What do you get for the man who has everything...?
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.
DramaThrillerMysterysan francisco, californiamanipulationdanger of lifepuzzlebirthday presentconspiracy thrillerbewildered
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Character
Contemporary, grave, earnest and meticulous.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- character-ledplot-driven
Who loves it, who doesn't
77 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Ironists.
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Cast
- Michael DouglasNicholas Van Orton
- Sean PennConrad Van Orton
- Deborah Kara UngerChristine
- James RebhornJim Feingold
- Peter DonatSamuel Sutherland
- Carroll BakerIlsa
- Anna KatarinaElizabeth
- Armin Mueller-StahlAnson Baer
- Charles MartinetNicholas' Father
- Scott Hunter McGuireYoung Nicholas
Crew
- David FincherDirector
- Michael FerrisWriter
- John BrancatoWriter
- Harris SavidesDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- James HaygoodEditor
- Steve GolinProducer
- Ceán ChaffinProducer
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