Save the Tiger (Blu-ray)

Jack Lemmon (The Apartment, The China Syndrome) won an Academy Award (Best Actor, 1973) for his dramatic performance in this searing Seventies classic by director John G. Avildsen (Rocky). Lemmon plays Harry Stoner, a man caught in violent collision with his past and present existence. He believes there is nothing significant in his life except survival, and that instinct pushes him beyond moral conduct. He’ll juggle the books, supply women for clients…and even set fire to his own dress manufacturing company. He is drawn to an America when life not only had values and heroes, but it all seemed worth living and building. But Harry is frightened to break away from the emptiness of his seemingly successful life. Save the Tiger grabbed early-’70s anxiety by the tail, and painted a dark portrait of a dying American dream. The acclaimed film earned additional Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Jack Gilford) and Original Screenplay (Steve Shagan).