Product Details

• Actors: Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Griffin Dunne, Ari Graynor, Bebe Neuwirth
• Directors: Michael Hoffman
• Writers: Don DeLillo
• Producers: Ami Armstrong, Amy Robinson, Bryan Iler, Christina Weiss Lurie, David Bausch
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English, Hindi
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Arts Alliance Amer
• DVD Release Date: May 23, 2006
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EU1ONS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,288 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Game 6" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Game 6, the first produced screenplay by acclaimed novelist Don DeLillo (White Noise), follows the obsession of a playwright, Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton), whose beloved jinxed Red Sox are playing game six of the 1986 World Series--the same night Rogan's new play opens on Broadway. The stories that intersect to construct this ominous character study are woven by stellar performances by a first-rate cast, including Keaton, who gives a not-quite-unraveled reading that reminds us what a strong character actor he can be. Around Keaton is a fine ensemble, including a brittle Catherine O'Hara as his estranged wife ("Nicky, I'm seeing a prominent divorce attorney." "How prominent?" "He has his own submarine."); Bebe Neuwirth as his high-strung paramour; Griffin Dunne as an unglued fellow writer; and Robert Downey Jr. as a Buddhist theater critic whose ruinous reviews are as deadly as the loaded gun he takes to premieres. If the plot is a little far-fetched (and the climactic scene preposterous), the audacious writing and gripping performances more than make up for it. As Rogan says, "Winning is easy; losing is complicated." --A.T. Hurley

Product Description

Combining real and fictional events, Game 6 centers around the historic 1986 World Series and a day in the life of a playwright who skips his own opening night to watch the momentous game. The three lead actors, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr. and Bebe Neuwirth, worked for a discounted salary, $100 per day, on this film.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, Quirky Movie June 2, 2006

By snappyguynj

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is the kind of movie I used to enjoy seeing a couple of times a year and now see, oh, about once every 10 years or so. An incredibly interesting, odd, provocative movie, that doesn't insult its audience. The acting is phenomenal, the script is really interesting, and the characters are not people you've seen 1000 times before. Although it's sort of about baseball, it's not a baseball movie. It's a pity that so few people want to see interesting movies like this. I loved this movie.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing performances March 14, 2006

By Robert L. Robinson

Format:DVD

I recently attended the premiere in New York City of Game 6 and was frankly surpised and amazed by what I saw. To me, Micheal Keaton is Batman, Bebe Neuwirth was Lilith, Robert Downey Jr., is well, Robert Downey Jr. What I watched was an amazing story from the master story teller, Don DeLillo, that was full of character, sub plots and great dialog. Keaton, as Ebert and Rober said, gave the first Oscar worthy performance of 2006. His character is torn between his passion for his play that tells the story of his family which opens that evening and watching his beloved Red Soxs in the sixth game of the World Series.

This is not a baseball film, nor is it a theater film. This is a film about people. For anyone that wants to see strong performances deliver great lines under wonderful direction from Michael Hoffman, I highly recommend this film.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A film that deserves the chance on dvd that it never got in theatres May 31, 2006

By Jim

Format:DVD

Game 6 is a charming and funny movie with Keaton playing a playwright who's afraid of failure. In a tough time in his life, his wife wants a divorce, he thinks a tough critic is destined to hate his play and his cursed team the Red Sox could finally win the World Series. A good reason why his play might fail though is because his lead actor has a parisite in his brain and he can't remember his lines. Keaton is perfect here and for once Ebert & Roeper were right. Although I didn't love the movie as much as them, I do agree about Keaton. People are way too hard on this guy and call him a bad actor. Meanwhile there's also tons of people out there that think he was the best Batman ever.

What I find funny though is that they don't say HOW or WHAT makes him a bad actor. Because you can't, they're just hating on the guy for no reason. Who else could've actually pulled off the part of BeetleJuice without it ruining their career ? Keaton did and he was perfect in that too. Roeper says that Keaton should get nominated for this but that just won't happen. The reason why is that sadly people saw him more in his bad movies like Herbie Fully Loaded, Jack Frost, White Noise and the Presidents Daughter than they saw him in this. Those got big releases all over the world when this film is on dvd alreday. It's pretty sad since this is a good Michael Keaton movie. When he gets offered a movie with a big hollywood release, the script is bad and not worthy of his skill.

The film also has great supporting work, especially from people like Robert Downey jr. He Plays the critic that Keaton thinks is going to totally bash his play. Downey jr. gives a strange but fun Christoper Walken type permformance here.... When him and Keaton finally have a scene together it's just excellent with fine acting between the two. This probably isn't a film everyone will appreciate but they should at least give it a try. Read more ›

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Parallel Universes December 23, 2011

By Paul Moskowitz TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:DVD

As a Mets fan and a physicist, this movie strikes a special resonance with me. This is not primarily a baseball film, but a baseball theme forms an important sub-plot. The Michael Keaton character is a playwright and obsessive Red Sox fan. (Aren't they all!) My nephew, who works for the Red Sox radio station in Boston, was foolish enough to leave the following question on his answering machine: "What was the greatest moment in sports history?" I had no hesitation in informing him that it was the event of the tenth inning of the 1986 World Series that no Red Sox fan can ever forget. My nephew soon changed his away message.

Since my training is in quantum mechanics, I am partial to the Many Worlds formulation, which says that every time an event has multiple possible outcomes, each outcome occurs in its own parallel universe. I believe that we have evidence that we do live in a very improbable parallel world. We can trace the branching of our world from the more probable universe to the bottom of the tenth in 1986 when Mookie Wilson's ground ball eluded Bill Buckner's glove.

I did not see this movie when it first came out. However, when I did get to see it recently, the physicist in me could not help but to admire the insertion of the Many Worlds of quantum mechanics into the story. The Mets fan could not help laughing. If you are a physicist/Mets fan, this is your movie.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Writer + Great Lead Actor= Great Movie January 18, 2010

By carol irvin TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

Don DeLillo wrote this movie. I could end the review right there for he is one of our very best American writers of the last few decades. I remember when I first read his novel WHITE NOISE, thinking "I haven't read anything this good in years." But we got even more fortunate because Michael Keaton, who most viewers dismiss as only a comic, is a great character actor and he delivers the goods here. In a nutshell his play opens on Broadway one night but he isn't there as his beloved Boston Red Sox are in the World Series and in his world, nothing trumps that. Keaton's interpretation of this loves to be miserable playwright is nothing short of brilliant. He captures every nuance. Robert Downey Jr. does a wonderful turn as a theater critic. SEE THIS!