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10 April 1992 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Best Movie Ever Made!" - Griffin Mill more
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A studio executive is being blackmailed by a writer whose script he rejected but which one? Loaded with Hollywood insider jokes. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 20 wins
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10 nominations
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(27 articles)
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The best anti-Hollywood film ever made by Hollywood
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tim Robbins | ... | Griffin Mill |
 | Greta Scacchi | ... | June Gudmundsdottir |
 | Fred Ward | ... | Walter Stuckel |
 | Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Detective Avery |
 | Peter Gallagher | ... | Larry Levy |
 | Brion James | ... | Joel Levison |
 | Cynthia Stevenson | ... | Bonnie Sherow |
 | Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | David Kahane |
| Dean Stockwell | ... | Andy Civella |
| Richard E. Grant | ... | Tom Oakley |
 | Sydney Pollack | ... | Dick Mellon |
 | Lyle Lovett | ... | Detective DeLongpre |
| Dina Merrill | ... | Celia |
| Angela Hall | ... | Jan |
| Leah Ayres | ... | Sandy |
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Rated R for language, and for some sensuality.
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124 min
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Singapore:M18 |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:15 |
USA:R (certificate #31599) |
USA:TV-MA (cable rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-14 |
Germany:12 |
Netherlands:AL |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15
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Cher's appearance at the awards ceremony in a bright red dress, despite the invitation specifying "black and white only”, may be a direct homage to a real occasion when Norma Shearer appeared in a similar dress at the annual Hollywood Black & White Ball.
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Continuity: At June's house, just after Griffin finds the snake, there is an apple on a table between the two of them. In some shots there is a bite out of it, in others (later) there is not.
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Griffin Mill:
No stars, just talent.
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References The Graduate (1967)
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PRECIOUS
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Griffin Mill is a young hotshot producer who everyone bows and scrapes to because he has the powers to get a movie made. However he starts getting bugged by a dissatisfied writer which leads to all kinds of deadly intrigue.
Just when I thought Altman had gone totally off-the-boil he suddenly jumps back with his most perfectly realised film. While hardly unapplauded on its release (and in short retrospect) this is a movie that will be regarded by future generations as a classic. It is so smart, sassy, funny and has a beginning, a middle and an end. The kind of tragicomedy that gets the best of both worlds.
Robbins is perfect as the lead. He doesn't do much or emote much. As Robert De Niro once said "most people don't show their emotions, they hide them." Occasionally we get behind the shield of human indifference, but only occasionally. We don't like him much - nor should we - but he is not so bad that we can't bare him. Indeed he is merely someone whose selfish world gets out of control. Whoopie Goldberg makes the most of her unlikely casting too.
The appearance of stars in guest parts adds a bit of icing, but that is all. I loved Altman's directions to the stars who had to play walk-ons (who else could have got that?) "remember, you are responsible for who you are on screen. You are playing yourselves!"
The sexy Scacchi plays the love interest with great skill. While just a muse she is a far better actress than most and this shows in her short screen time. Shame she hasn't more involvement in the main plot.
Like breaking a car down in to its competent parts, taking The Player apart only leaves an ugly mess of oil and metal. Together it drives a tight little film that has insight, drama and comedy. I would hesitate to call this a masterpiece, but it is a mini-masterpiece that however farfetched never reaches the point of being totally unbelievable.
The pay off at the end is one of the best belly-laughs any film buff could ever get. I doubt I will see a better film about modern day Hollywood in my lifetime. Like Pulp Fiction, a film that is as enjoyable the second time of viewing as the first.