Fred Savage Movies
Born in a Chicago suburb, Fred Savage began appearing in local TV commercials from the time he could read. In 1986, Fred made his big-screen debut in Disney's The Boy Who Could Fly. Savage's subsequent film roles of note included the inquisitive grandson of yarn-spinning Peter Falk in The Princess Bride (1987) and the junior edition of Judge Reinhold in Vice Versa (1988). After essaying a supporting part in the 1986 TV series Morningstar/Eveningstar, Savage was elevated to top billing in the role of Kevin Arnold on the nostalgic seriocomedy The Wonder Years (1988-93). Fred Savage is the brother of Ben Savage, star of TV's Boy Meets World (1993- ), and juvenile supporting actress Kala Savage. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Mike Myers' phenomenally successful spy spoof gains a few more characters, a slew of celebrity cameos, and even more free-associative laughs in this third installment of the popular franchise. Austin Powers in Goldmember continues the exploits of the swinging-'60s leftover, who, as the film opens, is busy critiquing a big-budget Hollywood production of his life story, replete with a 20-million-dollar star in the lead role and a slew of John Woo-style action scenes. But not far from the soundstage lurks arch nemesis Dr. Evil (Myers), who has opened up a talent agency representing some of the industry's biggest stars -- all the while channeling their profits into a diabolical world-destruction plan with the unfortunate code name Preparation H. Dr. Evil presents a distraction to Austin by kidnapping his similarly swingin' father, Nigel Powers, and transporting him back in time to 1975. Travelling there to save his father -- and in turn win back his dad's sometimes-errant affection -- Austin comes across the alluring superspy Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyonce Knowles). The three of them travel back to the present day, where they join forces to battle Dr. Evil and his posse of nefarious evil-doers, including the trusty clone Mini-Me (Verne Troyer); his snotty son, Scott (Seth Green); the inimitable Fat Bastard (Myers); and the eponymous new addition to the fold: the epidermis-obsessed, precious-metal-fortified Dutchman called Goldmember (Myers). ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, (more)
- 2000
When Angela (Trina McGee-Davis) announces her plans to go to Europe for a year, Shawn (Rider Strong) won't admit he doesn't want her to leave. Sensing Shawn's discomfort, Cory (Ben Savage) goads him into being honest with himself and with Angela--but it takes the intervention of Angela's father Sgt. Moore (Julius Carry) to resolve the situation. Meanwhile, Jack (Matthew Lawrence), Topanga (Danielle Fishel), Eric (Will Friedle) and Rachel (Maitland Ward) discuss their future after graduation...with Jack and Topanga being forced to make some major decisions. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
In this landmark episode, Ben Savage (Cory) costars with his real-life brother Fred Savage, under the direction of Boy Meets World regular William Russ. Fred is cast as Stuart, a hip new college teacher who is popular with the Pennbrook students because he treats them as equals. But Stuart reveals his true nature when, left alone with Topanga (Danielle Fishel), he hits on her. Hearing of this, the outraged Cory shoves Stuart through a screen-door window--and when the dust settles, our hero is facing expulsion! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1999
Shawn (Rider Strong) is down in the dumps after receiving a letter from his mom Virna, informing him that she isn't his real birth mother. It takes a ghostly visitation from Shawn's dad Chet (Blake Clark) to help him get his act back together...with a little help from his friends, especially Cory (Ben Savage). Elsewhere, Eric (Will Friedle) comes up with some bizarre diversionary tactics while planning a surprise birthday party for his dad Alan (William Russ). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
Hume Cronyn steals what there is to steal of Christmas on Division Street. Cronyn plays a smooth-talking skid row derelict who befriends wealthy Philadelphia "mainline" kid Fred Savage. Both the old bum and the young preppie have lost faith in themselves and the world. Both are redeemed by the spirit of Christmas and by the bonds of friendship. Made for TV, Christmas on Division Street is saved from being a heaping bowl of Yuletide mush by the ever-iconoclastic Cronyn. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
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Chuck Barris is best known to most Americans as the guy who used to host The Gong Show. He was also the creator and producer of The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and a handful of other successful game shows in the 1960s and 1970s. But was he also a hired killer working with the CIA? That's the take-it-or-leave-it premise of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, based on the memoir of the same name by Chuck Barris. Barris (Sam Rockwell) grows up dreaming of success in show biz and winning the hearts of beautiful women, but early on, he meets with plenty of resistance from both women and the television industry, despite writing the hit tune "Palisades Park" and scoring a job with Dick Clark on American Bandstand. The 1960s proves more fortunate for Barris; he meets the love of his life, Penny (Drew Barrymore), and sells ABC on the idea of The Dating Game. However, after the show has made him wealthy and successful, Barris is approached by the mysterious Jim Byrd (George Clooney), a CIA agent who wants to recruit Barris as a covert operative. Barris finds the notion of playing spy games intriguing and agrees, but soon discovers what Byrd and his partners really want is for Barris to assassinate uncooperative figures around the world. Soon, Barris finds that his life has been all but taken over by Byrd and another CIA agent, the mysterious and sexy Patricia (Julia Roberts). As he hops the globe, killing people in the name of American security (using his status as a Dating Game chaperone as a cover), Barris learns that the KGB has discovered his not-so-little secret and that his own life is in great danger. