Salvajes

Starring:Paredes, Arias, Moron
Studio: Maverick
Product Type: DVD

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Great...great...great!
politics as real life

Caballos Salvajes
Starring: Héctor Alterio , Antonio Grimau , Cipe Lincovsky , Federico Luppi , and Jorge Petraglia
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro
Manufacturer: Venevision
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ASIN: B0006SSOS6
Release Date: 2005-03-01

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Great...great...great!.......2006-07-08

It's hard to find movies like this one in Hollywood. The actors are excellent and the story makes you think about what is really important in life. Excellent cast, excellent photography, excellent, excellent!

politics as real life.......2005-03-02

I was writing to say that I've been waiting for this DVD for some years now, and am excited as heck to actually own it... to be able to watch this movie anytime, and share it with my friends who may never have experienced this beautiful story, is a delight which is so difficult to communicate! BUY IT!

Technical details (besides the ones amazon lists):

this DVD has optional english subtitles (original Spanish audio)!

it is NOT "widescreen", though I'm not positive it's pan-and-scan either. it seems as though perhaps the ratio of the ORIGINAL film was square-ish, so perhaps they didn't cut anything. i'm not sure. the fact is, however, that for many Latin American films, the process of re-producing the original VHS release for DVD release is relatively unlikely, due to their somewhat marginal market value.

and a review from the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which last year held a retrospective of the director's work in New York City:

"From Buenos Aires to Patagonia, WILD HORSES gallops along at breakneck speed, maneuvering twists of plot with agility and turns of character with grace. Directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and adapted from a script by Aida Bortnik, best known in the U.S. for The Official Story, this is a road film that celebrates sudden radical change, unlikely friendships, motion and the startling Argentine landscape. In showing how the media creates popular heroes, WILD HORSES is a shrewd and deft satire, but its understanding of the human heart brings an audience to tears. A selection of the 1995 San Sebastian Film Festival, the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, and the 1996 ND/NF Festival."

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Critical Issues, Some Fine Actors, But Ultimately a Mishmash

Salvajes
Starring: Imanol Arias , Mario Pardo , Marisa Paredes , Emilio Buale , and Alicia Sanchez
Director: Carlos Molinero
Manufacturer: Maverick
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ASIN: B00018D4W2
Release Date: 2004-02-17

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Critical Issues, Some Fine Actors, But Ultimately a Mishmash.......2004-04-21

SALVAJES ("Savages") is one of those films that makes you want it to succeed. The story takes place in Spain and involves a group of 'skinheads' who are out to rid their country of unwanted immigrants and in doing so give reference to ethnic cleansing that always raises a heinous specter. Marisa Paredes, always an excellent actress, tries valiantly to make the best of her role as a 50s-something mother of two sons involved in the beating of an African American man. She becomes romantically involved with the policeman assigned to the investigation and who proves to have bizarre, edgy behaviors himself. The filming is by hand held camera which in the beating and interrogation scenes provides only an abstraction of motion that, gratefully, spares us the gore, but at the same time creates a sense of the film falling apart. The actors are a mixed bag: good performances form Imanol Arias, Manuel Moron and Roger Casamjor but only adequate ones from the fairly large supporting cast. The credits (while completely unreadable due to the superimposed film-within-a-film) are where the message is strongest: several immigrants from Cameroon and other locales speak to the audience about the difficulties of acceptance (let alone brutality) they experience in Spain. Four stars for content, 3 stars for execution. In Spanish with English subtitles.

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Wild thriller
Sexy classic thriller!!!
Wild Things
Neve Campbell should act more she's terrific
Two's a Company, THree's a Crowd . Sex Crimes 101 .

Criaturas Salvajes (Wild Things)
Starring: Matt Dillon , Kevin Bacon , Neve Campbell , Theresa Russell , and Denise Richards
Director: John McNaughton
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B00006AUHW
Release Date: 2002-09-03

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Wild Things is the kind of lurid, trashy thriller that you'll either dive into with unabashed pleasure or turn away from in prudish disgust; it's entirely your choice, but we suggest the former option since it's obviously much more fun. The plot's so convoluted it's hardly worth describing, except to say that it's set in humid Florida and involves a respected high school teacher (Matt Dillon--yes, Matt Dillon as a teacher!) who is faced with accusations of rape by a student (Denise Richards, from Starship Troopers) who had been giving him the kind of attention most people would consider improper for such a "nice" young lady. Another student (Neve Campbell) raises a similar charge against the teacher, and that's when a police officer (Kevin Bacon) begins to investigate the allegations. Just when you think the movie's gone overboard with its shameless sex and absurdly twisted plot, in drops Bill Murray as an unscrupulous lawyer (of course) to spice things up with insurance scams and welcomed comic relief. As directed by John McNaughton (who has a way of making just the right moves with this kind of film noir melodrama), Wild Things is a bona fide guilty pleasure--the kind of movie you may be ashamed to enjoy, but what the heck, you'll enjoy it anyway. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Wild thriller.......2007-03-15

This is a sleek, erotic and full of unexpected twists thriller. The cast is young, cool and made for these roles. But apert from the obvious sex appeal which help sell this film there is a very clever and fast plot that keeps the viewer interested and guessing. It is a sort of neo-film-noir directed to the young generation and the not so young generation. It all comes together at the end credits in a manner that Agatha Christie used in her own books.
Enjoy it.

