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Release Date:
12 September 1997 (USA)
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Plot:
Wealthy financier Nicholas Van Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a live-action game that consumes his life. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination
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The view: Richard Kelly enters The Twilight Zone with The Box
(From The Guardian - TV News. 13 November 2009, 6:33 AM, PST)
The view: Richard Kelly enters The Twilight Zone with The Box
(From The Guardian - Film News. 13 November 2009, 6:33 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - TV News. 13 November 2009, 6:33 AM, PST)
The view: Richard Kelly enters The Twilight Zone with The Box
(From The Guardian - Film News. 13 November 2009, 6:33 AM, PST)
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Just when you got the plot, it turns upon you
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Douglas | ... | Nicholas Van Orton |
 | Sean Penn | ... | Conrad Van Orton |
 | Deborah Kara Unger | ... | Christine |
 | James Rebhorn | ... | Jim Feingold |
| Peter Donat | ... | Samuel Sutherland |
 | Carroll Baker | ... | Ilsa |
 | Anna Katarina | ... | Elizabeth |
 | Armin Mueller-Stahl | ... | Anson Baer |
| Charles Martinet | ... | Nicholas' Father |
| Scott Hunter McGuire | ... | Young Nicholas |
| Florentine Mocanu | ... | Nicholas' Mother |
 | Elizabeth Dennehy | ... | Maria |
 | Caroline Barclay | ... | Maggie |
| Daniel Schorr | ... | Himself |
 | John Aprea | ... | Power Executive |
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, and for some violence and sexuality.
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Runtime:
128 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Argentina:13 |
Peru:14 |
Iceland:12 |
USA:R (certificate #35106) |
Finland:K-12 |
Netherlands:16 |
Spain:13 |
Brazil:12 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Germany:12 (w) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Ireland:15 |
Mexico:B |
Netherlands:12 (TV rating) |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:15 |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15
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Cameo: [Spike Jonze]the paramedic who shines a light in Van Orton's eyes after his fall.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Van Orton and 'Christine' leave from his office in separate taxis, Christine's cab stops just off-camera - the reflection of the breaking lights from the cab can clearly be seen in the bumper of the remaining taxi.
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Quotes:
Daniel Schorr:
[on TV] There's a tiny camera looking at you right now.
Nicholas: That's impossible.
Daniel Schorr: You're right, impossible. You're having a conversation with your television.
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Nicholas: That's impossible.
Daniel Schorr: You're right, impossible. You're having a conversation with your television.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Abre los ojos (1997)
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Soundtrack:
Take Me Baby
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This has to be one of the more interesting psychological thrillers made recently. Just when you think you got ahold of the plot it changes! Playing with "the implicit viewer" this movie has a tendency to constantly surprise and redefine itself in relation to the "expectancy horizon". What a wonderful positive redefinition of "Seven", culminating in a refinement of the human nature and at the same time leaving the viewer with a subtle taste of the "rosicrucian initiation" in the mouth.
Definitly worth a view!