The Player (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) R

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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 24, 2016
  • Originally Released: 1992
  • Label: Criterion Collection

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Major Awards:

Cannes 1992 - Best Actor: Tim Robbins
Cannes 1992 - Best Director: Robert Altman

Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh98%

TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 63

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Altman uses his usual chaotic, overlapping dialogue and abrupt, attention-shifting zooms in a context full of familiar faces, having convinced dozens of celebrities to pop in as themselves; the result has a fun-house-mirror quality... -- Grade: A-
A.V. Club
May 21, 2016
Mercilessly satiric yet good-natured, this enormously entertaining slam dunk quite possibly is the most resonant Hollywood saga since the days of Sunset Blvd. and The Bad and the Beautiful. Full Review
Variety
Apr 28, 2008
Rating: 4/4 -- In "The Player," Altman creates a scathing satire of Hollywood - and then lets his satire itself gets seduced by Hollywood schmaltz. Because what better way to show how seductive it is? Full Review
Madison Movie
Jun 10, 2016
5 stars out of 5 -- Altman set about mocking the hypocrisy of the business that had exiled him. In the guise of a black-comic thriller, he exposed the Hollywood malaise. And Hollywood loved him for it.
Empire
Feb 1, 2008
Hilarious and deadly, this may be Altman's most completely realized film since his glory days in the '70s. Full Review
Newsweek
Oct 18, 2008
Ranked #8 in Entertainment Weekly's 10 Favorite Films of the 90's - ...Altman's ticklish satire can stand with his timeless work...
Entertainment Weekly
Apr 1, 2000
...So entertaining, so flip and so genially irreverent that it seems to announce the return of the great gregarous film maker....The members of the huge cast seem to be having a great night out on the town...
New York Times
Apr 10, 1992

Product Description:

Robert Altman's adaptation of Michael Tolkin's novel gives the notorious director a chance to address perhaps his greatest nemesis: the Hollywood studio system. Disguised as a thriller, the film assembles virtually every famous actor in Hollywood to create an exhilarating blend of real life and fiction. Tim Robbins plays Griffin Mill, a studio executive who begins to fear for his job when upstart Larry Levy's (Peter Gallagher) name becomes a hot topic on the lot. After receiving threatening postcards from an unidentified writer, Griffin tracks down David Kahane (Vincent D'Onofrio), who he thinks is the guilty party. The two argue, with disastrous results. Later, as Griffin struggles to keep his job while trying to distance himself from the law, he finds himself falling in love with Kahane's mysterious girlfriend (Greta Scacchi). THE PLAYER is a vicious satire that exposes the Hollywood industry as fraudulent, weak, and shallow. Altman's film also sends up both the noir genre and filmmaking technique, the latter notably in an extended opening shot which is a sprawling one-take that covers the studio's entire lot and features a series of hysterical pitches by actual screenwriters, including Buck Henry offering forth on his concept for THE GRADUATE 2. Bitter and electric, THE PLAYER ends on an ironic upbeat note that perfectly concludes a stellar picture.

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