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Actors: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Vincent D'Onofrio
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Player |
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After the major flop of "Popeye," Robert Altman submerged out of sight for 12 years before reappearing with this slick, cynical black comedy/drama about Hollywood, written by Michael Tolkin after his novel. Griffin Mill (Robbins) is a studio script screener very much on the make. A writer whose script he rejected starts sending him threatening but anonymous postcards, attempting to blackmail Mill. Griffin tries to buy off his tormenter, but in a case of mistaken identity, he does something REALLY bad which gives the blackmailer even more ammo to use against him. Mill also finds himself falling in love with June Gudmundsdottir, a gorgeous, innocent babe caught up in this mess (Scacchi). Whoopi Goldberg plays the foul-mouthed, aggressive Detective Susan Avery investigating the cavalcade of crimes, and there are at least five dozen cameo appearances by various stars, from Jack Lemmon, Elliott Gould, and Cher to John Cusack, Nick Nolte, and Julia Roberts. (When will Bruce Willis and Martin Mull, or Harry Belafonte and Lily Tomlin, or Buck Henry and Kathy Ireland, ever appear in a movie together again?) The film opens with a celebrated 8-minute continuous tracking shot that includes characters talking about great tracking shots in classic older movies.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Player |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- filmmaker/producer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- producer/director
Age:
- 20's-30's
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
- dangerous
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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