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Starring: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward
Robert Altman takes a scalpel to Hollywood ethics in the 1990s (or the lack thereof) in his acidic satire The Player, adapted from Michael Tolkin's novel. (Tolkin also wrote the screenplay.) The film concerns a sleek and smooth Hollywood studio executive who starts receiving death threats from a disgruntled writer because he has committed the ultimate Hollywood sin -- he promised the writer he would call him back and he never did. This is particularly ironic because the studio executive, Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), is considered "writer-friendly," spending his days listening to pitches from such noted screenwriters as Buck Henry, who is pushing "The Graduate, Part II" and Alan Rudolph, who is hawking a Bruce Willis action film described as "Ghost meets The Manchurian Candidate." But The Player finds Griffin's comfortable life style in danger of collapse. He is trying to find a way to unload his girlfriend (Cynthia Stevenson) whose independence and intelligence make her a poor candidate for a trophy wife. More importantly, it seems that Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher), a slippery executive from Twentieth Century Fox, is angling for his job. And then there are those nasty postcards and faxes from a screenwriter threatening to kill him. Altman cast over 65 stars in cameo roles as texture for his scabrous tale. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
4/10/92
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
123 mins.
Locations
- Hollywood, CA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$21,702,768
Awards
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a David Lean Award award at the 1992 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1992 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director (Runner-up) award at the 1992 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1992 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1992 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Musical or Comedy award at the 1992 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 1992 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Editing Award award at the 1992 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1992 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1992 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1992 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1992 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1992 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1993 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1992 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1992 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or award at the 1992 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 1992 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1992 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
Distributor
- Fine Line Features
- New Line Home Entertainment
