The game [videorecording] / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment presents a Propaganda Films production ; directed by David Fincher ; written by John Brancato & Michael Ferris ; produced by Steve Golin and Ceán Chaffin.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
DVD special ed.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
2 videodiscs (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.).
Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn, Deborah Kara Unger, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Anna Katerina. Originally released as motion picture in 1997. Special features: audio commentary; behind-the-scenes footage; film to storyboard comparisons, with commentary; alternate ending; trailer and teaser, with commentary; booklet featuring essay by film critic David Sterritt.
Contents:
Disc 1. Feature film (Theatrical 5.1 surround soundtrack; alternate 5.1 surround mix for home theater viewing; audio commentary by director David Fincher, Savides, Michael Douglas, John Brancata and Michael Ferris, etc.) -- Disc 2. Behind-the-scenes footage and film-to-storyboard comparisons for four major set pieces; alternate ending; Trailer and teaser, with commentary.
Summary:
"In this thriller, Nicholas Van Orton, a shrewd and successful businessman who is always in control, has been enrolled by his brother in "The Game"--"a profound life experience" with no rules, which begins quietly but soon erupts in a confusing maze of devastating events. Terrorized by forces who seem intent on dismantling all that he has built, Van Orton has to win this deadly game or lose control of everything in his life."
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