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The Game (1997) -- Wealthy financier Nicholas Van Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a live-action game that consumes his life.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
John D. Brancato (written by) &
Michael Ferris (written by)
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Release Date:
12 September 1997 (USA) more
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Plot:
Wealthy financier Nicholas Van Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a live-action game that consumes his life. full summary | full synopsis
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Michael Douglas at his very best more (374 total)

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MPAA:
Rated R for language, and for some violence and sexuality.
Runtime:
128 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The real Game is, more-or-less, a Ph.D. caliber scavenger hunt. It's also a team event. There is no prize money. Each team's entry fee is $25,000; limited to ten teams. All of the entry money is donated to charity. The game is actually supported by several wealthy benefactors, including Microsoft's 'Bill Gates'. Each team consists of one van full of players - usually four to six people. A series of clues, often in the form of puzzles, must be solved; each clue's answers lead to the next clue. Teams travel from clue to clue, until reaching the finish line. The winners typically take about 24 hours to finish. Often the clues are so intricate and choreographed that they approximate small theatrical productions, occasionally employing a dozen or more actors. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the detective guy follows Nicholas from the hotel, you can sometimes see two people in the car. more
Quotes:
Nicholas: No, what is this? What are you... selling?
Jim Feingold: Oh. It's a game.
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Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more

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What does "CRS" stand for?
What did Jim Feingold mean when he said that Nicholas was a "left-brain word fetishist"?
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35 out of 41 people found the following comment useful.
Michael Douglas at his very best, 25 April 2000

"The Game" took me on one psychological thrill ride after another loaded with twists and turns scene after scene.

Michael Douglas pulled off his best performance as Nicholas Van Orton a man who is approaching his birthday. Upon which he receives an invitation to play a game given to him by his brother Conrad played by Sean Penn. Nicholas reluctantly agrees and soon finds out that the game is more than he bargained for.

I thoroughly enjoyed this film because I never knew who was trustworthy or what was going to happen next, this truly was one film that must be seen by those who enjoy never knowing for sure how a movie will turn out.

"The Game" is all Michael Douglas and how well he pulls off his role of being the innocent who happens to be in the middle of a game he can't control. However, a really good movie can not be pulled off by one actor, a whole lot of credit should go to Sean Penn and Deborah Kara Unger for their convincing portrayals in this film.

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