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Features: DVD, Dolby, Digital Audio, Dolby Digital (5.1) Surround Sound, English, Spanish, Widescreen
There are no rules in "The Game." And that will make life very difficult for Nicholas Van Orton, a successful businessman who is always in control. Van Orton lives a well-ordered life--until an unexpected birthday gift from his brother destroys it all. Like it or not, Nicholas has been enrolled in a game--"a profound life experience" that begins quietly but soon erupts in a rush of devastating events. Van Orton has to win this deadly game or lose control of everything in his life.
"...The propulsive plot takes moviegoers right along on Nicholas' ride, and the tension never slackens..." Kim Williamson, Boxoffice Magazine
"So thrilling it will knock your socks off." Rex Reed, E! Entertainment Television
"The game is a winner... Michael Douglas is terrific!" Joel Siegel, Good Morning America
"...The Game offers the kind of taut, unpredictable ride that Hitchcock would have approved of." James Berardinelli's ReelViews
"A must-see thriller... A true "10!"" NBC-TV, Chicago
"The mind game of all time." Mike Clark, USA Today
Editor's Note
For the follow-up to his dark crime thriller SEVEN, director David Fincher decided to remain in a film noir vein. The result is THE GAME, a fast-paced cinematic roller-coaster ride that stars Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton, a joyless San Francisco investment banker who receives an unusual birthday present from his estranged younger brother, Conrad (Sean Penn). The gift enrolls Nicholas in CRS (Consumer Recreation Services), a company that designs elaborate real-life games for each specific participant. As the game begins, the reluctant Nicholas becomes the victim of a series of pranks that quickly turn malicious and dangerous. Stripped of his finances and convinced that he can trust no one, Nicholas realizes that this game may be an attempt to steal his fortune and leave him for dead. In a desperate bid to regain his life, Nicholas infiltrates CRS in order to uncover the secrets of the mysterious organization.Douglas is perfect playing the uptight businessman Nicholas, cleverly riffing on his Oscar-winning performance as the cold-blooded Gordon Gekko in WALL STREET. Fincher's Kafkaesque carnival show is an exercise in taut filmmaking that mischievously pulls a seemingly endless supply of rugs out from under both Nicholas and, even more impressive, the viewer.
| Features | French 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | English Dolby Surround | | Photo Gallery | | Spanish Subtitles | | THX Mastered | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | Widescreen Version | | Interactive Menus | | Cast & Crew Bios |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 2/14/2006 |
| Running Time: 128 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 22447 | | UPC: 00025192244728 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "What do you get for the man who has everything?"----Conrad Van Orton (Sean Penn) to his brother, Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas)|"'Consumer Recreation Services.' Well, I do have golf clubs...."----Nicholas|"Call that number."----Conrad|"Why?"----Nicholas|"Make your life...fun."----Conrad|"Fun."----Nicholas|"You know what that is...you've seen other people have it."----Conrad | | "I'm being toyed with by a bunch of depraved children."----Nicholas | | "I don't care about the money. I'm pulling back the curtain. I want to meet the wizard."----Nicholas |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Michael Douglas again proves himself one of the most watchable actors on the big screen in THE GAME..." 09/12/1997 p.2DNew York Times
"...[Mr. Fincher] has made THE GAME with impressive craftsmanship and a very high gloss....This film sustains visual allure on several levels..." 09/12/1997 p.C1 Los Angeles Times
"...A brain-twisting thriller....Fincher has the touch of Hitchcock when it comes to creating tension and suspense..." 09/12/1997 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The movie's thriller elements are given an additional gloss by the skill of the technical credits, and the wicked wit of the dialogue..." 09/12/1997 p.33 Total Film
"...Douglas gives a potentially clinical plot credibility and heart, while Fincher buffs can marvel at the sheer visual drama..." 03/01/2001 p.118 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]f you're interested in filmmaking craft, there's gristle here, while the main feature retains its power to needle and unnerve." 06/01/2006 p.130 Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
...Douglas is the right actor for the role. He can play smart, he can play cold, and he can play angry. He is also subtle enough that he never arrives at an emotional plateau before the film does, and never overplays the process of his inner change. Indeed, one of the refreshing things about the film is that it stays true to its paranoid vision right up until what seems like the very end--and then beyond it, so that by the time the real ending arrives, it's not the payoff and release as much as a final macabre twist of the knife. - Roger Ebert
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