Marc Savoy

Acting

Marc Savoy

Born 1940-10-01 · Louisiana, USA

Marc Savoy (born October 1, 1940) is an American musician, and builder and player of the Cajun accordion.

Acting credits

Southern Comfort poster
6.8

A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.

Southern Comfort

1981

Cajun Country poster
NR

"This video takes you for a trip through the Cajun countryside, visiting some of the finest Cajun musicians and learning about the beautiful and fascinating culture. Featuring: Queen Ida, Boozoo Chavis, Savoy-Doucet Band, Dewey Balfa and more."

Cajun Country

1997

Spend It All poster
7.0

Another short documentary of "Real Food, Roots Music, and People Full of Passion for what they do!", Spend It All is Les Blank's spirited look at the French-speaking Cajun community of southwest Louisiana. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Spend It All

1972

I Went to the Dance poster
7.7

The definitive film on the history of the toe-tapping, foot-stomping music of French Southwest Louisiana. Includes many Cajun and Zydeco greats, featuring Michael Doucet and Beausoleil, Clifton Chenier, Marc and Ann Savoy, D.L. Menard, and many others.

I Went to the Dance

1989

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana poster
6.8

Les Blank marries his passion for spicy, down home food and his love for Cajuns and Creoles in this mouth-watering, exploration of the cooking, and other enthusiasms, of French-speaking Louisiana. Features tangy music, and food by Marc Savoy, Paul Prudhomme, and other greats.

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana

1990

Marc and Ann poster
6.0

Legendary filmmaker Les Blank's toe-tapping film treats us to a portrait of a musical Louisiana couple committed to celebrating and preserving Cajun culture.

Marc and Ann

1991