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The Game
Synopsis
On his 48th birthday, wealthy banker Nicolas Van Orton (Douglas) receives an invitation from his estranged brother to play a game that will change his life. Soon after, he finds his business, reputation and safety at risk from the mysterious company that runs the game. Fincher plays upon the yuppie paranoia of the time to create an oppressive thriller. Director David Fincher followed the success of his dark and atmospheric crime thriller Seven (1995) with another exercise in stylish film noir, this time lifting the pallid atmosphere a notch to indulge in a fast-paced trip through the cinematic funhouse. Michael Douglas plays Nicholas Van Orton, a Scrooge-like San Francisco investment banker following in his father's Scrooge-like footsteps. On Nicholas's 48th birthday (the age at which his father committed suicide), his younger, free-spirited brother Conrad (Sean Penn) blows into town and gives Nicholas a special gift for the man who has everything -- a ticket to CRS (Consumer Recreation Services), a company that constructs games custom-fit for each participant to provide, as CRS salesman Jim Feingold (James Rebhorn) cryptically puts it, whatever is lacking. Nicholas's secure life begins a downhill slide as CRS masterminds a series of elaborate pranks, harmless at first, that quickly become malicious and life-threatening. Stripped of financial resources and convinced that he can trust no one, Nicholas begins to wonder if CRS is a front for a more covert operation, and if the game is in fact an attempt to steal his fortune and leave him for dead. Determined to fight back alone, Nicholas infiltrates CRS in order to pull back the curtain and meet the wizard. ~ Anthony Reed, All Movie Guide
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    David Fincher,
  • Writer:
    Andrew Kevin Walker, John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris, Larry Gross,
  • Producer:
    Ceán Chaffin, Steve Golin,
  • Cinematographer:
    Harris Savides,
  • Editor:
    James Haygood,
  • Executive Producer:
    Jonathan Mostow,
  • Cast:
    Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Carroll Baker, James Rebhorn, Deborah Unger, Spike Jonze, Sean Penn, Peter Donat,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Babette Dickerson,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Yudi Bennett,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Matt Rebenkoff,
  • Co-Producer:
    John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Richard Hymns,
  • Camera Operator:
    Martin Schaer,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Jamie Babbit,
  • ADR Mixer:
    Scott Brose,
  • Art Department Coordinator:
    Lara Kelly,
  • Boom Operator:
    Marvin E. Lewis,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Pete Bowman,
  • Construction Foreman:
    Robert L. Thompson,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Julian Whatley,
  • Location Manager:
    Flint Maloney,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Liz Newman,
  • Property Master:
    Roy 'Bucky' Moore,
  • Set Costumer:
    Meg Matthews,
  • Gaffer:
    Michael Katz,
  • Rigging Grip:
    Ronald A. Miller,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Linda Matthews,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Howard Shore,
  • Screenplay:
    Larry Gross,
  • Sign Painter:
    Craig Nycz,
  • Set Dressing Artist:
    Janine Cavoto,
  • Special Effects Coordinator:
    Cliff Wenger,
  • Cableman:
    Michael Meier,
  • Extras Casting:
    Sande Alessi,
  • Musician:
    Bryan Pezzone,
  • Utility Stunts:
    Jimmy Hart,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    David Parker, Gary Rizzo, Michael Semanick, Todd Boekelheide,
  • Transportation Co-Captain:
    George Hrivnak,
  • Foley Recordist:
    Carolyn Tapp,
  • Special Effects:
    Eric Roberts, Gregg Bond,
  • Sound Designer:
    Ren Klyce,
  • Casting:
    Don Phillips,
  • Sound Mixer:
    Willie D. Burton,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    R. Anthony Brown,
