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The Player

  • 19921992
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  • 2h 4m
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Tim Robbins in The Player (1992)
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IMDb RATING
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    • Robert Altman
    • Michael Tolkin(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tim Robbins
    • Greta Scacchi
    • Fred Ward
    • Robert Altman
    • Michael Tolkin(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tim Robbins
    • Greta Scacchi
    • Fred Ward
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 209User reviews
    • 92Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
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    • Nominated for 3 Oscars

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    Cynthia Stevenson in The Player (1992)
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    Susan Sarandon, Robert Altman, Peter Falk, and Louise Fletcher in The Player (1992)
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    Tim Robbins in The Player (1992)
    Tim Robbins, Peter Gallagher, and Cynthia Stevenson in The Player (1992)
    Gina Gershon and Cynthia Stevenson in The Player (1992)
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    Tim Robbins
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    • Griffin Mill
    Greta Scacchi
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    • June Gudmundsdottir
    Fred Ward
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    • Walter Stuckel
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Whoopi Goldberg
    • Detective Avery
    Peter Gallagher
    Peter Gallagher
    • Larry Levy
    Brion James
    Brion James
    • Joel Levison
    Cynthia Stevenson
    Cynthia Stevenson
    • Bonnie Sherow
    Vincent D'Onofrio
    Vincent D'Onofrio
    • David Kahane
    Dean Stockwell
    Dean Stockwell
    • Andy Civella
    Richard E. Grant
    Richard E. Grant
    • Tom Oakley
    Sydney Pollack
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    • Dick Mellen
    Lyle Lovett
    Lyle Lovett
    • Detective DeLongpre
    Dina Merrill
    Dina Merrill
    • Celia
    Angela Hall
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    • Jan
    Leah Ayres
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    • Sandy
    Paul Hewitt
    Paul Hewitt
    • Jimmy Chase
    Randall Batinkoff
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    • Reg Goldman
    Jeremy Piven
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    • Steve Reeves
      • Robert Altman
      • Michael Tolkin(screenplay) (novel "The Player")
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The writer pitching The Graduate: Part II to Griffin Mill is a cameo by Buck Henry (as himself). Buck Henry co-wrote the screenplay for The Graduate (1967).
    • Goofs
      When Mill reads the newspaper story about the murder, a closeup of article reveals that it is just the same few paragraphs printed over and over.
    • Quotes

      Griffin Mill: It lacked certain elements that we need to market a film successfully.

      June: What elements?

      Griffin Mill: Suspense, laughter, violence. Hope, heart, nudity, sex. Happy endings. Mainly happy endings.

      June: What about reality?

    • Crazy credits
      Tim Robbins, Fred Ward and Cynthia Stevenson all enter the film when their names appear in the opening credits.
    • Alternate versions
      In the theatrical version there was a frontal nude scene of Tim Robbins at the hotel in the desert. This scene was removed for the cable version.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Straight Talk/Rock-a-Doodle/Thunderheart/Beethoven/Raise the Red Lantern (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      SNAKE
      Written & Performed by Kurt Neumann

      Copyright Lla-Mann Music

    User reviews209

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    8/10
    Postcards from hell
    At times it feels like a period piece or is it that we're so used to the horror. A world populated by the shallowest, opportunistic bunch of ignoramuses the world has ever know. How can art come out of that? I think that when it does it's just an accident of Casablanca proportions. Robert Altman who knows a thing or two about it tells us the horror story with the most everyday approach. Tim Robbins is perfect as that empty designer clothed excecutive with a tinge of self awareness. I had to take a shower after the film was over and remove myself from that world.
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    • Release date
      • May 8, 1992 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Geoffrey's Restaurant - 27400 W. Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Avenue Pictures
      • Spelling Entertainment
      • Addis Wechsler Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 2 hours 4 minutes
      • Color

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