THE PLAYER
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'''The Player''' (1992) is a movie that tells the story of Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), a Hollywood studio executive who believes he is being blackmailed 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. 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.[1]
Altman had had his troubles with the Hollywood studio system in the '70s after a number of studio films (''McCabe & Mrs. Miller'', ''The Long Goodbye'') lost money or had trouble finding audiences despite the critical praise and cult adulation they received. Altman continued to work outside the studios in the late '70s and throughout the '80s, often doing small-budget projects or filmed plays to keep his hand in. ''The Player'' was a comeback to making films in Hollywood, although it was made for Fine Line Features rather than a major studio. It ushered in a new period of filmmaking for Altman, who continued on to an epic adaptation of Raymond Carver's short stories, ''Short Cuts'' (1993). Altman won a number of European best-director awards for ''The Player'' (the BAFTA, best director at the Cannes Film Festival) and he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe as best director (the film won the Golden Globe for best "comedy or musical"). Tolkin received an Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay.
| Contents |
| Cast |
| Cameos |
| Trivia |
| Notes |
| External link |
| Awards and Recognition |
Cast
★ Tim Robbins as Griffin Mill
★ Greta Scacchi as June Gudmundsdottir
★ Fred Ward as Walter Stuckel
★ Whoopi Goldberg as Detective Susan Avery
★ Peter Gallagher as Larry Levy
★ Brion James as Joel Levinson
★ Cynthia Stevenson as Bonnie Sherow
★ Vincent D'Onofrio David Kahane
★ Dean Stockwell as Andy Civella
★ Richard E. Grant as Tom Oakley
★ Sydney Pollack as Dick Mellon
★ Lyle Lovett as Detective DeLongpre
Cameos
This is a list of the Hollywood people who play themselves in the movie:
Trivia
★ Few of the cameos were planned for in advance. Since the movie was shot in Hollywood and in so many locations that Hollywood figures frequent, most of the cameos were just coincidences and their lines were improvised. Most of the actors with cameos received no payment.
★ The DVD edition of the film includes several deleted scenes, with more cameos from people such as Tim Curry. It also includes a director and writer audio commentary where they talk about the production of a television series, based on the film.
★ A TV spin-off was created and a pilot shot in 1997. However, the pilot was never picked up. It starred Patrick Dempsey as Griffin Mill, Jennifer Garner, and Jennifer Grey.
★ The opening tracking shot lasts about 8 minutes without a single camera break. It took them 15 takes in order to accomplish the task. This pays homage to Orson Welles' Touch of Evil and Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, which are both mentioned throughout the scene.
Notes
1. DVD commentary on ''The Player''.
External link
★
Awards and Recognition
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Academy Awards, USA'''
|-
!Result
!Award
!Category
!Recipient(s)
|-
|Nominated
|Oscar
|Best Director
|Robert Altman
|-
|Nominated
|Oscar
|Best Film Editing
|Geraldine Peroni
|-
|Nominated
|Oscar
|Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
|Michael Tolkin
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Golden Globes, USA'''
|-
|Won
|Golden Globe
|Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
|
|-
|Won
|Golden Globe
|Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
|Tim Robbins
|-
|Nominated
|Golden Globe
|Best Director - Motion Picture
|Robert Altman
|-
|Nominated
|Golden Globe
|Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
|Michael Tolkin
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''BAFTA Awards, UK'''
|-
|Won
|BAFTA Film Award
|Best Direction
|Robert Altman
|-
|Won
|BAFTA Film Award
|Best Screenplay - Adapted
|Michael Tolkin
|-
|Nominated
|BAFTA Film Award
|Best Actor
|Tim Robbins
|-
|Nominated
|BAFTA Film Award
|Best Editing
|Geraldine Peroni
|-
|Nominated
|BAFTA Film Award
|Best Film
|David Brown
Michael Tolkin
Nick Wechsler
Robert Altman
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Cannes Film Festival, France'''
|-
|Won
|
|Best Actor
|Tim Robbins
|-
|Won
|
|Best Director
|Robert Altman
|-
|Nominated
|Golden Palm
|Best Film
|Robert Altman
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''César Awards, France'''
|-
|Nominated
|César
|Best Foreign Film
|
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Bodil Awards, Denmark'''
|-
|Won
|Bodil
|Best Non-European Film
|
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Directors Guild of America, USA'''
|-
|Nominated
|DGA Award
|Outstanding Directorial Achievement
in Motion Pictures
|Robert Altman
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Writers Guild of America, USA'''
|-
|Won
|WGA Award
|Best Screenplay Based on Material
Previously Produced or Published
|Michael Tolkin
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Edgar Allan Poe Awards, USA'''
|-
|Won
|Edgar
|Best Motion Picture Screenplay
|Michael Tolkin
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Independent Spirit Awards, USA'''
|-
|Won
|Independent Spirit Award
|Best Feature
|David Brown
Michael Tolkin
Nick Wechsler
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''New York Film Critics Circle Awards, USA'''
|-
|Won
|NYFCC Award
|Best Film
|
|-
|Won
|NYFCC Award
|Best Director
|Robert Altman
|-
|Won
|NYFCC Award
|Best Cinematographer
|Jean Lépine
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''London Critics Circle Film Awards, UK'''
|-
|Won
|ALFS Award
|Director of the Year
|Robert Altman
|-
|Won
|ALFS Award
|Screenwriter of the Year
|Michael Tolkin
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards, USA'''
|-
|Won
|SEFCA Award
|Best Director
|Robert Altman
|-
|2nd place
|SEFCA Award
|Best Picture
|
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, USA'''
|-
|Won
|KCFCC Award
|Best Film (Tied with Unforgiven)
|
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, Italy'''
|-
|Won
|Silver Ribbon
|Best Director - Foreign Film
|Robert Altman
|-
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" | '''American Cinema Editors, USA'''
|-
|Nominated
|Eddie
|Best Edited Feature Film
|Geraldine Peroni
|-
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