The Player (1992)

A studio script screener gets on the bad side of a writer by not accepting his script. The writer is sending him threatening postcards. The screener tries to identify the writer in order to pay him off so he’ll be left alone, and then in a case of mistaken identity gone awry, he accidentally gives the writer solid ammunition for blackmail. This plot is written on a backdrop of sleazy Hollywood deals and several subplots involving the politics of the industry.

Trailer:

The 8 minute, single shot, opening scene from the 1992 Robert Altman film The Player

Clip from Robert Altman’s “The Player” about the length of a filmpitch. These should be 25 words or less, since movie bosses’ time is just that valuable:

Kill the Writer scene. Tim Robbins, Vincent D’Onofrio:

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0105151/
Tim Robbins… Griffin Mill
Greta Scacchi… June Gudmundsdottir
Fred Ward… Walter Stuckel
Whoopi Goldberg… Detective Avery
Peter Gallagher… Larry Levy
Brion James… Joel Levison
Cynthia Stevenson… Bonnie Sherow
Vincent D’Onofrio… David Kahane
Dean Stockwell… Andy Civella
Richard E. Grant… Tom Oakley
Sydney Pollack… Dick Mellon
Lyle Lovett… Detective DeLongpre
Dina Merrill… Celia
Angela Hall… Jan

and

Steve Allen as Steve Allen
Richard Anderson as Richard Anderson
Rene Auberjonois as Rene Auberjonois
Harry Belafonte as Harry Belafonte
Shari Belafonte as Shari Belafonte
Karen Black as Karen Black
Michael Bowen as Michael Bowen
Gary Busey as Gary Busey
Robert Carradine as Robert Carradine
Charles Champlin as Charles Champlin
Cher as Cher
James Coburn as James Coburn
Cathy Lee Crosby as Cathy Lee Crosby
John Cusack as John Cusack
Brad Davis as Brad Davis
Paul Dooley as Paul Dooley
Thereza Ellis as Thereza Ellis
Peter Falk as Peter Falk
Felicia Farr as Felicia Farr
Katarzyna Figura as Kasia Figura
Louise Fletcher as Louise Fletcher
Dennis Franz as Dennis Franz
Teri Garr as Teri Garr
Leeza Gibbons as Leeza Gibbons
Scott Glenn as Scott Glenn
Jeff Goldblum as Jeff Goldblum
Elliott Gould as Elliott Gould
Joel Grey as Joel Grey
David Alan Grier as David Alan Grier
Buck Henry as Buck Henry
Anjelica Huston as Angelica Huston
Kathy Ireland as Kathy Ireland
Steve James as Steve James
Maxine John-James as Maxine John-James
Sally Kellerman as Sally Kellerman
Sally Kirkland as Sally Kirkland
Jack Lemmon as Jack Lemmon
Marlee Matlin as Marlee Matlin
Andie MacDowell as Andie MacDowell
Malcolm McDowell as Malcolm McDowell
Jayne Meadows as Jayne Meadows
Martin Mull as Martin Mull
Jennifer Nash as Jennifer Nash
Nick Nolte as Nick Nolte
Alexandra Powers as Alexandra Powers
Bert Remsen as Bert Remsen
Guy Remsen as Guy Remsen
Patricia Resnick as Patricia Resnick
Burt Reynolds as Burt Reynolds
Jack Riley as Jack Riley
Julia Roberts as Julia Roberts
Mimi Rogers as Mimi Rogers
Annie Ross as Annie Ross
Alan Rudolph as Alan Rudolph
Jill St. John as Jill St. John
Susan Sarandon as Susan Sarandon
Adam Simon as Adam Simon
Rod Steiger as Rod Steiger
Joan Tewkesbury as Joan Tewkesbury
Brian Tochi as Brian Tochi
Lily Tomlin as Lily Tomlin
Robert Wagner as Robert Wagner
Ray Walston as Ray Walston
Bruce Willis as Bruce Willis
Marvin Young as Marvin Young
Althea Gibson as Althea Gibson