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"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 se...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm)
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm)
Propaganda Films (Firm)
Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
PolyGram Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Golin, Steve
Chaffin, Ceán
Brancato, John
Ferris, Michael
Fincher, David
Douglas, Michael, 1944-
Penn, Sean, 1960-
Rebhorn, James, 1948-2014
Unger, Deborah Kara
Donat, Peter, 1928-2018
Baker, Carroll, 1931-
Mueller-Stahl, Armin, 1930-
Katarina, Anna
Savides, Harris, 1957-2012
Haygood, James
Shore, Howard
Kaplan, Michael (Costume designer)
Beecroft, Jeffrey
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English, French dubbed, or Spanish subtitled; closed-captioned.
Published: New York, NY : Universal : PolyGram Video [manufacturer], [2002], ©2002.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Psychological games > Drama.
Businessmen > Attitudes > Drama.
Brothers > Drama.
Hermanos (Varones) > Teatro.
Brothers.
Businessmen > Attitudes.
Psychological games.
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
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."
Note:Widescreen (aspect ratio 2.35:1) and standard presentations.
Originally released as motion picture in 1997.
Special features: Biographies of filmmakers and cast.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ4 D0018034 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:0783274254
9780783274256
Credits:Director of photography, Harris Savides ; editor, James Haygood ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Michael Kaplan ; production designer, Jeffrey Beecroft.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn, Deborah Kara Unger, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Anna Katerina.