Movie Reviews for The Game 1997
Information and Film Reviews for The Game the Movie
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Investment banker Nicholas Van Orton (Douglas) is an uptight corporate control freak. He receives a dangerous birthday present from his blacksheep younger brother Conrad (Penn). It's a subscription to Consumer Recreation Services, a real life-and-death version of a role-playing game that is designed to tap the hidden emotional and physical resources of the client. His life is overrun with an escalating series of traps and terrors, with the game reaching into every facet of his life. Excellent portrayal by Douglas as a man stuck in a Hitchcockian nightmare.
USA Home Entertainment, 1 W. Forest, Englewood, NJ 07631-4004, Phone: (201)871-1000, URL: http://www.polygram-us.com
Available on (VHS, DVD) Running time 128 minutes.
Cast and Crew
- Genres
- Birthdays, Repressed Men, Psycho-Thriller, Brothers & Sisters, Yuppie Nightmares, It's a Conspiracy, Man!, San Francisco, You Lose, You Die
- Screenplay
- John Brancato, Michael Ferris
- Cast
- Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, Armin Mueller-Stahl, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker, Anna (Katerina) Katarina
- Cinematography
- Harris Savides
- Director
- David Fincher
- Music
- Howard Shore
- Producer
- Steve Golin, Propaganda Films, Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Visitor Reviews
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If you've never seen this movie yet I'd *highly* recommend it. It's a very good thought-provoking and mysterious movie that keeps you guessing (and on the edge of your seat) right until the end. Then, even when you think it's over, there's more! Excellent movie - I recommend "The Game" a thousand times over to all my friends.