The Game

1997 film directed by David Fincher
Movie film Q723187
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Summary

The Game is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,992 views/month, #779 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: David Fincher[3]
  • Screenwriter: John Brancato[4], Michael Ferris[5]
  • Composer: Howard Shore[6]
  • Genre: neo-noir[7], film noir[8], mystery film[9], drama film[10], action film[11], thriller film[12]
  • Cast member: Michael Douglas[13], Sean Penn[14], Deborah Kara Unger[15], James Rebhorn[16], Armin Mueller-Stahl[17], Carroll Baker[18], Michael Massee[19], Tommy Flanagan[20], Peter Donat[21], Charles Martinet[22], Elizabeth Dennehy[23], Haris Savides[24], Yuji Okumoto[25], Mark Boone Junior[26]
  • Producer: Ceán Chaffin[27], Steve Golin[28]
  • Production company: Universal Pictures[29], Propaganda Films[30], PolyGram Filmed Entertainment[31]
  • Director of photography: Haris Savides[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34], DVD[35]
  • Review score: 7.4/10[36], 63/100[37], 77%[38], 7.7/10[39]
  • Color: color[40]
  • Country of origin: United States[41]
  • Publication date: November 20, 1997[42], September 3, 1997[43]
  • Distributed by: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment[44], Netflix[45], Microsoft Store[46]
  • Narrative location: San Francisco[47]
  • Filming location: San Francisco[48], Mexico[49]
  • Film editor: James Haygood[50]
  • Title: The Game[51]
  • Different from: GRA[52]

Why It Matters

The Game has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 119174
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  2. 7w ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14801 → the-game-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmda4otk
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  3. 12w ago · Mullanur · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rars rating → 18+
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  4. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 1625
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  6. 21w ago · Ontogon · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → San Francisco
    Allmovie title id → v158541, am16191
    Capital cost → {'amount': '+48000000'}
    Kijkwijzer rating → 12
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