Directed by:
Robert AltmanScreenplay:
Michael TolkinCinematography:
Jean LépineComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James, Cynthia Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Stockwell, Richard E. Grant (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
The film concerns a sleek and smooth Hollywood studio executive who starts receiving death threats from a disgruntled writer because he has committed the ultimate Hollywood sin -- he promised the writer he would call him back and he never did. This is particularly ironic because the studio executive, Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), is considered "writer-friendly," spending his days listening to pitches from such noted screenwriters as Buck Henry, who is pushing "The Graduate, Part II" and Alan Rudolph, who is hawking a Bruce Willis action film described as "Ghost meets The Manchurian Candidate." But The Player finds Griffin's comfortable life style in danger of collapse. He is trying to find a way to unload his girlfriend (Cynthia Stevenson) whose independence and intelligence make her a poor candidate for a trophy wife. More importantly, it seems that Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher), a slippery executive from Twentieth Century Fox, is angling for his job. And then there are those nasty postcards and faxes from a screenwriter threatening to kill him. (official distributor synopsis)
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The Player
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Varese Sarabande
Year: 1992
Country: USA
Length: 35:50
| 1. | Funeral Shark | Thomas Newman | 01:02 |
| 2. | St. James | Thomas Newman | 01:02 |
| 3. | Six Inches Of Dirty Water | Thomas Newman | 01:41 |
| 4. | Main Title | Thomas Newman | 01:45 |
| 5. | "Rose's Café" - Ralph Nicholls | 01:39 | |
| 6. | Icy Theme | Thomas Newman | 02:30 |
| 7. | That's All He Wrote | Thomas Newman | 02:48 |
| 8. | Schecter Bros. | Thomas Newman | 01:23 |
| 9. | Sex | Thomas Newman | 03:16 |
| 10. | Desert Drive | Thomas Newman | 01:15 |
| 11. | "Tema Para Jobim" - Jerry Mulligan | 04:33 | |
| 12. | The Graduate Pt. 2 | Thomas Newman | 02:20 |
| 13. | Lineup | Thomas Newman | 01:16 |
| 14. | Good Dog's Water | Thomas Newman | 02:39 |
| 15. | Detective DeLongpre | Thomas Newman | 01:11 |
| 16. | "Silent Night" - Jack Lemmon | 00:28 | |
| 17. | Opening 3 | Thomas Newman | 01:05 |
| 18. | "Griffin's Plan / Let's Begin Again" - Robert Altman and Robert Ecton | 00:51 | |
| 19. | The Player | Thomas Newman | 03:06 |