The Game (1997)

Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) lives a calculated, reclusive life haunted by his father's suicide. For his forty-eighth birthday, his erratic brother, Conrad Van Orton (Sean Penn), gifts him a mysterious voucher for Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Following an intense psychological evaluation, Nicholas finds his secure world methodically dismantled. His finances vanish, his mansion is vandalized, and assassins hunt him through San Francisco alongside Christine (Deborah Kara Unger), a waitress who is deeply entangled in the conspiracy. Trapped in a labyrinth of psychological warfare, Nicholas is stripped of control and driven to absolute paranoia. He ultimately confronts the orchestrators on a skyscraper rooftop, where a tragic miscalculation forces him to face his deepest, fatalistic trauma.

Cast and Crew:

Director(s):

David Fincher

Writer(s):

John Brancato, Michael Ferris

Starring:

Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker, Anna Katarina, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Charles Martinet, Scott Hunter McGuire, Florentine Mocanu, Elizabeth Dennehy, Caroline Barclay, Daniel Schorr, John Aprea, Harrison Young, Kimberly Russell, Joe Frank, James Brooks, Gerry Becker, Jarion Monroe, Tommy Flanagan, Bill Flannery, Kat Kilkenny, John Cassini, Harris Savides, Aaron Lucich, Victor Talmadge, Marc Siegler, André Brazeau, Keena Turner, Carlos Hoy, Edward Campbell, Sean Lanthier, Curtis Vanterpool, Jay Gordon, Jeffrey Michael Young, Owen Masterson, Yuji Okumoto, Hideo Kimura, Rachel Flanagan, Mark Boone Junior, Joy Ann Ryan, Peter Davidian, Jack Kehoe, Christopher John Fields, Linda Manz, Vic Ferreira, Duffy Gaver, Bob Stephenson, Sean Moloney, John Hammil, Rachel Steinberg, George Maguire, Trish Summerville, Jason Kristofer, Lily Froehlich, Tammy Koehler, Michael Lynwood, Alex Lynwood, Charles Branklyn, Spike Jonze, Michael Massee, Sara Davallou, Stephen Cowee, Gypsy Boots, Christopher Cory, Tom Crowl, Ted David, Bob Dini, Terence Ford, Will Jones, Anni Long, Tracie May-Wagner, Jamie Midgley, Robert Pellerin, J. Anthony Pena, Bob Quinn, Elise Robins, Bob Scott

Producer(s):

Ceán Chaffin, Steve Golin, Jonathan Mostow, John Brancato, Michael Ferris

Release Info:

Release Date: September 12, 1997 (USA) | Length: 129 min | Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller | MPAA Rating: Rated R for language, and for some violence and sexuality, | Note(s): ???

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