Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
- san francisco
- california
- manipulation
- danger of life
- puzzle
- birthday present
- conspiracy thriller
- bewildered
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Michael Douglas
Nicholas Van Orton
Sean Penn
Conrad Van Orton
Deborah Kara Unger
Christine
James Rebhorn
Jim Feingold
- Peter Donat — Samuel Sutherland
- Carroll Baker — Ilsa
- Anna Katarina — Elizabeth
- Armin Mueller-Stahl — Anson Baer
- Charles Martinet — Nicholas' Father
- Scott Hunter McGuire — Young Nicholas
- Florentine Mocanu — Nicholas' Mother
- Elizabeth Dennehy — Maria
- Caroline Barclay — Maggie
- Daniel Schorr — Daniel Schorr
- John Aprea — Power Executive
- Directed
- David Fincher
- Written
- John Brancato, Michael Ferris
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 7,545 ratings
- Studio
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Propaganda Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
