Film

The Game

1997 · 2h 9m · Drama · Thriller · Mystery

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

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

77%

Metacritic

63

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.

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

Daniel Schorr

John Aprea

Power Executive

Harrison Young

Obsequious Executive

• David FincherDirector
• John BrancatoWriter
• Michael FerrisWriter
• Ceán ChaffinProducer
• Steve GolinProducer
• Jonathan MostowExecutive Producer
• Harris SavidesDirector of Photography
• Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
• James HaygoodEditor
• Don PhillipsCasting

TrailerOriginal Trailer

Release date

September 12, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 9m

Rated

R

Budget

$50,000,000

Revenue

$109,423,648

Genres

Drama, Thriller, Mystery

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