Daniel Schorr: Discovering the object of the game *is* the object of the game.
[Nicholas van Orten loses a shoe when climbing a fire-escape ladder]

Nicholas: There goes a thousand dollars.

Christine: Your shoes cost a thousand dollars?

Nicholas: That one did.
[In a fancy restaurant]

Conrad: I've been here before.

Nicholas: I took you here for your birthday.

Conrad: No, I used to buy crystal meth from the Maitre D.
Conrad: They just fuck you and they fuck you and they fuck you, and then just when you think it's all over, that's when the real fucking starts!
Nicholas: I'm being toyed with by a bunch of depraved children
Jim Feingold: The game is tailored specifically to each participant. Think of it as a great vacation, except you don't go to it, it comes to you.
Jim Feingold: We're like an experiential Book-of-the-Month Club.
Nicholas: I don't care about the money. I'm pulling back the curtain. I want to meet the wizard.
Conrad: This is for you.

Nicholas: You shouldn't have.

Conrad: What do you get for the man who has... everything?

Nicholas: [reading card] "Consumer Recreation Services." Well, I do have golf clubs.

Conrad: Call that number.

Nicholas: Why?

Conrad: Make your life... fun.

Nicholas: Fun.

Conrad: You know what that is... uh, you've seen other people have it.
Nicholas: Did I have a choice? Did I have a choice?
Conrad: They won't leave me alone! I'm a goddam human piñata!
Nicholas: No, what is this? What are you... selling?

Jim Feingold: Oh. It's a game.
New Member Ted: This was the best one *ever*!

Jim Feingold: [shakes Nicholas's hand] You know, thank God you jumped, because if you didn't, I was supposed to throw you off!
Samuel Sutherland: [Nicholas is making rounds at his birthday party] Nicholas, I haven't a *clue* what's going on, but your taste in champagne is excellent, as always.

Anson Baer: It was a *great* entrance!
Nicholas: What's that?

Conrad: [signs document] This... is... the bill.

Nicholas: Do you want to split it?

Conrad: [exhales] Oh God yes! I'll take some of that...

[shows Nicholas enormous number at bottom of receipt]

Nicholas: [shocked look] Oh my God...
Nicholas: And you really believe that just because you publish children's books, people are going to care about my reputation? You can have pictures of me wearing nipple rings, butt-fucking Captain Kangaroo. The only thing they care about is the stock and whether that stock is up or down!
Daniel Schorr: [on TV] There's a tiny camera looking at you right now.

Nicholas: That's impossible.

Daniel Schorr: You're right, impossible. You're having a conversation with your television.
Nicholas: [In the stopped elevator] I'll give you a boost.

Christine: You first.

Nicholas: This isn't an attempt to be gallant. If I don't lift you, how are you going to get there?

Christine: You pull me up.

Nicholas: It's much easier this way. Come on, step up...

Christine: No.

Nicholas: Please...

Christine: I'm not wearing underwear. Okay? There, I said it. Satisfied?

Nicholas: [Looks at her skirt] Oh. Fine.
Nicholas: So, you've played recently?

New Member Ted: Oh, about a year ago. I was working in Los Angeles.

Nicholas: I hear the London office is very good, too. It just sounds like a lot of fantasy, role-playing nonsense.

New Member Ted: [leans in] You wanna know what it is? What it's all about?

[Nicholas leans closer]

New Member Ted: John 9:25.

Nicholas: I... haven't been to Sunday school in a long time.

New Member Ted: 'Whereas once I was blind, now I can see.'

[rises]

New Member Ted: Good night, Nicholas. Best of luck.

Nicholas: Good night.
Nicholas: You don't know anything about society, Marie; you don't have the satisfaction of avoiding it.
Daniel Schorr: [on TV] A staggering 57% of American workers believe there is a very real chance they will be unemployed in the next 5 to 7 years. But what does that matter to a bloated millionaire fat-cat like you?
Christine: What *is* the going rate for a trapped-in-an-elevator adventure?
Christine: You got a shower in your office?

Nicholas: Yeah.

Christine: You an athlete or something?

Nicholas: No, I'm an investment banker.
Nicholas: [leveling gun at carjacker] I am extremely fragile right now.
[last lines]

Christine: Would you like to have coffee with me at the airport?
Conrad: I just found myself laying naked on a beach near Ibiza and all of a sudden it clicked: October 12th, Nicky's birthday.

Nicholas: October 11th.

Conrad: Whatever.
Nicholas: You can't smoke here.

Conrad: I'm with you.

Nicholas: It's illegal to smoke in restaurants in California.

Conrad: Fuck California!
Nicholas: Seymour Butts. Never get tired of that one.
Nicholas: I got this key out of a mouth of this... wooden clown.

Christine: ...Never mind.
Nicholas: [when he and Christine wind up in composters] Dinner for two, please.
New Member Ted: You know, I envy you. I wish I could go back and do it for the first time, all over again. Here's to new experiences.
Elizabeth: Have you had a nice birthday?

Nicholas Van Orton: Does Rose Kennedy have a black dress?

The Game Quotes

Extended Reading

The Game short comments

Alphonso 2021-10-20 19:01:18

Also known as "Life Calendar Insurance", an unexpected birthday gift from his brother Sean Penn to his brother Michael Douglas. Except for the brother, everyone participated in this gift from the brother. It was not until the end of the film that the brother jumped and the answer was finally revealed. I like this movie.
Ericka 2022-04-24 07:01:02

The ending is too weak and the process is fortunate. At the end of the show, I suddenly tell you that everything is a surprise. Director, do you think the audience is a fool or the hero is a fool. After such a big circle, anyone will be extremely vulnerable and raise a gun like Niky. Who can calmly listen to the story and hug and say thank you for the birthday present? After being played by so many people like a fool, maybe only the male lead can be so generous