  • Leadman:
    Jim Poynter,
  • Driver:
    Manny Demello,
  • Stunts:
    Darrin Prescott, Tim Trella, Annie Ellis, Rocky Capella,
  • Costume Design:
    Michael Kaplan,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Christopher S. Nushawg,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Dawn Soler,
  • Visual Effects Supervisor:
    Kevin Tod Haug, Alex Frisch,
  • ADR Recordist:
    Derek Sample,
  • Title Designer:
    Richard 'Dr.' Baily,
  • Hairstylist:
    Patricia Miller,
  • Set Designer:
    Alan S. Kaye,
  • Rigging Gaffer:
    Jeffrey De La Rosa,
  • Set Decoration:
    Jackie Carr,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Craig Kohtala,
  • Production Supervisor:
    Joel Hatch,
  • Post Production Assistant:
    Michelle Mendenhall,
  • Visual Effects Production Manager:
    Michael Luciano,
  • Production Assistant:
    David Auge,
  • Aerial Camera:
    Dylan Goss,
  • Stunt Double:
    Nancy Young,
  • Mix Technician:
    Jurgen Scharpf,
  • Researcher:
    Earl McDaniel III,
  • Propmaker:
    Steve Burnes,
  • Key Grip:
    Michael J. Coo,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Yin Cantor,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Michael Runyard,
  • Standby Painter:
    Anthony Gaudio,
  • Additional Music:
    David Gleeson,
  • Makeup Department Head:
    Julie L. Pearce,
  • Visual Effects:
    Robert Ikeda,
  • Executive In Charge Of Production:
    Tim Clawson,
  • Color Timer:
    David Orr,
  • Swing:
    Dean Backer,
  • Video Assist Operator:
    Wayne Tidwell,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    James Thornsberry,
  • Location Assistant:
    Thomas M. Harrigan,
  • Greensman:
    Larry Misselhorn,
  • Accounting Supervisor:
    Ellen Hofstadter,
  • Payroll Accountant:
    Kirsten Anderson,
  • Additional Production Assistant:
    Brian Dettor,
  • Best Boy Electric:
    Michael S. Adler,
  • Set Production Assistant:
    Tora Chung,
  • Additional Second Assistant Camera:
    John-Paul Beeghly,
  • Foley Editor:
    Malcolm Fife,
  • Visual Effects Coordinator:
    Josa Leah 'SDB' Porter,
  • Key Set Production Assistant:
    Mark Trapenberg,
  • Costumer:
    Amy J. Smith,
  • Supervising ADR Editor:
    Kimberly Lambert,
  • Assistant Costume Designer:
    Trish Summerville,
  • Underwater Camera:
    Michael Ferris,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    Elizabeth Kenton,
  • Craft Service:
    Raymond Bulinski,
  • Art Department Assistant:
    Karman Graham,
  • Location Scout:
    Jack Robinson,
  • Foley Mixer:
    Mary Jo Lang,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Christopher Blauvelt,
  • Music Arranger:
    Chris Boardman,
  • Supervising Art Director:
    James J. Murakami,
  • Conductor:
    Sandy DeCrescent,
  • Production Accountant:
    Sue Bokobza,
  • Foley Artist:
    Hilda Hodges,
  • Key Set Costumer:
    Cynthia Black,
  • Unit Publicist:
    Marsha Robertson,
  • Assistant Camera:
    Daniel Page McDonough,
  • VFX Artist:
    Alex Frisk,
  • Music Editor:
    Tod Holcomb,
  • Lighting Technician:
    Chris Weigand,
  • First Assistant Accountant:
    Samuel Bokebza,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Louis Rodriguez,
  • Production Design:
    Jeffrey Beecroft,
  • Electrician:
    Spencer Anderson,
  • Post Production Accountant:
    Karen Chalk Wheeler,
  • Grip:
    Nico Bally,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Glenn Kiser,
  • Key Rigging Grip:
    Larry J. Aube,
  • Second Assistant Accountant:
    Christa Vausbinder,
  • Still Photographer:
    Tony Friedkin,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Bridget Bergman,
  • Production Illustrator:
    Patrick Janicke,
  • Art Direction:
    Steve Saklad,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Michael Brennan,
  • Supervising Music Editor:
    Michael Jacobi,
  • Storyboard Artist:
    Robert Consing,
  • Casting Assistant:
    Rachel Flanagan,
  • Visual Effects Producer:
    Jenny Bright,
  • Carpenter:
    Jeff Khachadoorian,

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