| Savage | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Drama Thriller |
| Written by | Mark Rodgers William Link Richard Levinson |
| Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
| Starring | Martin Landau Barbara Bain Will Geer Paul Richards Michele Carey |
| Music by | Gil Melle |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Richard Levinson William Link |
| Producer | Paul Mason |
| Production locations | Los Angeles, California Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza,Universal City, California |
| Cinematography | Bill Butler |
| Editors | Edward M. Abroms Steven Spielberg |
| Running time | 73 minutes |
| Production company | Universal Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | March 31, 1973 (1973-03-31) |
Savage is a 1973 Americanthriller-dramatelevision pilot directed bySteven Spielberg and starringMartin Landau.[1] It was not picked up as a series and has been referred to as a standalonemade-for-television film.
A TV reporter investigates a compromising photograph of a nominee to the Supreme Court after the woman in the photograph mysteriously dies.
Spielberg didn't want to direct another TV film, coming off the success of the theatrical release ofDuel, and was trying to get his own projects into production.William Link andRichard Levinson were attempting to get their seriesThe Savage Report off the ground as showrunners, and pushed Universal executive Sid Sheinberg to assign Spielberg the pilot. Link later said Spielberg didn't like the script, and that after a meeting with Sheinberg where Spielberg was pressured into taking on the project, "Steve came back almost in tears. We asked, 'What happened?' We were playing dumb because we had set this up," and went on to say "Steve had made the mistake of saying that he wasn't in the Universal business, he was in the Steven Spielberg business."[2]
Landau thought the show was "ahead of its time" and claimed it did not become a series because of its critique of TV news.
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