Directed by Nancy Savoca • 1991 • United States
Starring River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco
An ineffably bittersweet portrait of youth in the 1960s, Nancy Savoca’s funny, sensitive tale of love and war etches two vividly alive characters: aspiring San Francisco folk singer Rose (Lili Taylor) and hotheaded, Vietnam-bound marine Eddie Birdlace (River Phoenix), who meet on the occasion of a cruelly misogynistic party where men compete to bring the most unattractive dates they can find. But what begins as a night to forget unexpectedly develops into something far more meaningful. Featuring music by folk legends Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Pete Seeger, DOGFIGHT captures the miracle of human connection while gracefully subverting ideas surrounding machismo, patriotic duty, and the very meaning of America itself.
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Household Saints
Directed by Nancy Savoca • 1993 • United States
Starring Tracey Ullman, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lili TaylorBased on the novel by Francine Prose, Nancy Savoca’s wonderfully warm chronicle of a spirited Italian American New York family gracefully balances humor, tragedy, and pathos. Vincent D’Onofrio’...
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Renata
Directed by Nancy Savoca • 1982 • United States
Starring Marianne Leone Cooper, Jo Deodato Clark, Carla WynnWith her very first short film, made while she was a student at NYU, director Nancy Savoca explores what would become a hallmark of her work—the push-pull between generations—through an a...
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Bad Timing
Directed by Nancy Savoca • 1982 • United States
In her second student film, director Nancy Savoca captures the often disillusioning experience of first love through the story of a young girl and boy who run away from New York City together with dreams of making it big in Hollywood—but it only ta...
