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(- 1996 -)

Original Title Fan, The Director Tony Scott Genre Thriller Released 1996-08-16 MPAA Rating Rated R for strong language throughout and some intense violence. Rated 5.3

Plot Summary

Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins San Fransisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose profession is selling hunting knives, Gil Renard is excited over that. But Rayburn plays the worst season of his career and Renard tries to do everything to help him, but goes too far.

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Robert De Niro as Gil Renard , Wesley Snipes as Bobby Rayburn , Ellen Barkin as Jewel Stern , John Leguizamo as Manny , Benicio Del Toro as Juan Primo , Patti D'Arbanville as Ellen Renard (as Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn) , Chris Mulkey as Tim , Andrew J. Ferchland as Richie Renard , Brandon Hammond as Sean Rayburn , Charles Hallahan as Coop , Dan Butler as Garrity , Kurt Fuller as Bernie , Michael Jace as Scalper , Frank Medrano as Bartender (Leon) , Don S. Davis as Stook

IMDB User Comments

big time strikeout! As a die-hard baseball fan I'll probably pick this apart more than anyone else. Yes, the storys not about baseball really, but I must point out the glaring mistakes. As far as the story its one we've seen before: obsessed loony follows and spies on a stranger. Knife salesman (ooh, scary) DeNiro has a thing for Snipes, a ball player who just signed a big deal with the S.F. Giants. After all the usual threatening and psychotic behavior, theres a big confrantation in a rain soaked game where DeNiro wants Snipes to homer so he can have his kidnapped son back. At one point Snipes just comes out and asks (more like screams) "what do you want from me?!" To which DeNiro replies...nothing! He doesnt say a word. Thats when you know the film is a total waste as he doesnt even have a reason for his behavior. Another annoying aspect is how Tony Scott shoots EVERY scene in close-up it seems like. Every characrter is right up in our face in virtually every shot and it makes the screen so claustrophobic like youve been crowded into a room with bodies shoved up against you. And now for the baseball scenes, so unproffesionally put together. I mean a player wearing a visiting uniform hits a ball to the outfield...in his home stadium! Now all of a sudden hes wearing a home white uniform as he runs the bases. Or a ball is pitched in Candlestick Park and after its hit the outfield becomes that of Coors Field. Or fans doing the wave in every shot, or the final game played in nearly hurricane like conditions. Oh, what a mess. What can you expect of a British born director? Big surprise that DeNiro would take this.

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