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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 03/31/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 8 mins Studio: Polygram USA Video Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Paranoid Thriller See Also: The Game, The Game [HD DVD]

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

Michael Douglas - Nicholas Van Orton
Sean Penn - Conrad
Deborah Kara Unger - Christine
James Rebhorn - Jim Feingold
Peter Donat - Samuel Sutherland

David Fincher's mind-bending thriller The Game comes to DVD with a somewhat disappointing set of features, including standard and widescreen formats, Dolby Digital Surround and 5.1 Audio, cast and crew filmographies, and Spanish subtitles. Though a deluxe disc is rumored to be in the works, fans of The Game may not be able to wait for a more fleshed-out version of the disc. Despite the minimal supplementary material, the film's challenging, labyrinthine plot and gripping performances by Sean Penn and Michael Douglas make owning it on DVD worthwhile. ~ Heather Phares, All Movie Guide