The Player
US (1992): Drama/Comedy/Mystery
A wicked satirical fable about corporate backstabbing -- and actual murder -- in the movie business, The Player benefits from director Robert Altman's long and bitter experience working within, and without, the Hollywood studio system. Rising young executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) is tormented by threats from an anonymous writer. The pressure and paranoia build until Griffin loses control one night and semi-accidentally kills screenwriter David Kahane (Vincent D'Onofrio), who may or may not be the source of the threats. From that point, Griffin's life and career begin to fall apart. In keeping with the ironic spirit of the film itself, Altman's scathingly funny attack on the moral bankruptcy of Hollywood was embraced by many of the same people it was intended to savage, and restored the director to commercial and critical favor. Michael Tolkin adapted the screenplay from his own novel, and the movie is studded with cameos by famous faces, many of whom appear as themselves. (Jim Emerson, Amazon.com)
3 nominations
· Achievement in Directing 1992: Robert Altman
· Achievement in Writing - Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published 1992: Michael Tolkin
· Achievement in Film Editing 1992: Geraldine Peroni