86	METASCORE Universal acclaim based on 20 Critic Reviews

8.1	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 62 Ratings

The Player

Fine Line Features | Release Date: April 3, 1992

Summary: A Hollywood studio executive (Tim Robbins) with a shaky moral compass finds himself caught up in a criminal situation that would be right at home in one of his movie projects, in this biting industry satire from Robert Altman. Mixing elements of film noir with sly insider comedy, The Player, based on a novel by Michael Tolkin, functions as both a nifty stylish murder story and a commentary on its own making, and it is stocked with a heroic supporting cast (Peter Gallagher, Whoopi Goldberg, Greta Scacchi, Dean Stockwell, Fred Ward) and a lineup of star cameos that make for an astonishing Hollywood who’s who. This complexly woven grand entertainment (which kicks off with one of American cinema’s most audacious and acclaimed opening shots) was the film that marked Altman’s triumphant commercial comeback in the early 1990s.

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Runtime:	124 min
Rating:	Rated R for language, and for some sensuality
Production:	Avenue Pictures Productions
Genres:	Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy, Romance, Crime
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Home Release Date:	Aug 22, 1997

Director	Credit
Robert Altman	Director

Writer	Credit
Michael Tolkin	Screenplay

Principal Cast	Credit
Greta Scacchi	June Gudmundsdottir
Tim Robbins	Griffin Mill

Cast	Credit
Angela Hall	Jan
Brion James	Joel Levison
Cynthia Stevenson	Bonnie Sherow
Dean Stockwell	Andy Civella
Dina Merrill	Celia
Fred Ward	Walter Stuckel
Leah Ayres	Sandy
Lyle Lovett	Detective DeLongpre
Peter Gallagher	Larry Levy
Richard E. Grant	Tom Oakley
Sydney Pollack	Dick Mellon
Vincent D'Onofrio	David Kahane
Whoopi Goldberg	Detective Avery

Producer	Credit
Cary Brokaw	Executive Producer
David Brown	Producer
David Brown	Producer
David Levy	Associate Producer
Michael Tolkin	Producer
Nick Wechsler	Producer
Scott Bushnell	Co-Producer
William S. Gilmore	Co-Executive Producer