Phil Savath (December 28, 1946 - November 3, 2004) was an American-born

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film and television writer and producer. He was most noted as a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Screenplay, with nominations for Original Screenplay at the

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in 1983 for '' Big Meat Eater'' and Adapted Screenplay at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989 for ''

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick ''The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick'' is a 1988 Canadian film based on the novel by Morley Torgov. The film was shot in Winnipeg and Beausejour, Manitoba. Plot The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy from a small Man ...

''. His other film credits included ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Terminal City Ricochet''. In television, he was a cocreator and star of the CBC Television children's comedy series ''

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'' and ''

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'' in the 1970s. He later wrote several episodes of ''

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'', co-created the television series '' Max Glick'' with Stephen Foster and '' These Arms of Mine'' with his wife Susan Duligal, and cowrote the television films '' Net Worth'' and '' Little Criminals''."Little Criminals a chilling flick: Send kids to bed, director advises parent viewers". ''

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'', January 15, 1996.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Savath, Phil 1946 births 2004 deaths Canadian television writers Canadian film producers Canadian television producers Writers from Vancouver 20th-century Canadian screenwriters