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Director David Fincher followed the success of his dark and atmospheric crime thriller Seven 1995 with another exercise in stylish film noir, this time lifting the pallid atmosphere a notch to indulge in a fast-paced trip through the cinematic funhouse. Michael Douglas plays Nicholas Van Orton, a Scrooge-like San Francisco investment banker following in his father's Scrooge-like footsteps. On Nicholas's 48th birthday the age at which his father committed suicide, his younger, free-spirited brother Conrad Sean Penn blows into town and gives Nicholas a special gift for "the man who has everything" -- a ticket to CRS Consumer Recreation Services, a company that constructs games custom-fit for each participant to provide, as CRS salesman Jim Feingold James Rebhorn cryptically puts it, "whatever is lacking." Nicholas's secure life begins a downhill slide as CRS masterminds a series of elaborate pranks, harmless at first, that quickly become malicious and life-threatening. Stripped of financial resources and convinced that he can trust no one, Nicholas begins to wonder if CRS is a front for a more covert operation, and if the game is in fact an attempt to steal his fortune and leave him for dead. Determined to fight back alone, Nicholas infiltrates CRS in order to "pull back the curtain and meet the wizard."
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat
Directors: David Fincher
Format: DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: September 18, 2012
Run Time: 128 minutes
Special Features
New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director David Fincher and director of photography Harris Savides, with original theatrical 5.1 surround theatrical soundtrack, in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
Alternate 5.1 surround mix optimized for home theater viewing, supervised by sound designer Ren Klyce and Fincher, in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary by Fincher, Savides, actor Michael Douglas, screenwriters John Brancato and Michael Ferris, digital animation supervisor Richard “Dr.” Baily, production designer Jeffrey Beecroft, visual effects supervisor Kevin Haug, and visual effects producer Robyn D’Arcy
An hour’s worth of exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and film-to-storyboard comparisons for four of the film’s major set pieces, with commentary
Alternate ending
Trailer and teaser trailer, with commentary
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Sterritt
Cast & Crew
Michael Douglas Nicholas Van Orton
Sean Penn Conrad
Deborah Kara Unger Christine
James Rebhorn Jim Feingold
Peter Donat Samuel Sutherland
Carroll Baker Ilsa
Anna Katarina Elizabeth
Armin Mueller-Stahl Anson Baer
Tommy Flanagan
Harrison Young
Technical Credits
David Fincher Director
Jeffrey Beecroft Production Designer
Yudi Bennett Asst. Director
John Brancato Co-producer, Screenwriter
Willie D. Burton Sound/Sound Designer
Jackie Carr Set Decoration/Design
Ceán Chaffin Producer
Jeff Cronenweth Camera Operator
Michael Ferris Co-producer, Screenwriter
Steve Golin Producer
James Haygood Editor
Michael Kaplan Costumes/Costume Designer
Alan S. Kaye Set Decoration/Design
Ren Klyce Sound/Sound Designer
Jonathan Mostow Executive Producer
Don Phillips Casting
Steven A. Saklad Art Director
Harris Savides Cinematographer
Howard Shore Score Composer
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