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind marked the directorial debut of actor George Clooney, working from a screenplay adapted by Charlie Kaufman from Barris' book. Dick Clark, Dating Game host Jim Lange, frequent Gong Show panelist Jaye P. Morgan, and Gene Gene Patton appear as themselves. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, (more)
- 1987
In this made-for-television movie, a woman (Ann Jillian) is sent to prison for assisting her good-for-nothing boyfriend in an embezzling scheme. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- 2006
Created by Marco Pennette, ABC's Crumbs was an off-kilter sitcom dealing with such warm-and-fuzzy issues as mental illness, attempted homicide, divorce, closeted homosexuality, out-of-wedlock pregnancy, and bitter sibling rivalry. In one of the most spectacular examples of non-typecasting in TV history, Fred Savage starred as Mitch Crumb, a gay screenwriter who was unable to follow up the success of his first film, which he based upon the death of his older brother. While starving in Hollywood, Mitch was summoned to his New England home to help his mother Suzanne Crumb (Jane Curtin), recently released from the Cedar Hill nursing home after suffering a mental breakdown, readjust to life on the outside. Suzanne had been institutionalized primarily because she had tried to kill her philandering ex-husband Billy (William Devane), the owner of a local restaurant called the Stone House Grille. Mitch's surviving brother Jody (Eddie McClintock), a near-sociopathic womanizer and the current manager of the family restaurant, deeply resented the return of his "famous" brother and made no secret of his feelings. As for Mitch himself, he hadn't yet informed his family that he'd come out of the closet -- the only person who knew his secret was his old friend Andrea (Maggie Lawson), a waitress at the Stone House. Also in the cast was Reginald Ballard as Elvis, a young orderly at Cedar Hill with whom Suzanne was having an affair. Crumbs made its first network appearance on January 12, 2006. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fred Savage, Jane Curtin, (more)
Directed by one-time child star Fred Savage, Daddy Day Camp, the sequel to Eddie Murphy's Daddy Day Care, stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Paul Rae as Charlie Hinton and Phil Ryerson, a pair of fathers who attempt to keep their summer camp afloat even though they are under dire economic strain. In order to help improve the financial situation, and to whip together a group of children who have a problem with following orders, Hinton brings in his military-trained father (Richard Gant), even though he and his father have been on the outs. Soon the campers, and the fathers, are involved in a series of adventures that will make the camp solvent, and help mend broken relationships. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Cuba Gooding, Jr., Lochlyn Munro, (more)
- 1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs: 50 Looney Years is a television special celebrating 50 years of Bugs Bunny cartoons, complete with testimonials from various celebrities and a terrific end-piece "50 Years of Bugs in 3 Minutes," which features a manic collection of highlights compiled by Academy Award-winner Chuck Workman (he won for his animated short, Precious Images). ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- 2007
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Santa finds himself in serious trouble when Rusty Reindeer leaves the North Pole in order to do some soul searching in the big city, and a malfunctioning "Nice 'N Naughty O'Matic" leaves him unable to distinguish the good kids from the bad in this animated adventure for the entire family. Rusty Reindeer is having a personal crisis, and now he's hoping to find his true role in Christmas by venturing into the city and joining a support group for holiday icons. Meanwhile, as Rusty is trading stories with Albert the Thanksgiving turkey and Mr. C the ornery cupid, Santa's "Nice 'N Naughty O'Matic" goes on the fritz. Now a young boy who should have been on the good list has been mistakenly shifted to the bad, and in order to ensure that the child has a good Christmas Rusty will enlist the aid of moody Halloween ghosts Trick and Treat. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fred Savage, Fred Willard, (more)
- 1998
Nick Marck directs this sequel to Disney's 1994 live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Released in 1998, Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story is a prequel to the original, following the early adventures of Mowgli and his animal friends. Taking on the role previously played by Jason Scott Lee, Brandon Baker dons the loincloth of the preadolescent Mowgli in this straight-to-video family film. Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story also features performances by Dee Bradley Baker, Myles Jeffrey, and Ashley Peldon, and is narrated by The Wonder Years' Fred Savage. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Brandon Baker, Dee Bradley Baker, (more)
