AFI Dallas International Film Festival - ‘Savage Grace’

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(USA, 2007, 96 mins)

Directed By: Tom Kalin

In his long-awaited follow-up to 1992’s Swoon, Tom Kalin returns to a true crime story; this time it’s a society murder that rattled the world on both sides of the Atlantic.

Based on the book by Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Aronson, Savage Grace tells the astonishing story of Barbara Daly (Julianne Moore), a former actress who married above her class to become the wife of Brooks Baekeland (Stephen Dillane), heir to a plastics fortune. Alluring and charismatic, yet an unabashed social climber, Barbara becomes an embarrassment to her well-bred husband. The birth of their only child, Tony, pushes their already-rocky marriage over the cliff. The groundwork for tragedy is laid as Barbara, scorned by her husband, does everything in her power to own her son.

Buoyed by its stunning European locations and propelled by a ferociously daring performance by Moore, Savage Grace crescendos to a shocking climax that is both horrifying and inevitable.

Information from the AFI website

Some nearby drink specials on March 28th

• Kona Grill: 3 pm - 7 pm & 9 pm - 11 pm: $2.50 margaritias for ladies & $3.50 for guys, $2.50 Bud Lights / 1/2 price off sushi rolls, pizza & appetizers
• Sharky's (Dallas / Greenville & Walnut Hill): 12 pm - 7 pm: $3 wells, $2.50 longnecks, $1.75 drafts
• Good Eats Grill (Dallas / Greenville & Park): 4 pm - 7pm: $1 off everything
• Dave & Buster's (Dallas / Walnut Hill & 75): 4:30 pm - 7 pm: 1/2 off wells and cocktails, $1 off drafts and wine
• Maggiano's Little Italy (Dallas): 4 pm - 7 pm: $2 off all drinks

Some nearby restaurants

• Kereje Ethiopian Restaurant
• McCormick and Schmick's
• El Rincon de Villa
• Maggiano's Little Italy (Dallas)
• Tampopo

Some nearby events on March 28th

• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 'The Last Lullaby', AMC NorthPark 15, 7:15 p.m.
• The Reds, Sherlock's Pub (Dallas), 9 p.m.
• 2008 Fashion at the Park, NorthPark Center, noon
• Eliza Gilkyson / Pat Wictor, Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse, 8 p.m.
• Jus' Sistahs Book Club, Half Price Books (Dallas / Northwest Highway & Greenville), 7 p.m.

Event posted March 11, 2008
Last updated March 11, 2008