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The Game (1997) 7.7
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Metascore: 61/100
Reviews: 442 user | 141 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com Wealthy financier Nicholas Van Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a live-action game that consumes his life. Director:David Fincher |
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Cast
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Florentine Mocanu | ... |
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Maria
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Maggie
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Nicholas Van Orton is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. In the year of his 48th birthday (the age his father committed suicide) his brother Conrad, who has gone long ago and surrendered to addictions of all kinds, suddenly returns and gives Nicholas a card giving him entry to unusual entertainment provided by something called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Giving up to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS and all kinds of weird and bad things start to happen to him. Written by Anonymous
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Country:
USARelease Date:
12 September 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$6,400,000 (Non-US) (31 October 1997)Gross:
DEM 12,612,526 (Germany) (16 January 1998)Company Credits
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Written and Performed by Dave Crimmen
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Jodie Foster was originally signed to play Michael Douglas's sibling in the film. However, Foster changed her mind and wanted to appear as Douglas's daughter instead. Douglas and director David Fincher were very opposed to this change so the part went to Sean Penn instead. Foster promptly sued PolyGram to the tune of $54.5 million - even though her Egg Pictures was one of the film's production companies. The matter was fortunately settled out of court. Douglas - who is a personal friend of Foster - said that it didn't seem right for him to play Foster's father, given that there is only 17 years age difference between the two. Ironically, Douglas HAS already played Foster's father - he did so in the Disney film Napoleon and Samantha at the start of both of their careers. See more »Goofs
In the elevator scene, Nicholas climbs up and grabs the cables with both hands to pull himself up first. Then after he helps Christine pull her up after him, one of his hand's is clean and no grease is on his shirt. See more »Crazy Credits
The opening credits shatter in the form of jigsaw puzzle pieces in Reference to the Film's title. See more »Soundtracks
"Take Me Baby"Written and Performed by Dave Crimmen
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"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.