Savior with Dennis Quaid: DVD Cover
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Savior Director: Peter Antonijevic Cast: Dennis Quaid, Nastassja Kinski, Stellan Skarsgård, Natasa Ninkovic

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  • DVD Release Date: 04/20/1999
  • Original Release: 1998
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 32,690

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Interactive menus; Languages: English [Stereo] and 5.1 Spanish; Subttles: English, Spanish; Theatrical trailer; Scene selections; Anamorphic widescreen and full screen formats; Digitally mastered video and audio; Production notes; Director's audio commentary

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Editorial Reviews

After producer Oliver Stone saw Serbian director Peter Antonijevic's political drama The Little One (1992), he sent him Robert Orr's screenplay, which Orr based on the true story of an American mercenary in Bosnia. Orr had been a photographer's assistant during the war. Thus, Antonijevic directed the first 100% American-funded film about the Yugoslav conflict, beginning with a Paris prologue: Former U.S. military official Joshua (Dennis Quaid) entered the Foreign Legion after his wife (Nastassja Kinski) was killed in Paris by Muslim fundamentalists. Six years later, in Bosnia during 1993, Joshua and his pal Peter (Stellan Skarsgard), fight together on the Serbian side. After Peter dies from a grenade tossed by a young girl, Joshua shoots another youth on the side of the enemy. In a prisoner exchange, psycho Serb Goran (Sergej Trifunovic), a Muslim-hater, and Joshua wind up with pregnant Vera (Natasa Ninkovic), victim of a Muslim rape. When Goran threatens to shoot her baby, Joshua kills Goran. After Vera rejects the child, her family turns against her, and Joshua drives mother and child to a refugee center. Eventually, Joshua attempts to get Vera and her baby out of the country, but they encounter death-dealing Croatian marauders. Filmed in Montenegro, Savior was shown at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and the 1998 Sochi Film Festival. Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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Saviorby Anonymous

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November 06, 2005: This movie is a must see for all those who are pro-war.The movie will certainly make them think twice before they support war.Dennis's expresion at the end(with the lady holding the baby)is exceptional.

Saviorby Anonymous

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December 01, 2004: The first time I watched this movie, I was a little disappointed. I watched it again and aprreciated it enough that I then watched the director's comments; then I thought this was a great movie. This is just a story set during the recent war in Jugoslavia, the ideas which the director is trying to convey are . . . what? Nameless flawed hero struggles to overcome his situation and his personal failings, innocent people trapped in larger machanisms, frequently hopeless struggles to protect innocents/innocence, depictions of cruelty and barbarism; all that stuff they foisted on you in literature class. I agree with the director that everything before the 'sniper at the bridge' episode should be deleted. Quaid's acting, showing a transformation from a cold-hearted killer to a self-sacrificing hero, is subtle and flawless. This isn't an action movie, the violence is realistic and personal, and can rip your heart out.


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