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32 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Surviving the Game
"The Rules are Simple: Kill or Be Killed."
1994 1h 36m EN
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ActionThrillerAdventureCrimeDrama
Synopsis
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A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
βThe Rules are Simple: Kill or Be Killed.β
Cast
Rutger Hauer
Burns
Ice-T
Mason
Charles S. Dutton
Cole
John C. McGinley
Griffin
William McNamara
Wolfe, Jr.
Jeff Corey
Hank
Gary Busey
Hawkins
F. Murray Abraham
Wolfe, Sr.
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ernest R. Dickerson
- Writers
- Eric Bernt
- Languages
- English, French
- Countries
- United States of America
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, shot by Bojan Bazelli. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Stewart Copeland. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Sam Pollard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Rutger Hauer and Ice-T and Charles S. Dutton carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "The Rules are Simple: Kill or Be Killed.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0111323 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ernest R. Dickerson directs. Bojan Bazelli behind the camera. Stewart Copeland scores. Sam Pollard cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 132 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
- 3Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, shot by Bojan Bazelli. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Stewart Copeland. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Sam Pollard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Rutger Hauer and Ice-T and Charles S. Dutton carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "The Rules are Simple: Kill or Be Killed.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0111323 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Bojan Bazelli
- Original score
- Stewart Copeland
- Editing
- Sam Pollard
- Production design
- Christiaan Wagener
- Costume design
- Ruth E. Carter
- Makeup / hair
- Vonda K. Morris
- Runtime
- 96 min Β· 1h 36m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $7,400,000
- Box office
- $7,690,013
- Return
- 104% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Ernest R. Dickerson
Stills Β· wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
New Line Cinema
US
- DA
David Permut Productions
Permut Presentations
US
Key crew
- StuntsSteven Lambert
- Co-ProducerFred C. Caruso
- Art DirectionMadlyne Marcom
- Executive ProducerKevin J. Messick
- Key Makeup ArtistVonda K. Morris
- ProducerDavid Permut
- Set DecorationGeorge Toomer Jr.
- Key Hair StylistVonda K. Morris
- Production DesignChristiaan Wagener
- CastingJodi Rothfield
- Costume DesignRuth E. Carter
- EditorSam Pollard
- Costume DesignDonna Berwick
- StuntsJohn Robotham
- Assistant EditorGeeta Gandbhir
- GafferAnthony G. Nakonechnyj
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- hunting trip
- survival
- one against many
- homeless man
- human prey
- manhunt
- death game
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical1994-04-15R
Also known as
International titles
- Surviving the Game - TΓΆtet ihn!DE
- Cible humaineCA
- Ψ¨Ψ§Ψ²Ϋ Ψ¨ΩΨ§IR
- Sobrevivendo ao JogoBR
- TΓΆtet ihn!DE
- γ΅γγ€γγ³γ°γ»γ²γΌγ JP
