The Player
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| The Player | |
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| Directed by | Robert Altman |
| Produced by | David Brown Michael Tolkin Nick Wechsler |
| Written by | Michael Tolkin (screenplay and novel) |
| Starring | Tim Robbins Greta Scacchi Fred Ward Whoopi Goldberg Peter Gallagher Brion James Cynthia Stevenson |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Editing by | Geraldine Peroni |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
| Release date(s) |  3 April 1992 (premiere) 10 April 1992 (theatrical release) |
| Running time | 124 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | USD$8,000,000 (estimated) |
The Player is a 1992 film that tells the story of Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), a Hollywood studio executive who is being sent death threats. He believes the threats are sent by a screenwriter whose script he once rejected. It was directed by Robert Altman using a screenplay by Michael Tolkin based on his own novel of the same name. One of the more notable features of the film is the inclusion of over 60 cameo appearances by major Hollywood actors, producers and directors—all playing themselves—intertwined throughout the story.
The film, loaded with movie references and Hollywood insider jokes, is a critique of the Hollywood movie business, which treats artists poorly and sacrifices quality for commercial success. It might seem surprising that so many big Hollywood names agreed to play themselves in the film, but Altman himself admits that "it is a very mild satire" and it offended no one.
Altman had trouble with the Hollywood studio system in the '70s after a number of studio films lost money or had trouble finding audiences. The Player was his comeback to making films in Hollywood. The film, and its cast and crew, won a number of awards and nominations. A TV spin-off was created and a pilot shot in 1997. However, the pilot was never picked up..
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