The Game

Rating: 9/10 Drama Mystery Thriller

Release Year: 1997 Language: en

Overview

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.

Cast Members

Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton Sean Penn as Conrad Van Orton Deborah Kara Unger as Christine James Rebhorn as Jim Feingold Spike Jonze as Airbag EMT Beltran Anna Katarina as Elizabeth Armin Mueller-Stahl as Anson Baer Carroll Baker as Ilsa Scott Hunter McGuire as Young Nicholas Elizabeth Dennehy as Maria Daniel Schorr as Himself John Aprea as Power Executive Charles Martinet as Nicholas' Father Caroline Barclay as Maggie Peter Donat as Samuel Sutherland Florentine Mocanu as Nicholas' Mother Kimberly Russell as Cynthia, CRS Receptionist Gerry Becker as New Member Ted Jarion Monroe as New Member Victor Joe Frank as CRS Data Collating Technician Harrison Young as Obsequious Executive Tommy Flanagan as Solicitor / Taxi Driver Kat Kilkenny as Rattle Gatherer John Cassini as Man in Airport Harris Savides as Ankles Victor Talmadge as City Club Maitre D' Keena Turner as Officer Hicks Owen Masterson as Pickpocket Yuji Okumoto as Nikko Hotel Manager Hideo Kimura as Nikko Hotel Bellhop Rachel Flanagan as Nikko Hotel Maid Mark Boone Junior as Shady Private Investigator Joy Ann Ryan as Kaleigh Baer Jack Kehoe as Lieutenant Sullivan Christopher John Fields as Detective Boyle Linda Manz as Christine's Roomate Amy Duffy Gaver as Assassin Brodi Bob Stephenson as Assassin Kartmann John Hammil as U.S. Embassy Counselor Rachel Steinberg as Sheraton Desk Clerk George Maguire as Sheraton Manager Trish Summerville as Hot Waitress Jason Kristofer as Teen Thug Charles Branklyn as CRS Guard Michael Massee as Airbag EMT Galliano J. Anthony Pena as CRS Security Guard (uncredited) Lily Froehlich as New Moon Cafe Manager Daniel Schorr as Daniel Schorr James Brooks as James the Bartender Bill Flannery as Tubercular Commuter Aaron Lucich as City Club Waiter Marc Siegler as City Club Waiter André Brazeau as Heart Attack Performer Carlos Hoy as Paramedic Graves Edward Campbell as Paramedic Stern Sean Lanthier as Paramedic Kirkland Curtis Vanterpool as Ambulance EMT Jay Gordon as Triage Doctor Jeffrey Michael Young as Officer Walker Peter Davidian as Mr. Garcia Vic Ferreira as Assassin Mobubbi Sean Moloney as Assassin Rankin Tammy Koehler as Tammy Fisher Michael Lynwood as Michael Fisher Alex Lynwood as Alex Fisher Sara Davallou as Rachel Stephen Cowee as Mel