GAME 6

Year: 2005
USA: Kindred Media Group
Cast: Michael Keaton, Griffin Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth, Catherine O'Hara, Robert Downey Jr, Shalom Harlow, Ari Graynor, Tom Aldredge, Roger Rees, Bobby Steggert, Lillias White, Zack Abramowitz, Nadia Dajani, David Guion, Eliezer Meyer, Keith P Scott, Tony Torn, Eric Zuckerman
Director: Michael Hoffman
Country: USA
USA: 88 mins
USA Rated: R for some language and sexuality
USA Release Date: 17 March (Limited Release - wider)
USA Release Date: 10 March (Limited Release - New York and BOS)


Synopsis

As a New York playwright, Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) made his name in boulevard comedy, and now has ventured closer to home and written something he really cares about. Though he won't admit it, he is desperate for another success, but from the outset, things begin to go wrong.

Although Nicky has grown up and lived his entire life in New York, he is a die-hard Red Sox fan and the film is set on October 25, 1986, the day of the most Shakespearian of sporting events, "Game 6" of the 1986 World Series. The Red Sox are poised to win.

At the last minute, Nicky decides to skip his opening night in order to watch his beloved team. This could be it. If his "cursed" Red Sox can finally win the World Series, maybe Nicky can break his own downward spiral.

Written by acclaimed writer Don DeLillo, GAME 6 is an intelligent, witty, unsettling tale of one man's encounter with his demons, his passions and his infatuation with failure.