, part of a new series of interviews with Ismail Merchant and James Ivory.
Summary:
A tribe of primitive mud people encounter a croquet ball, rolling through the forest. Following it, they find themselves on a large, deserted estate. After entering, the begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles of people at a weekend party.
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