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The Game (1997) [R]

Release Date:
September 12, 1997

Original Title:
The Game

Alternate Titles:
Al filo de la muerte
Das Geschenk seines Lebens
Das Spiel
Jouer avec la mort
The Game - oletko valmis peliin?
Vidas em Jogo
Խաղը
致命游戏

Genres:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Propaganda Films

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 13  AU: M  BE: 16  BR: 14  CA: 14A  CH: 16  CZ: 12+  DE: 12  DK: 11  ES: 16  FI: K-12  FR: TP|18|12  GB: 15  HK: IIB  HU: 16  IE: 15  IS: 12  IT: T  KR: 18  NL: 12  NO: 15  NZ: M  PL: 16  PT: M/12  RO: 18  RU: 18+  SE: 15  TR: 18+  US: R 

Runtime: 129

What do you get for the man who has everything?

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In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: 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.

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ADR Mixer:
Scott Brose

ADR Recordist:
Derek Sample

Accounting Supervisor:
Ellen Hofstadter

Additional Music:
David Gleeson

Additional Production Assistant:
Brian Dettor

Additional Second Assistant Camera:
John-Paul Beeghly

Aerial Camera:
Dylan Goss

Art Department Assistant:
Karman Graham

Art Department Coordinator:
Lara Kelly

Art Direction:
Steve Saklad

Assistant Art Director:
Christopher S. Nushawg

Assistant Camera:
Daniel Page McDonough

Assistant Costume Designer:
Trish Summerville

Assistant Editor:
Babette Dickerson

Assistant Sound Editor:
Yin Cantor

Best Boy Electric:
Michael S. Adler

Best Boy Grip:
Craig Kohtala

Boom Operator:
Marvin E. Lewis

Cableman:
Michael Meier

Camera Operator:
Martin Schaer

Carpenter:
Jeff Khachadoorian

Casting:
Don Phillips

Casting Assistant:
Rachel Flanagan

Co-Producer:
John Brancato
Michael Ferris

Color Timer:
David Orr

Conductor:
Sandy DeCrescent

Construction Coordinator:
Pete Bowman

Construction Foreman:
Robert L. Thompson

Costume Design:
Michael Kaplan

Costume Supervisor:
Linda Matthews

Costumer:
Amy J. Smith

Craft Service:
Raymond Bulinski

Dialogue Editor:
Elizabeth Kenton

Director:
David Fincher

Director of Photography:
Harris Savides

Dolly Grip:
Michael Brennan

Driver:
Manny Demello

Editor:
James Haygood

Electrician:
Spencer Anderson

Executive In Charge Of Production:
Tim Clawson

Executive Producer:
Jonathan Mostow

Extras Casting:
Sande Alessi

First Assistant Accountant:
Samuel Bokebza

First Assistant Camera:
Julian Whatley

First Assistant Director:
Yudi Bennett

Foley Artist:
Hilda Hodges

Foley Editor:
Malcolm Fife

Foley Mixer:
Mary Jo Lang

Foley Recordist:
Carolyn Tapp

Gaffer:
Michael Katz

Greensman:
Larry Misselhorn

Grip:
Nico Bally

Hairstylist:
Patricia Miller

Key Grip:
Michael J. Coo

Key Rigging Grip:
Larry J. Aube

Key Set Costumer:
Cynthia Black

Key Set Production Assistant:
Mark Trapenberg

Leadman:
Jim Poynter

Lighting Technician:
Chris Weigand

Location Assistant:
Thomas M. Harrigan

Location Manager:
Flint Maloney

Location Scout:
Jack Robinson

Makeup Artist:
Bridget Bergman

Makeup Department Head:
Julie L. Pearce

Mix Technician:
Jurgen Scharpf

Music Arranger:
Chris Boardman

Music Editor:
Tod Holcomb

Music Supervisor:
Dawn Solér

Musician:
Bryan Pezzone

Original Music Composer:
Howard Shore

Payroll Accountant:
Kirsten Anderson

Post Production Accountant:
Karen Chalk Wheeler

Post Production Assistant:
Michelle Mendenhall

Post Production Supervisor:
Glenn Kiser

Producer:
Ceán Chaffin
Steve Golin

Production Accountant:
Sue Bokobza

Production Assistant:
David Auge

Production Coordinator:
Liz Newman

Production Design:
Jeffrey Beecroft

Production Illustrator:
Patrick Janicke

Production Supervisor:
Joel Hatch

Property Master:
Roy 'Bucky' Moore

Propmaker:
Steve Burnes

Researcher:
Earl McDaniel III

Rigging Gaffer:
Jeffrey De La Rosa

Rigging Grip:
Ronald A. Miller

Screenplay:
Larry Gross

Script Supervisor:
Jamie Babbit

Second Assistant Accountant:
Christa Vausbinder

Second Assistant Camera:
Christopher Blauvelt

Second Second Assistant Director:
Matt Rebenkoff

Set Costumer:
Meg Matthews

Set Decoration:
Jackie Carr

Set Designer:
Alan S. Kaye

Set Dressing Artist:
Janine Cavoto

Set Production Assistant:
Tora Chung

Sign Painter:
Craig Nycz

Sound Designer:
Ren Klyce

Sound Mixer:
Willie D. Burton

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Todd Boekelheide
David Parker
Michael Semanick
Gary Rizzo

Special Effects:
Gregg Bond
Eric Roberts

Special Effects Coordinator:
Cliff Wenger

Standby Painter:
Anthony Gaudio

Still Photographer:
Tony Friedkin

Storyboard Artist:
Robert Consing

Stunt Coordinator:
Michael Runyard

Stunt Double:
Nancy Young

Stunts:
Darrin Prescott
Tim Trella
Annie Ellis
Rocky Capella
Danny Rogers

Supervising ADR Editor:
Kimberly Lambert

Supervising Art Director:
James J. Murakami

Supervising Music Editor:
Michael Jacobi

Supervising Sound Editor:
Richard Hymns

Swing:
Dean Backer

Title Designer:
Richard 'Dr.' Baily

Transportation Captain:
Louis Rodriguez

Transportation Co-Captain:
George Hrivnak

Transportation Coordinator:
James Thornsberry

Underwater Camera:
Michael Ferris

Unit Production Manager:
R. Anthony Brown

Unit Publicist:
Marsha Robertson

Utility Stunts:
Jimmy Hart

VFX Artist:
Alex Frisk

Video Assist Operator:
Wayne Tidwell

Visual Effects:
Robert Ikeda

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Josa Leah 'SDB' Porter

Visual Effects Producer:
Jenny Bright

Visual Effects Production Manager:
Michael Luciano

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Alex Frisch
Kevin Tod Haug

Writer:
John Brancato
Michael Ferris
Andrew Kevin Walker

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