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The Game is a 1997 American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger and James Rebhorn and produced by Propaganda Films and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.
Sep 12, 1997 · With Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn. After a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.
- (431K)
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- David Fincher
- 1997-09-12
Synopsis. Nicholas Van Orton (Douglas) is a successful and extremely wealthy investment banker, but his success has come at the cost of his personal life. He is estranged from both his ex-wife and his only brother. He remains haunted from having seen his father commit suicide on the latter's 48th birthday.
77% Tomatometer 65 Reviews 84% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a successful banker who keeps mostly to himself. When his estranged brother Conrad (Sean Penn...
- (65)
- David Fincher
- R
- Michael Douglas
Sep 12, 1997 · 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.
Sep 19, 1997 · A rich and controlling man (Michael Douglas) is subjected to a mysterious and chaotic game by his brother (Sean Penn) that challenges his sanity and identity. Read Roger Ebert's analysis of the plot, the characters, and the themes of this thriller directed by David Fincher.
The Game. The enormously wealthy and emotionally remote investment banker Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) receives a strange gift from his ne’er-do-well younger brother (Sean Penn) on his forty-eighth birthday: a voucher for a game that, if he agrees to play it, will change his life.
