Joan Tewkesbury

The Player -- Academy Award-honoree Robert Altman directs this Golden Globe-winner for Best Motion Picture about a ruthless Hollywood studio executive who takes drastic measures after receiving death threats from a screenwriter he doesn't even remember rejecting.

Joey (Ethan Embry, Can't Hardly Wait) is a successful day trader at a high-end brokerage house, he has a beautiful fiancee and a home on the beach. He has it all and a lot to lose. Now the gambling addiction that has plagued him for years has him on the run and he must put everything on the line:including his life.

A successful day trader has what appears is the perfect life, but a gambling addiction that has plagued him for years has him on the run, and now he risks losing it all.

Academy Award-honoree and Golden Globe-winner Robert Altman ("Gosford Park," "A Prairie Home Companion") directs this Golden Globe-winner for Best Motion Picture about a ruthless Hollywood studio executive who takes drastic measures after receiving death threats from a screenwriter he doesn't even remember rejecting. Starring Academy Award-winner Tim Robbins ("Mystic River," "The Shawshank Redemption"), Academy Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg ("Ghost," "The Color Purple") and Golden Globe-winner Peter Gallagher ("American Beauty," "Short Cuts"), with cameo appearances by more than 65 "A-list" movie stars! In addition to the Best Motion Picture Golden Globe, this movie also won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor for Robbins.