| Title |
The player / producers, David Brown, Michael Tolkin, Nick Wechsler ; screenplay, Michael Tolkin ; directed by Robert Altman. |
| Edition |
Blu-ray special edition. |
| OCLC |
be2016009393 |
| ISBN |
1681431521 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515177115 |
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00715515177115 |
| Music number |
CC2621BD Criterion Collection |
| Publisher |
New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2016] |
| Description |
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical surround DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 rda. |
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HDTV rda. |
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video file Blu-ray video region A rda. |
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Motion picture. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Tolkin, Michael -- Film adaptations.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Drama.
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Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
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Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| System details note |
This is a Blu-ray disc made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players. |
| Cast |
Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher. |
| Summary |
A successful young Hollywood film producer, who finds his job threatened by a newcomer and his life threatened in a series of anonymous postcards, is inadvertently involved in the investigation into the death of an aspiring screenwriter, whose bereaved girlfriend he has begun dating. |
| NOTE |
For private home use only. |
| Target audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Language note |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
| General note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992. |
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Based on the the novel by Michael Tolkin. |
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DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 surround, wide screen 1.85:1. |
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Essay by author Sam Wasson in container. |
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Features: audio commentary from 1992 featuring director Robert Altman, writer Michael Tolkin, and cinematographer Jean Lépine; interview with Altman from 1992; new interviews with Tolkin, actor Tim Robbins, associate producer David Levy, and production designer Stephen Altman; Cannes Film Festival press conference from 1992 with cast and crew; short documentary "The player at LACMA" about the shooting of the film's fundraiser scene; Map to the stars, a gallery dedicated to the cameo appearances in the film; deleted scenes and outtakes; the film's opening shot with alternate commentaries by Altman, Lépine, and Tolkin; trailers. |
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