Sexy classic thriller!!!.......2007-01-27

Cool, classy, stylish...need i say more? Well, why not...

Rarely is a film worthy of 5 stars - this probably isn't but it certainly is quality.

Love this film. It's just great.

Great cast, great plot, great twist...good script

A film that has both Neve Campbell and Denise Richards in it can't be bad, especially when they have a very 'close' relationship in it. The ladies are ably assisted by Kevin Bacon and Matt Dillon who are both quality geezers.

Certainly unpredictable and well worth watching...but enough about the plot, the ladies are more important

Wild Things.......2006-11-11

The credits include significant actors, so you know the movie has to be good, right? Well, most of the movie elements are fine, except the script which is very light-weight in dialogue. Perhaps this is due to the difficult plot - more time writing to make that work than giving the actors something to say.

Worth watching just to see Bill Murray play a sleeze lawyer and Denise Richards playing herself!

Neve Campbell should act more she's terrific.......2006-08-28

Actually, the whole cast worked well together. Humid Florida wealthy trampy mom ignores daughter she in turn is manipulated by sleazy teacher, girl from the wrong side of the tracks is in on the con. This movie reminded me of "Palmetto" a little seen movie with Woody Harrilson and Elizabeth Shue. It wasen't a big hit but it was the same type of con game being played on some slippery characters. Enjoy!

Two's a Company, THree's a Crowd . Sex Crimes 101 ........2006-08-09

Film Noir at it's Best. Lies, Betrayal, Deception, Sexual Eroticism. All through the movie You dont know who to cheer for, THe Cop, The Dirty Teacher, The Trailer Trash Chic, The Funny Lawyer, THe School Tramp, The Tramp's MOther, THe Cop's Partner, The Tramp's Mother Cuban LOver. You dont know who is who and what is up or down. ONe big Dirty Camp of a Movie..to describe it with only one word it would be....... YUMMY!

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Perros Salvajes
Starring: Perros Salvajes
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ASIN: B000MM1GCW
Release Date: 2007-03-06

Savages (Salvajes) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]

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Savages (Salvajes) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]
Director: Carlos Molinero
Manufacturer: Filmax
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ASIN: B000FMTXVA

Product Description

Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Subtitles), Spanish (Subtitles), WIDESCREEN, SYNOPSIS: One dysfunctional family's problems hold up a mirror to larger issues of racism and misplaced patriotism in this Spanish drama. Berta (Marisa Paredes) is a nurse who is edging into middle age and looking for a husband; she also looks after the three teenage children of her recently deceased sister. Eduardo (Imanol Arias) is a hard-drinking police investigator who encounters Berta during a trip to the hospital; they hit it off and begin dating. But Berta's new romance could pose a problem for her niece, Lucia (Maria Isasi), whose boyfriend, Fausto (Jose Luis Alcobendas), has a lucrative illegal business smuggling illegal aliens from North Africa into Spain. Adding to tensions around the house, Lucia's brothers, Raul (Alberto Ferreiro) and Guillermo (Roger Casamajor), are members of an extreme right-wing group who have been implicated in the murder of an illegal immigrant from Senegal (Emilio Buale). Berta tries to ignore the ugly truth about the youngsters in her care, but when Eduardo is assigned to investigate the case of the murdered immigrant, she is forced to face the reality of her family's actions. Salvajes was the first feature film from director Carlos Molinero.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Trailer(s), Scene Access, Interactive Menu, Filmographies, Documentary, Biographies,

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3 Salvajes
Starring: Luis Aguilar
Manufacturer: Producciones Albaran B&m
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Ringo; Face of Revenge (Los Cuatro salvajes) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]

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Ringo; Face of Revenge (Los Cuatro salvajes) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]
Director: Mario Caiano
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Germany released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), German (Dolby Digital 2.0), Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SYNOPSIS: Two adventurers save the life of a man who has a tattooed treasure map on his back. The second needed map is on the back of a sheriff. The hunt begins. SPECIAL FEATURES: Alternative Footage, Featurette, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s),