In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Released: 1997-09-12
Runtime: 129 minutes
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Stars: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Spike Jonze
Director: Steve Golin, Howard Shore, Michael Kaplan, James J. Murakami, Larry Gross