The Player 15

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Duration:
124 mins
Year produced:
1992
Director:
Robert Altman
Cast:
Tim Robbins
Fred Ward
Whoopi Goldberg

Griffin Mill is a Hollywood film producer. His time is spent listening to hopeful scriptwriters, but things aren't going so well for Griffin - he's got a rival, a younger executive who's snapping at his heels, and he's getting death threats from a spurned writer. He decides to take matters in to his own hands in this funny and barbed satire of Hollywood ambition, featuring a cast of famous faces, most of who are playing themselves.

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Fascinating facts

Julia Roberts (among others) did her Cameo for nothing.

None of the many celebrity cameos in the film - including Julia Roberts, Cher, Jack Lemmon and Bruce Willis – were scripted. Robert Altman, director of The Player, instead allowed each of the stars making brief appearances “as themselves” to improvise their dialogue