Game, The (1997)

[RafalFett]

MAKE BELIEVE encouraged me to view this movie; saw it last Sunday and it was great! It is a David Fincher movie starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. There are some good paper props which had to be made. The most prominent props are from CRS (Consumer Recreation Services):


The card should print at 105 x 78 mm.


(Note that this image is a composition from a scroll down sequence). This is a standard Letter size (216 x 279 mm).

There's also a made up ad from the Yellow Pages for the New Moon Restaurant:


I assumed that the Yellow Pages page is 280 x 300 mm, so this ad should print at 150 x 154 mm.

At the New Moon Restaurant is an autographed photo of Jim Feingold (among other celebrities):


1st photo with the autograph redone, while the 2nd photo with the autograph slightly enhanced. The photos should print at 270 x 210 mm.

Another photo is the one with young Nicholas (Michael Douglas' character) and his mother:


Its size is at 200 x 125 mm.

Another photo is a Polaroid (actually there are lots of these scattered in a hotel room, but some of these can't be shared publicly without a permanent ban):


You should print this at 90 x 84 mm.

All photos were enhanced with Topaz Photo AI. Everything else was remade from scratch.

There are other props that can be made with a bit of guesstimation:

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

What can I say RafalFett ?
I've ran out of words
THANK YOU SO MUCH

 

[Knightmare]

I own several original props and those look amazing

 

[RafalFett]

Thanks you both!

 

[RafalFett]

Made more of the paper props:


The unseen areas of the guest check receipt were done with similar items, while the logo of the restaurant is an existing, old logo of the real restaurant. I judged the dimensions of the page at 200 x 110 mm.

The back of page also have a numbered table, but the title is indecipherable:


And of course, the test cards:




The 1st card was drawn from scratch (a pretty easy task), while card 2 and 5 were vectorized except the head of the lady, which was drawn because of the blurry, out of the focus portion. I managed to decipher most of the text on the bottom left corner, while the rest was guesstimated. These should print at 420 x 268 mm.

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

How did I know you were going to make these aswell . Great job. As always.
Thank you RafalFett

 

[RafalFett]

How did I know you were going to make these aswell . Great job. As always.
Thank you RafalFett

It was obvious that I will do those, I just needed a reason to catch a break... for a day or two.

 

[RafalFett]

I updated the image of the Yellow Pages ad because the page was a bit wider than I first thought, more exactly 280 x 300 mm, so the ad should print at 150 x 154 mm (this was already added/modified in the 1st post).

Big thanks for MAKE BELIEVE for steering me to more paper props, more exactly the Jim Feingold CRS ID card and another version of the birthday invitation:


The last 2 were posted on Cinema Nostalgia's Instagram and Facebook pages (I hope we are not violating some of the rules). The ID card is not quite correct, as the one seen in the movie is a bit different:


The photo seems different and the writing in the blue rectangle contains only one row (this might be a preproduction or variant prop). In the end I mixed these to got my version:


This should print at 90 x 54 mm.

The birthday invitation is mostly the same with the one posted in the 1st post, but this has the golden frame, just like the CRS invitation card. At first I thought that this was also a preproduction/variant prop, but I found it at the party at the end of the movie (you can see it briefly in one shot, behind the lady's arm):


The card should print at 150 x 110 mm. I think the one posted without the frame was specially made bigger for the close-up shot.

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Awesome RafalFett
THANK YOU for making and sharing your fantastic work.
This forum would not be the same without you

 

[Knightmare]

Really wanted B-DAY the invite

 

[Knightmare]

I updated the image of the Yellow Pages ad because the page was a bit wider than I first thought, more exactly 280 x 300 mm, so the ad should print at 150 x 154 mm (this was already added/modified in the 1st post).

Big thanks for MAKE BELIEVE for steering me to more paper props, more exactly the Jim Feingold CRS ID card and another version of the birthday invitation:
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The last 2 were posted on Cinema Nostalgia's Instagram and Facebook pages (I hope we are not violating some of the rules). The ID card is not quite correct, as the one seen in the movie is a bit different:
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The photo seems different and the writing in the blue rectangle contains only one row (this might be a preproduction or variant prop). In the end I mixed these to got my version:
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This should print at 90 x 54 mm.

The birthday invitation is mostly the same with the one posted in the 1st post, but this has the golden border, just like the CRS invitation card. At first I thought that this was also a preproduction/variant prop, but I found it at the party at the end of the movie (you can see it briefly in one shot, behind the lady's arm):
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The card should print at 150 x 110 mm. I think the one posted without the frame was specially made bigger for the close-up shot.

You're stealing my images ! LOL

 

[RafalFett]

Awesome RafalFett
THANK YOU for making and sharing your fantastic work.
This forum would not be the same without you

You are welcome!

You're stealing my images ! LOL

After you said that you have several props from the movie, I had a feeling that those were yours. I hope you're OK with these, if not, I will delete them from my post.

 

[Odin82]

I remember seeing The Game in the theatre back around 97. Has always remained one of my faves throughout the years. Delighted to see some love towards it, especially the paper props! Great work Rafal!

 

[Knightmare]

You are welcome!



After you said that you have several props from the movie, I had a feeling that those were yours. I hope you're OK with these, if not, I will delete them from my post.

Just hate to some Grifter selling them as originals is all

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Hey Odin

Long time no see

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

I remember seeing The Game in the theatre back around 97. Has always remained one of my faves throughout the years. Delighted to see some love towards it, especially the paper props! Great work Rafal!

Yeap. A wonderful movie with a fantastic plot. Love Michael Douglas performance.

 

[RafalFett]

I remember seeing The Game in the theatre back around 97. Has always remained one of my faves throughout the years. Delighted to see some love towards it, especially the paper props! Great work Rafal!

Thanks! I don't know how/why I never saw this, but yeah, the movie was a pleasant surprise.

Just hate to some Grifter selling them as originals is all

I know what you mean. I have the same concern with those paper props I do using only screencaps as reference, but once I share them publicly, it's out of my control. In some cases (like the TWA wall calendar from The Maltese Falcon ==> Maltese Falcon, The and the theater program from Tombstone ==> Tombstone (1993)) I had put too much effort on creating these paper props, and while these are not 100% accurate, I only shared the covers and a page as hi-res images, the rest are low-res. I do these for fellow enthusiast like myself, not for those who like to take advantage on other's work/acquisitions.

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

The wonderful World of the World Wide Web - where one has the idea and all the work and the others take advantage of it...

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Here are my printed props (thanks to RafalFett)

 

[RafalFett]

This is almost a perfect timing, because I also printed/made those props and will post them tomorrow. Great job, as always!