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The Fan
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Fan is a 1996 sports drama/thriller directed by Tony Scott and starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes.Gil Renard (De Niro) is a down-on-his-luck, divorced knife salesman who worships his hometown San Francisco Giants, especially their latest acquisition, talented, yet arrogant and self-centered local hero Bobby Rayburn (Snipes). As the film progresses, Gil finds himself neglecting his responsibilities to his young son, his job, and ultimately his slipping sanity as he strives to get closer to Bobby. And it becomes apparent that Gil is willing to do anything for his baseball hero, only for him to be bitterly disappointed when Bobby's true attitude toward his fans is revealed.Despite the presence of a big-name director, and two proven box-office draws in De Niro and Snipes, the film was a critical and commercial disappointment, with fans and critics either loving or hating De Niro's performance as Gil Renard, whom many felt drew inspiration from Michael Douglas' character in Falling Down and De Niro's much better-received role as a similarly unstable fan in The King of Comedy.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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Believing Their Own Lies | |
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Believing Their Own Lies: Gil seems to honestly believe his own past as a potential baseball pro even though he never played past childhood. | |
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Award-Bait Song | |
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Award-Bait Song: The film's closing ballad, "Letting Go", performed by Terence Trent D'Arby, which stands out in a soundtrack dominated by classic rock (The Rolling Stones, Santana, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels) and modern rock (Nine Inch Nails). | |
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Artistic License – Sports | |
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Artistic License – Sports: Used to very painful effect. Live video replay on the Jumbotron (which is not allowed), video of arguments between players or brawls (also not allowed), a player getting his number assigned on Opening Day (numbers are assigned during Spring Training), the climactic scene occurring at a baseball game played during a downpour... it would be easier to list what the movie got right. Such things do NOT include the long shot featuring a batter from BOTH teams warming up in their respective on-deck circles, and then later showing Snipes's character go directly from the dugout to the batter's box. When Tony Scott was setting up to film that climactic scene, practically the entire cast and crew was loudly pointing out that baseball is just not played in the rain. He didn't care, saying he liked the drama it created. | |
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I Coulda Been a Contender! / int_9aab88dc | |
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Taking the Kids / int_9aab88dc |
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