In a Savage Land Movie Review 1999

Interesting premise gets a laughable execution. Prim married anthropologists Philip (Donovan) and Evelyn (Stange) Spence travel to the South Seas in the late 1930s to study native society and find their marriage quickly unraveling. Philip refuses to acknowledge the sexuality and importance of the tribe's women, so Evelyn decides to take advantage (in more than one way) of pearl merchant Mick (Sewell) to continue her studies in another village. Pretty scenery courtesy of the Trobriand Islands is the only high point.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS
Running time 116 minutes.
Originally from Australian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Great Depression, Island Fare, Marriage, Sex & Sexuality

Screenplay

Bill Bennett, Jennifer Bennett

Cast

Martin Donovan, Rufus Sewell, Maya Stange

Cinematography

Danny Ruhlmann

Director

Bill Bennett

Music

David Bridie

Awards

Australian Film Inst. 1999: Sound, Score.