The Player | film by Altman [1992] | Britannica (original) (raw)

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• discussed in biography
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    In Robert Altman: 1980s and ’90s of Robert Altman
    …big screen in 1992 with The Player, a corrosive portrait of the film industry that hinged on a particularly potent performance by Tim Robbins, as a rising studio executive who kills to advance his career, and that included an abundance of cameos by well-known actors. Altman was nominated for an…
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role of

• Belafonte
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    In Harry Belafonte
    (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), The Player (1992), Kansas City (1996), Bobby (2006), and BlacKkKlansman (2018).
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• D’Onofrio
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    In Vincent D’Onofrio
    …aspiring screenwriter in Robert Altman’s The Player (1992). In addition, from about 1989 to 1993 he was involved with the actor Greta Scacchi; their daughter, actor Leila George D’Onofrio, was born shortly before the relationship ended. D’Onofrio starred with Tracy Ullman and Lili Taylor in Household Saints (1993). His other…
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• Fletcher
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    In Louise Fletcher
    …thriller Blue Steel (1989), Altman’s The Player (1992), and the sci-fi thriller Virtuosity (1995).
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• Lovett
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    In Lyle Lovett
    …acted in such films as The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Ready to Wear (1994), and The Open Road (2009). In 1996 he appeared in the made-for-television movie Bastard Out of Carolina, and he later had a recurring role on the TV series The Bridge (2013–14). Shy and unassuming by…
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• Pollack
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    In Sydney Pollack: Last films
    …notable movies as Robert Altman’s The Player (1992), Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (1999), and Michael Clayton (2007). He also acted in a number of TV shows, including Frasier, Mad About You, Will & Grace, and The Sopranos
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• Robbins
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    In Tim Robbins
    …Robert Altman’s film industry satire The Player (1992), and he was nominated for another Golden Globe for his performance as a right-wing Senate candidate in the mockumentary Bob Roberts (1992), which he also wrote and directed.
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• Steiger
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    In Rod Steiger
    Fields and Me (1976); The Player (1992), in which he portrayed himself; the TV miniseries Tales of the City (1993); and _The Specialist_—was not considered to have been as accomplished or as successful as his earlier movies, however. His final film was A Month of Sundays (2001)
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