- 2004
Wonder Woman's latest assignment is to prevent a war in the country of Kaznia between two hostile factions -- a battle fomented by the sinister Ares. In this pursuit, Wonder Woman finds herself with two unlikely allies: A pair of brothers, one warlike, the other a committed pacifist (their voices provided by former Wonder Years co-stars Fred Savage and Jason Harvey). "Hawk and Dove" was released together with two other Justice League Unlimited episodes, "Initation" and "Kid Stuff," in the 2005 DVD collection Justice League Unlimited: Saving the World. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael York, Fred Savage, (more)
This comic fantasy stars Howie Mandell as a monster who lives under a little boy's bed. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, (more)
Teen obsession turns to violence in this gritty made-for-television drama. Child actor Fred Savage plays against type and portrays bullying Bobby Tennison, a high-school senior who dominates and intimidates his timid girlfriend Stacy Collins (Candace Cameron Bure). When their relationship turns abusive, only Stacy's friend knows the truth, and unfortunately the secrecy has tragic consequences. Talk-show host Sally Jesse Raphael appears as a judge. ~ Bernadette McCallion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Candace Cameron, Fred Savage, (more)
- 1988
In this detective drama, a private gumshoe takes so many little cases that he can barely afford to support his wife and kids. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1988
Based on Beverly Cleary's novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph is an ABC Kidtime special about a mouse named Ralph who leaves home on his motorcycle once his parents ground him. Eventually, Ralph ends up at a summer camp, where he has several adventures. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- 1990
This 1990 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Fred Savage and features musical guest Technotronic. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fred Savage, Technotronic, (more)
- NR
This home video release collects highlights from the six-season run of the situation comedy The Wonders Years, about a boy named Kevin (Fred Savage) struggling through his teenage years as he grows up in the late 1960s and early '70s. The video also includes the show's final episode in its entirety, in which Kevin has a fight with his father, runs away from home, and has a serious confrontation with his girlfriend Winnie (Danica McKellar). The Wonder Years proved to be a stepping stone for a number of notable actors who would go on to greater recognition, including Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, David Schwimmer, and Ben Stein. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Jay Underwood plays an autistic boy who provides a source of fascination to a new family in town. Never uttering a sound, Underwood spends hours in his backyard, attempting to fly like the birds. Lucy Deakins, the daughter of the new family, befriends Underwood; she is encouraged by teacher Colleen Dewhurst to try to draw the boy out of his shell, and to keep a journal on the subject. Rendered unconscious in a fall, Deakins dreams that Underwood can fly. The boy is suddenly whisked away to an institution, and Deakins despairs that she'll never see him again. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, (more)
Fred Savage (TV's The Wonder Years) stars in director Jonathan Segal's wild sex comedy The Last Run (2004). When genial and sweet-natured Steven Goodson (Savage) gets derisively dumped by his stellar girlfriend, his good buddy (Steven Pasquale) -- who is unhappily engaged to a blue-blooded girl (Amy Adams) -- advises him to deal with the loss by sleeping with as many women as he can possibly find, thus driving his ex out of his system. Soon, Steven reinvents himself as an ladies' man; yet his one chance for full-blown redemption may yet rest in the heart of a sweet-natured schoolmarm who isn't eager to rush things. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fred Savage, Amy Adams, (more)
- 1988
This animated adventure tells of Ralph the talking and motorcycle riding mouse. Episodes include "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" and "Runaway Ralph." ~ All Movie Guide
Based on William Goldman's novel of the same name, The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (Fred Savage). Falk's character assures a romance-weary Savage that the book has much more to deliver than a simpering love story, including but not limited to fencing, fighting, torture, death, true love, giants, and pirates. Indeed, The Princess Bride offers a tongue-in-cheek fairy tale depicting stable boy-turned-pirate Westley's journey to rescue Buttercup (Robin Wright), his true love, away from the evil prince (Chris Sarandon), whom she had agreed to marry five years after learning of what she had believed to be news of Westley's death. With help from Prince Humperdinck's disgruntled former employee Miracle Max (Billy Crystal), swordsman Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), and a very large man named Fezzik (Andre the Giant), the star-crossed lovers are reunited. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, (more)
