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The Fan is a 1996 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott and written by Frank Darabont. Produced by TriStar Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment, Scott Free Productions, and Wendy Finerman Productions, the movie stars Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Benicio del Toro, and John Leguizamo. Hans Zimmer composed the score, with Dariusz Wolski serving as director of photography and Claire Simpson as film editor. The narrative is set in San Francisco and centers on baseball.
The film has a runtime of 116 minutes and was released in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is rated R and was distributed via video on demand. The production budget was $55,000,000, with revenue of $18,626,419. Critical assessments include a Metascore of 32, a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 38%, and an IMDb rating of 5.9 based on 52,838 votes. The story is based on a work by Peter Abrahams.
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6.0When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan, Gil Renard. When Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard decides to stop at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory—not even murder.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- sports
- psychotic
- luck
- child custody
- baseball pitcher
- baseball fan
- psychotic fan
- driving range
- steam room
- angry
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
52,838 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
38%
Metacritic
32/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sport
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- baseball
- Director
- Tony Scott
- Screenwriter
- Frank Darabont
- Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Producer
- Wendy Finerman
- Production company
- TriStar Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Dariusz Wolski
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Filming location
- San Francisco
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 691998
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- baseball
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- publication date
- 1996-01-01
- title
- The Fan
- after a work by
- Peter Abrahams
- film editor
- Claire Simpson
- executive producer
- Barrie M. Osborne
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 37%
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