The Game

"What do you get for the man who has everything?"

Sep 12 1997 R 2h 9m
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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.

Plot

Nicholas Van Orton is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. In the year of his 48th birthday (the age his father committed suicide) his brother Conrad, who has gone long ago and surrendered to addictions of all kinds, suddenly returns and gives Nicholas a card giving him entry to unusual entertainment provided by something called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Giving in to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS and all kinds of weird and bad things start to happen to him.

Written by

John Brancato, Michael Ferris

Directed by

David Fincher

Cast

Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Languages

English, Deutsch

Awards

1 nomination total

Trailers
The Game 1997 (TRAILER)
Original Trailer
Teasers
The Game 1997 (TEASER TRAILER)
Featurettes
The Game: Alternate Ending (1997)
Scores
# of Votes
448,863
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
63
Popularity
NA