| | House Of Games DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Thriller Movies, Mystery Videos, Suspense, Recommended, Scams And Cons, Criterion Collection, Deception, Psychodrama | | Starring | Joe Mantegna, Lindsay Crouse, Lilia Skala, Mike Nussbaum | | Director | David Mamet |
Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright and screenwriter David Mamet first sat in the directors chair for this sly, merciless thriller, one of the most original and acclaimed films of the eighties. Mamets witty tale of a therapist and best-selling author (Lindsay Crouse) who must confront her own obsessions when she meets an attractive cardsharp (Joe Mantegna) is as psychologically acute as it is full of twists and turns, a rich character study told with the cold calculation of a career criminal. David Mamet's directorial debut finds him exploring his abiding interest in deception and inviting his audience to be prepared for endless twists and turns. The film is a character study of Dr. Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse), a psychiatrist and best-selling author specializing in addictive behavior. During a therapy session, she discovers that a patient owes a $25,000 gambling debt. When she becomes involved on her patient's behalf, she enters an underworld populated with fascinating characters. Dr. Ford is both strong and vulnerable, and Crouse exploits this ambiguity in a powerful central performance. Joe Mantegna is also a presence as underworld denizen Mike. The strong overall acting and well-crafted plot pleased critics and proved to be at the heart of Mamet's future filmmaking successes. Filmed in Seattle, Washington.
HOUSE OF GAMES was playwright-screenwriter David Mamet's first film as a director and features many regulars from his stage troupe, including Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna.
Star Lindsay Crouse was director David Mamet's wife at the time the film was made.
The film was screened at the 1987 Venice Film Festival.
Liz Dixon and Ricky Jay were used as consultants on confidence games. House Of Games Reviews: "...Entertaining, deadpan, seriocomic melodrama....Mamet's screenplay builds much like a whopping good poker game..."
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times Included in the New York Times "10 Best Films of 1987"
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times "...Writer David Mamet's first trip behind the camera as director is entertaining good fun, an American film noir with Hitchcockian touches..."
-- Yung., Variety "...A real curve ball....Mamet has elevated the dialogue to the foreground....GAMES is smart..."
-- Harlan Jacobson, Film Comment "...Coldly absorbing....Mamet gives us the plot in crisp layers....[The] dialogue -- subtly rhythmed, pungent, terrifically well written -- carries the movie..."
-- Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times "...Mamet's dialogue starts with the plain red bricks of reality, and mortars them into walls that are slightly askew..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "With a parlor-trick plot and neon-lit cinematography right out of Edward Hopper's NIGHTHAWKS, GAMES is a con within a con within a con." -- Grade: A--- Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly House Of Games | List Price | $39.95 (You save $11.30) | | Studio | Criterion Collection | | Orig Year | 1987 | | All Time Sales Rank |  48888  | | CD Universe Part number | 7449823 | | Catalog number | 1708 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 21, 2007 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 102 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen |
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Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: David Mamet - Director; Ricky Jay - Star
Interviews: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna - Stars
Behind the Scenes: Making Of - "David Mamet on HOUSE OF GAMES"
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
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