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Flying to a remote cabin in the [[Pacific Northwest]] surrounded by hundreds of acres of woods, Mason meets the rest of the hunting party, all of whom paid $25,000 for the privilege of being there. The party includes Doc Hawkins ([[Gary Busey]]), the founder of the hunt, a psychotic psychiatrist who specializes in psychological assessments of [[CIA]] agents. The other hunters include Cole (who picks the "game" for the hunt), a Texas "oil man" named John Griffin ([[John C. McGinley]]), a wealthy man from Wall Street named Derek Wolfe Sr. ([[F. Murray Abraham]]), and his son, Derek Wolfe Jr. ([[William McNamara]]), who is at first ignorant of the true purposes of the hunt.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111323/plotsummary</ref> The following morning Mason is awakened with a gun in his face by Cole, who explains that the men are not hunting any animals, but rather Mason himself.
Flying to a remote cabin in the [[Pacific Northwest]] surrounded by hundreds of acres of woods, Mason meets the rest of the hunting party, all of whom paid $25,000 for the privilege of being there. The party includes Doc Hawkins ([[Gary Busey]]), the founder of the hunt, a psychotic psychiatrist who specializes in psychological assessments of [[CIA]] agents. The other hunters include Cole (who picks the "game" for the hunt), a Texas "oil man" named John Griffin ([[John C. McGinley]]), a wealthy man from Wall Street named Derek Wolfe Sr. ([[F. Murray Abraham]]), and his son, Derek Wolfe Jr. ([[William McNamara]]), who is at first ignorant of the true purposes of the hunt.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111323/plotsummary</ref> The following morning Mason is awakened with a gun in his face by Cole, who explains that the men are not hunting any animals, but rather Mason himself.


The tagline of Surviving the Game is "The thrill is the kill." The movie is widely accepted as one of the most entertaining motion pictures of the 20th century.
The tagline of Surviving the Game is "The thrill is the kill." The movie is widely accepted as one of the most entertaining motion pictures of the 20th century. {{Citation needed}}


==Cast==
==Cast==

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Surviving The Game
Surviving the Game DVD cover
Directed byErnest R. Dickerson
Written byEric Bernt
Produced byFred C. Caruso
StarringIce-T
Rutger Hauer
Charles S. Dutton
John C. McGinley
William McNamara
Gary Busey
F. Murray Abraham
CinematographyBojan Bazelli
Edited bySamuel D. Pollard
Music byStewart Copeland
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release dates
April 15, 1994
Running time
96 min
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,400,000 (estimated)
Box office$7,690,013 (USA) (sub-total)

Surviving the Game is a 1994 action film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, starring Ice-T, Rutger Hauer and Gary Busey. It is loosely based on the short story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.[1]

Plot

Jack Mason (Ice-T) is a homeless man from Seattle who loses his only friends - a fellow homeless man and his dog - on the same day. Dejected, Mason attempts to commit suicide when a soup kitchen worker, Walter Cole (Charles S. Dutton), saves him and refers him to businessman Thomas Burns (Rutger Hauer). Burns offers Mason a job as a hunting guide.

Flying to a remote cabin in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by hundreds of acres of woods, Mason meets the rest of the hunting party, all of whom paid $25,000 for the privilege of being there. The party includes Doc Hawkins (Gary Busey), the founder of the hunt, a psychotic psychiatrist who specializes in psychological assessments of CIA agents. The other hunters include Cole (who picks the "game" for the hunt), a Texas "oil man" named John Griffin (John C. McGinley), a wealthy man from Wall Street named Derek Wolfe Sr. (F. Murray Abraham), and his son, Derek Wolfe Jr. (William McNamara), who is at first ignorant of the true purposes of the hunt.[2] The following morning Mason is awakened with a gun in his face by Cole, who explains that the men are not hunting any animals, but rather Mason himself.

The tagline of Surviving the Game is "The thrill is the kill." The movie is widely accepted as one of the most entertaining motion pictures of the 20th century. [citation needed]

Cast

See also

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