The Player is a 1992 satirical film directed by Robert Altman from a screenplay by Michael Tolkin based on his own 1988 novel of the same name. A follow-up book, Return of the Player, was later published in 2006. It is the story of Hollywood studio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) who gets away with murdering a wannabe screenwriter he believed was sending him death threats.
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The Player is a 1992 satirical film directed by Robert Altman from a screenplay by Michael Tolkin based on his own 1988 novel of the same name. A follow-up book, Return of the Player, was later published in 2006. It is the story of Hollywood studio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) who gets away with murdering a wannabe screenwriter he believed was sending him death threats.
The film is loaded with movie references and Hollywood insider jokes and functions as a critique of movie business that treats artists poorly and sacrifices quality for commercial success. It might seem surprising that around sixty big Hollywood names agreed to play cameos as themselves in the film but Altman himself insists 'it is a very mild satire' offending no one.
Altman had trouble with the Hollywood studio system in the 1970s after a number of studio films lost money or had trouble finding audiences. The Player was his comeback to making films in Hollywood. The film, and its cast and crew, won a number...
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