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The Game

Synopsis:

Director David Fincher followed the success of his dark and atmospheric crime thriller Seven (1995) with another exercise in stylish film noir, this time lifting the pallid atmosphere a notch to indulge in a fast-paced trip through the cinematic funhouse. Michael Douglas plays Nicholas Van Orton, a Scrooge-like San Francisco investment banker following in his father's Scrooge-like footsteps. On Nicholas's 48th birthday (the age at which his father committed suicide), his younger, free-spirited brother Conrad (Sean Penn) blows into town and gives Nicholas a special gift for "the man who has everything" -- a ticket to CRS (Consumer Recreation Services), a company that constructs games custom-fit for each participant to provide, as CRS salesman Jim Feingold (James Rebhorn) cryptically puts it, "whatever is lacking.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: David Fincher
  • Studio: Polygram, Propaganda Films
  • Year: 1997
  • Run Time: 128 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Set in: San Francisco, CA
  • MPAA Rating: R (for language, and for some violence and sexuality)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Thriller
  • Filmed in: Color

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