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The Game (Blu-Ray) (*)

$22.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Chinese ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Portuguese ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )
Russian ( Dolby Surround )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
128 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
David Fincher

Written By:
John D. Brancato
Michael Ferris

Actors:
Michael Douglas ..... Nicholas Van Orton
Sean Penn ..... Conrad Van Orton
Deborah Kara Unger ..... Christine
James Rebhorn ..... Jim Feingold
Peter Donat ..... Samuel Sutherland
Carroll Baker ..... Ilsa
Anna Katarina ..... Elizabeth
Armin Mueller-Stahl ..... Anson Baer
Charles Martinet ..... Nicholas' Father
Scott Hunter McGuire ..... Young Nicholas
Florentine Mocanu ..... Nicholas' Mother
Elizabeth Dennehy ..... Maria
Caroline Barclay ..... Maggie
Daniel Schorr ..... Himself
John Aprea ..... Power Executive
Harrison Young ..... Obsequious Executive
Kimberly Russell ..... Cynthia, CRS Receptionist
Joe Frank ..... CRS Data Collating Technician
James Brooks ..... James The Bartender
Gerry Becker ..... New Member Ted
Jarion Monroe ..... New Member Victor
Tommy Flanagan ..... Solicitor / Taxi Driver
Bill Flannery ..... Tubercular Commuter
Kathyjean Harris ..... Rattle Gatherer (as Kathryn Jean Harris)
John Cassini ..... Man in Airport
Harris Savides ..... Ankles
Aaron Lucich ..... City Club Waiter (as Aaron Thomas Luchich)
Victor Talmadge ..... Leonard
Marc Siegler ..... City Club Waiter
André Brazeau ..... Heart Attack Performer
Keena Turner ..... Officer Hicks
Carlos Hoy ..... Paramedic Graves
Edward Campbell ..... Paramedic Stern
Sean Lanthier ..... Paramedic Kirkland
Curtis Vanterpool ..... Ambulance EMT
Jay Gordon ..... Triage Doctor
Jeffrey Michael Young ..... Officer Walker
Owen Masterson ..... Pickpocket
Yuji Okumoto ..... Nikko Hotel Manager
Hideo Kimura ..... Nikko Hotel Bellhop
Rachel Flanagan ..... Nikko Hotel Maid (as Rachel Schadt)
Mark Boone Junior ..... Shady Private Investigator
Joy Ann Ryan ..... Kaleigh Baer
Peter Davidian ..... Mr. Garcia (as Pete Davidian)
Jack Kehoe ..... Lieutenant Sullivan
Christopher John Fields ..... Detective Boyle
Linda Manz ..... Christine's Roomate Amy
Victor Ferrerira ..... Assassin Mobubbi
Duffy Gaver ..... Assassin Brodi
Bob Stephenson ..... Assassin Kartmann (as Robert J. Stephenson)
Sean Moloney ..... Assassin Rankin
John Hammil ..... U.S. Embassy Counselor
Rachel Steinberg ..... Sheraton Desk Clerk
George Maguire ..... Sheraton Manager
Trish Summerville ..... Hot Waitress
Jason Kristofer ..... Teen Thug (as Jason Kristopher)
Lily Soh Froehlich ..... New Moon Cafe Manager
Tammy Koehler ..... Tammy Fisher
Michael Lynwood ..... Michael Fisher
Alex Lynwood ..... Alex Fisher
Charles Branklyn ..... CRS Guard
Spike Jonze ..... Airbag EMT Beltran
Michael Massee ..... Airbag EMT Galliano
Sara Davallou ..... Rachel
Stephen Cowee ..... Mel
Will Jones ..... Gangster
Gypsy Boots ..... Bit part (uncredited)
Christopher Cory ..... Airport Security Guard (uncredited)
Tom Crowl ..... Truck Driver (uncredited)
Bob Dini ..... Wealthy Club Member (uncredited)
Terence Ford ..... Lawyer #1 (uncredited)
Anni Long ..... Lawyer #2 (uncredited)
Tracie May ..... Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)
Jamie Midgley ..... Doorman (uncredited)
J. Anthony Pena ..... CRS Security Guard (uncredited)
Bob Quinn ..... Bar Patron (uncredited)
Elise Robins ..... Young Ilsa (uncredited)
Bob Scott ..... Lawyer #3 (uncredited)
Jason Uson ..... Bell Person (uncredited)

Synopsis:

The Game does a tremendous job of presenting the story of a rigid control freak trapped in circumstances that are increasingly beyond his control. Michael Douglas plays a rich, divorced, and dreadful investment banker whose 48th birthday reminds him of his father's suicide at the same age. He's locked in the cage of his own misery until his rebellious younger brother (Sean Penn) presents him with a birthday invitation to play "The Game" (described as "an experiential Book of the Month Club")--a mysterious offering from a company called Consumer Recreation Services. Before he knows the game has even begun, Douglas is caught up in a series of unexplained events designed to strip him of his tenuous security and cast him into a maelstrom of chaos. How do you play a game that hasn't any rules? That's what Douglas has to figure out, and he can't always rely on his intelligence to form logic out of what's happening to him. Seemingly cast as the fall guy in a conspiracy thriller, he encounters a waitress (Deborah Unger) who may or may not be trustworthy, and nothing can be taken at face value in a world turned upside down. Douglas is great at conveying the sheer panic of his character's dilemma. The Game remains a thinking person's thriller that grabs and holds your attention.

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." Nicholas's secure life begins a downhill slide as CRS masterminds a series of elaborate pranks, harmless at first, that quickly become malicious and life-threatening. Stripped of financial resources and convinced that he can trust no one, Nicholas begins to wonder if CRS is a front for a more covert operation, and if the game is in fact an attempt to steal his fortune and leave him for dead. Determined to fight back alone, Nicholas infiltrates CRS in order to "pull back the curtain and meet the wizard." ~ Anthony Reed, All Movie Guide

Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a shrewdly successful businessman who is accustomed to being in control of each facet of his investments and relationships. His well-ordered life undergoes a profound change, however, when his brother Conrad (Sean Penn) gives him an unexpected birthday gift that soon has devastating consequences. There are no rules in The Game.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 11 November, 2010.

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