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The Fan, 1996

Starring: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes

Directed by: Tony Scott

Written by: Phoef Sutton

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 116 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:5.6

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The mood of The Fan is suspenseful, tense, and gloomy. The plot centers around obsession, a psychopath, and psychological motives. It is a drama, thriller, and sports movie. In approach, The Fan is serious and realistic. The setting is San Francisco. It happens in the 1990s. The Fan is based on a book. Note that it includes violent content.

Summary of The Fan

Quick-tempered Gil Renard (Robert De Niro) has an ex-wife who hates him, a son who fears him, and a job that he's about to lose. The only thing that this down-on-his-luck knife salesman can count on is baseball. He's a loyal, die hard fan, specifically when it comes to his favorite player, Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes). Renard has followed Rayburn's career since day one and is thrilled that his hero has just signed with his hometown team, the San Francisco Giants. When Rayburn hits a slump, his number one fan decides to help him by any means necessary. But when Rayburn discovers the lengths to which his admirer has gone to "help" him and begins to fear Renard, the disturbed fan becomes disillusioned with his hero and focuses his aggression toward Rayburn and his family. De Niro is creepy and menacing as the obsessed Renard, a psychotic stalker who ingratiates himself with his victim. Directed by Tony Scott (TOP GUN, CRIMSON TIDE), the film is based on the novel by Peter Abrahams.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	16 August 1996
Runtime:	116 min

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Robert De Niro

as Gil Renard

Wesley Snipes

as Bobby Rayburn

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San Francisco Chronicle

Tony Scott's vigorous direction is sometimes too vigorous. Loud rock music underscores many scenes, and Scott's habit of shooting at odd angles begins to seem like a mannerism. But on the whole his ambitious attack helps make The Fan entertaining in... Full Review

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by: Mick LaSalle

The New York Times

The film's elegantly tricky cinematography and ominous, pounding score by Hans Zimmer (provocatively juxtaposed with the Rolling Stones), only underline the emptiness behind its technical flash. Full Review

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by: Stephen Holden

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