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Game 6

2006 · 87 min

A wry, anxious character study that unfolds like a long, nervous wait for inevitable disappointment, mixing urban melancholy with baseball fatalism.

Directed by
Michael Hoffman
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Tagline
Where were you on that night?
Overview
Combining real and fictional events, this movie centers around the historic 1986 World Series, and a day in the life of a playwright who skips opening night to watch the momentous game.

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Directed by
Michael Hoffman
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • fate
  • family
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Michael Hoffman
Written by
Don DeLillo
Starring
Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Ari Graynor, Griffin Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth, Shalom Harlow, Nadia Dajani, Harris Yulin
Music
Ira Kaplan
Cinematography
David M. Dunlap
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Cantonese, Hindi, English

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