The Player Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Genres: Comedy
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Robert_Altman takes a scalpel to Hollywood ethics in the 1990s (or the lack thereof) in his acidic satire The Player, adapted from Michael_Tolkin's novel. (Tolkin also wrote the screenplay.) The film concerns a sleek and smooth Hollywood studio executive who starts receiving death threats from a disgruntled writer because he has committed the ultimate Hollywood sin -- he promised the writer he would call him back and he never did. This is particularly ironic because the studio executive, Griffin Mill (Tim_Robbins), is considered "writer-friendly," spending his days listening to pitches from such noted screenwriters as Buck_Henry, who is pushing "The Graduate, Part II" and Alan_Rudolph, who is hawking a Bruce_Willis action film described as "Ghost meets The_Manchurian_Candidate." But The Player finds Griffin's comfortable life style in danger of collapse. He is trying to find a way to unload his girlfriend (Cynthia_Stevenson) whose independence and intelligence make her a poor candidate for a trophy wife. More importantly, it seems that Larry Levy (Peter_Gallagher), a slippery executive from Twentieth Century Fox, is angling for his job. And then there are those nasty postcards and faxes from a screenwriter threatening to kill him. Altman cast over 65 stars in cameo roles as texture for his scabrous tale. Paul Brenner, Rovi
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