

The Player
Now More Than Ever!
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $8M
- Box office
- $21.7M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- homicide
- movie business
- blackmail
- screenwriter
- hollywood
- death threat
- movie mogul
- movie studio
- studio executive
- appreciative
- baffled
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereCleveland International Film Festival3 Apr 1992
- TheatricalR8 May 1992
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1526 Jun 1992
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM25 Jun 1993
BrazilBR
- Theatrical168 May 1992
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival 9 May 1992
- Theatrical13 May 1992
GermanyDE
- Theatrical122 Jul 1992
ItalyIT
- Theatrical14 Nov 1992
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical61 Oct 1992
- Physical6DVD15 Nov 2007
- TV6Net 55 Oct 2008
NorwayNO
- Theatrical158 Aug 1992
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical186 Feb 1993
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1514 Aug 1992
TürkiyeTR
- Theatrical20 Nov 1992
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The Player was released on 8 May 1992.
Audience reviews
2- F10/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
6/9/2024
**A remarkable work.** This is one of those films that I decided to watch without having a clear idea of what I was going to find. I know that there are many people who like to know, read and even watch the trailers to decide what to watch, and I also do this moderately, but one of the sensations I like most in the cinematic experience is surprise, that feeling of pleasure, difficult to describe, that happens wh…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/5/2025
It’s the job of “Griffin” (Tim Robbins) to secure good storylines for his Hollywood studio and he’s good at filtering out the wheat from the chaff. The thing is, though, he’s getting on a bit and there are rumours abounding that he is on his way out. When “Levy” (Peter Gallagher) arrives from an erstwhile competitor, the writing looks more like it’s on the wall than on the page. He’s also been having some difficultie…
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