Movie
The Game
Overview
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-09-12
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Propaganda Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton
- Sean Penn as Conrad Van Orton
- Deborah Kara Unger as Christine
- James Rebhorn as Jim Feingold
- Peter Donat as Samuel Sutherland
- Carroll Baker as Ilsa
- Anna Katarina as Elizabeth
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Anson Baer
- Charles Martinet as Nicholas' Father
- Scott Hunter McGuire as Young Nicholas
- Florentine Mocanu as Nicholas' Mother
- Elizabeth Dennehy as Maria
Crew
- David Fincher - Director
- Michael Ferris - Writer
- John Brancato - Writer
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