Thursday's Game

1974 1h 40m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 6

TV MovieComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that the games stopped some time ago, they are a quite upset. Just what have they been doing on Thursday nights?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gene Wilder
Harry Evers
Bob Newhart
Marvin Ellison
Ellen Burstyn
Lynne Evers
Cloris Leachman
Lois Ellison
Martha Scott
Mrs. Reynolds
Nancy Walker
Mrs. Bender
Valerie Harper
Ann Menzente
Rob Reiner
Joel Forrest

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Moore
Writers: James L. Brooks
Languages: Spanish, English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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52 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Moore, shot by Joseph F. Biroc. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Original score by Billy Goldenberg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Diane Adler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Gene Wilder and Bob Newhart and Ellen Burstyn carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0072289 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Moore directs. Joseph F. Biroc behind the camera. Billy Goldenberg scores. Diane Adler cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

152 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
3Directed by Robert Moore, shot by Joseph F. Biroc. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Billy Goldenberg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Diane Adler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Gene Wilder and Bob Newhart and Ellen Burstyn carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0072289 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Joseph F. Biroc
Original score: Billy Goldenberg
Editing: Diane Adler
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Thursday's Game (1974)

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Peter McGinn2021-03-01
★ 7/10
Thursday’s Game is a lightweight comedy in some ways, but it is quirky enough to rise above the level of more forgettable network movies. It features Gene Wilder and a competent ensemble cast made up of faces that would later become very familiar in popular tv sitcoms. We watched it recently as part of a Cloris Leachman retrospective. The humor ranges from being fairly subtle to occasional slapstick. The plot focuses mostly on Wilder’s character, his employment and marriage ups and downs, with lesser attention paid to Bob Newhart’s restless character, who wants out of his marriage. As mentioned above, it is lightweight stuff, but entertaining enough to be worth our time, with a rather sudden and whimsical ending that in a way seemed to suit the story.

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