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The Game

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Game is a David Fincher directed movie, released on September 12th, 1997.It centers around Nicholas van Orton (Michael Douglas), a bored, disillusioned investment banker who spends his days in his office. So well-ordered he has driven out all romantic prospects, Nicholas soon receives a gift certificate from his brother Conrad (Sean Penn), which involves participating in a potentially-dangerous game, courtesy of a group called Consumer Recreation Services. Not long after signing up things soon get bizarre and the line between the game and reality begins to blur.Now has a character page in desperate need of expansion.This film runs on various twists and turns. You will learn them if you read any further. You Have Been Warned.
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 Alice Allusion: The movie prominently features the song "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane whose lyrics reference Alice in Wonderland. In the movie, it's Nicholas who is sent further and further down the "rabbit hole" by CRS.
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 Ain't Too Proud to Beg
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 Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Nicholas certainly isn't by the time he finally gets out of Mexico; he openly begs for a ride back to San Francisco at a diner.
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 Age Cut
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 Age Cut: The opening Happier Home Movie cuts from a headshot of Nicholas as a child to a headshot of him splashing water onto his face in the current timeline when he is 48.
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 555
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 555: The hotel where Nicholas allegedly hosted a Hookers and Blow party can be contacted under 555-1111.
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 Accidental Murder
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 Accidental Murder: On the rooftop, Nicholas mistakes Conrad for one of CRS's security guards and shoots him. Subverted by the later reveal that this was a Staged Shooting with blanks.
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