DVD
The game
Call Number
- DVD MYSTERY/THRILLER (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special ed.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn, Deborah Kara Unger, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Anna Katerina.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.).
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Summary
The enormously wealthy and emotionally remote investment banker Nicholas Van Orton receives a strange gift from his ne'er-do-well younger brother on his forty-eighth birthday: a voucher for a game that, if he agrees to play it, will change his life. Thus begins a trip down the rabbit hole that is puzzling, terrifying, and exhilarating.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as motion picture in 1997.
Special features: alternate 5.1 surround mix optimized for home theater viewing ; audio commentary by director David Fincher, actor Michael Douglas, screenwriters John Brancato & Michael Ferris, and more ; an hour's worth of behind-the-scenes footage and film-to-storyboard comparisons for four of the film's major set pieces, with commentary ; alternate ending ; trailer and teaser, with commentary.