The Player

The Player
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Directed by Robert Altman
Written by Michael Tolkin (screenplay and novel)
Starring Tim Robbins
Greta Scacchi
Fred Ward
Whoopi Goldberg
Sydney Pollack
Lyle Lovett
Produced by David Brown
Michael Tolkin
Nick Wechsler
Distributed by Fine Line Features
Release date 3 April, 1992 (premiere)
Runtime 124 min.
Language English
Budget USD$8,000,000 (estimated)
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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. The movie's best known feature is its 62 cameo performances by major Hollywood actors, producers and directors, all playing themselves.

The movie can be enjoyed merely as an entertaining comedy/drama loaded with movie references and Hollywood insider jokes, but on a deeper level it is also a highly critical attack on the Hollywood movie business, which treats people poorly and sacrifices quality for commercial success. In that respect, it is surprising that so many big Hollywood names agreed to play themselves in the film.

Contents
1 Cast

1.1 Cameos

2 Trivia
3 External link

Cast

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 did their appearances for nothing.

External link

See also: The Player, 1992, 3 April, Actor, Andie MacDowell, Anjelica Huston, Annie Ross, Brad Davis (actor)