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The Player
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R,2hrs 3min
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April 10, 1992
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Fine Line Features
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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A rare commodity. It's brilliant and a guilty pleasure. A subtle damning of things Hollywood, Robert Altman's seriocomedy slices its target with a thousand, imperceptible razor cuts. Full Review
Metascore
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86
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
Featured Cast
Griffin Mill
June Gudmundsdottir
Walter Stuckel
Det. Susan Avery
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