House of Games
The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and screenwriter David Mamet sat in the director’s chair for the first time for this sly, merciless thriller. Lindsay Crouse stars as a best-selling author and therapist who wants to help a client by making restitution for the money he owes to a gambler. After she meets the attractive cardsharp (Joe Mantegna), her own compulsions take hold as he lures her into his world of high-stakes deception. Packed with razor-edged dialogue delivered with even-keeled precision by a cast of Mamet regulars, House of Games is as psychologically acute as it is full of twists and turns, a rich character study told with the cold calculation of a career con artist targeting his next mark.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- High-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Juan Ruiz Anchía, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2007 featuring director David Mamet and consultant and actor Ricky Jay
- Interviews with actors Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna from 2007
- David Mamet on “House of Games,” a short documentary shot on location during the film’s preparation and production
- Detail from a storyboard of a short con suggested by Jay
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and excerpts from Mamet’s introduction to the published screenplay
Cover illustration by Eric Skillman, design by Jamie Keenan
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- High-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Juan Ruiz Anchía, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2007 featuring director David Mamet and consultant and actor Ricky Jay
- Interviews with actors Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna from 2007
- David Mamet on “House of Games,” a short documentary shot on location during the film’s preparation and production
- Detail from a storyboard of a short con suggested by Jay
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and excerpts from Mamet’s introduction to the published screenplay
Cover illustration by Eric Skillman, design by Jamie Keenan
Cast
- Lindsay Crouse
- Dr. Margaret Ford
- Joe Mantegna
- Mike Mancuso
- Mike Nussbaum
- Joey
- Lilia Skala
- Dr. Maria Littauer
- Walsh J. T.
- The businessman
- Willo Hausman
- Girl with book
- Karen Kohlhaas
- Prison-ward patient
- Steven Goldstein
- Billy Hahn
- Jack Wallace
- Bartender, House of Games
- Ricky Jay
- Vegas man
- G. Roy Levin, Bob Lumbra, Andy Potok, Allen Soule
- Poker players
- Michael Hausman
- Doctor in hall
- Ben Blakeman
- Bartender, Charlie's Tavern
- Scott Zigler
- Western Union clerk
- William H. Macy
- Sgt. John Moran
- John Pritchett
- Hotel desk clerk
- Meshach Taylor
- Mr. Dean
- Johnny "Sugarbear" Willis
- Hotel doorman
- Jacqueline de La Chaume
- Woman with lighter
Credits
- Director
- David Mamet
- Producer
- Michael Hausman
- Screenplay
- David Mamet
- Story
- Jonathan Katz
- Story
- David Mamet
- Director of photography
- Juan Ruiz Anchía
- Editor
- Trudy Ship
- Music
- Alaric Jans
- Production designer
- Michael Merritt
- Assistant editor
- Barbara Tulliver
- Sound
- John Pritchett
- Unit production manager
- Lee R. Mayes
- First assistant director
- Ned Dowd
- Costume designer
- Nan Cibula
- Set decorator
- Derek Hill
- Script supervisor
- Christine Wilson
- Casting
- Cyrena Hausman
- Makeup
- Pamela Westmore
- Hair
- Laurent Delouya, Erin Lyons, Gregory Villamil
- Consultant on confidence games
- Ricky Jay
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A scene from House of Games
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