Fincher: The Game
USA, 1997, 129 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Mystery, Social Issues, Thriller
Language: English
35mm presentation - In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas), a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad (Sean Penn) -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
DIRECTOR: David Fincher
Principal Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Carroll Baker, Peter Donat
US Distributor: Universal Pictures
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