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USA: Phillip Seymour Hoffman stars in the coming-of-middle-age story "The Savages."

Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney arrive at the Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of their film "The Savages." A dream team cast of Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney added star power to this year's Sundance Film Festival when they arrived for the premiere of "The Savages" on Friday (January 19). The film, which may spark a new genre of the coming-of-middle-age story, tells of a brother and sister who must try to come together to care for an ailing parent who never much cared for them. Director and screenwriter Tamara Jenkins uses the talent of both Hoffman and Linney to underscore the relations of family dynamics, in a project that was actually born 10 years ago. "I wrote a scene like 10 years ago about a brother and sister," explained Jenkins. "It was a phone call scene and the sister calls her bother up panicking about a traumatic experience about her dad. I mean, it's funny, even though it's depressing. So, that was the nucleus, this brother and sister story." The storyline was complex enough to get both Hoffman and Linney to sign on. Although, Hoffman joked that his basis for choosing a role is often less than scientific. "I don't really think about it that much," said the Oscar winning actor. "From film to film, you really don't know what film you are going to enjoy. Sometimes, you think I'm not going to like this and you end up liking it a lot, other times you feel like you're going to love it and you end up not liking it so much. So, you don't know, you really don't know." With that said, both Hoffman and Linney said they enjoyed making this film. "No, you know actually no," said Linney, when asked if she was nervous working with Hoffman. "When you work with someone who is so good it actually puts you at ease. You know I get nervous when you work with someone who is bad." "The Savages" is one of 125 feature films that will screen over the Sundance festival's 10 day run which ends on January 28, 2007.

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