Savage Harvest
April. 11,1981 PGA family in Africa is besieged by a group of lions, driven to desperation by the drought.
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That was an excellent one.
Simply A Masterpiece
Beautiful, moving film.
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
I saw the film around 1984/5 on video and had to keep rewinding.As an African I am sensitive to the subaltern roles played by African people in the cast and found some scenes not very convincing.What I found disheartening was the fact that the lions bar one only ate Africans!It was set in that big game safari framework that has long since disappeared and seems to have been made for Western consumption.I worked in the tourist industry in Kenya for some time and there is a sense in which the locals are part of the props!Two scenes that to me were not authentic: the young girl explaining how she got an American accent, and the widow merrily making eggs for breakfast the day after her unsuspecting husband comes out of his Mercedes and the lion pounces on him.Most white farmers rattled along the stony tracks on tinny Landrovers before the chunky 4wheelers came onto the scene and they wore shorts and bush jackets.The Merc would most probably be parked in the city where they'd have a townhouse in a more genteel setting!
I saw this movie in a cable TV when I stayed in a hotel back in 1993. I was simply bowled over by this great movie. I have been trying to get hold a copy of this movie ever since. Now I am married and have 2 nice kids and I would like to watch this movie with them. They like movies in which animals are involved. I am sure they will like this movie the way I loved watching it.The scenes where the lions try to enter the house were filmed well. The best scene of the movie is the climax scene in which the family makes an escape by holding a makeshift fencing. The scene that touched me was the one in which the Family's doctor visits the house without knowing the situation. He gets killed by the savage lions. I strongly recommend this movie for a family viewing
I taped this movie years ago and wondered at the time how the lion scenes were produced. I watched it again today and am still perplexed. Was this filmed in Africa or in the US with circus lions? There was another film, "The Gods Must Be Crazy II" in which lions played a significant role. I'd like explanations.
Normally, when a movie is unavailable anywhere, it is because the movie is lousy. Savage Harvest though is a different story. It's sort of a Jaws-like thriller but involves killer lions and is set on the veldts of Kenya. It features an American family under siege by the cats and it is these scenes that really make the movie. The early scenes which set up the action are forgettable but once the lions take the stage, the suspense begins to mount. The film features some pretty real-looking attacks. Hopefully the animal trainers and wranglers were well paid. Nobody seems to have heard of this movie but if you happen to spot it on cable TV, give it a look. It's worth it!