The Fan (1996)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" The Fan is a 1996 American sports psychological thriller film directed by Tony Scott, and starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes, based on the 1995 novel by Peter Abrahams. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box office flop. Over time, the direction, the performances and the soundtrack were praised Imagine, Travis Bickel as a sports fan, and you get The Fan. DeNiro, plays Gil Renard as a baseball fan who kidnaps a famous baseball player, named Bobby Rayb"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" The Fan is a 1996 American sports psychological thriller film directed by Tony Scott, and starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes, based on the 1995 novel by Peter Abrahams. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box office flop. Over time, the direction, the performances and the soundtrack were praised Imagine, Travis Bickel as a sports fan, and you get The Fan. DeNiro, plays Gil Renard as a baseball fan who kidnaps a famous baseball player, named Bobby Rayb"

Directed by Tony Scott (14 movies items)

" "I mean, come on. Let's be real here, you know. What are we doin'? We're not curing cancer, you know? We're playin' a game. That's all it is. It's just a game. So I stopped caring and relaxed. Then I started hitting." Written by Phoef Sutton Music by Hans Zimmer Cinematography by Dariusz Wolski Editing by Claire Simpson and Christian Wagner"

Movies Viewed in 2021 (630 movies items)

" First Viewing Viewing Date: September 8th Via: iTunes Store Plot: When a wealthy, successful baseball player moves to the San Francisco Giants, he becomes the focus of a crazed superfan who will do anything for acknowledgement. Rating: 6.6/10"

Filmography of Robert De Niro: From Best to Worst (47 movies items)

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An average movie

“Do you remember the time when Robert de Niro used to be the greatest actor ever and you would basically sh*t your pants every time this guy was showing up on your screen? I know, that's a long time ago... Anyway, in this flick, he gave probably his last awesome performance. Apparently, this movie never received much love but I thought that De Niro was just amazing here. On top of that, there was a really interesting concept but, instead of properly developing this idea, they went for the usual annoying gimmicks and you basically ended up with another average US thriller. So indeed, it is in fact a rather standard thriller and the whole thing was really predictable  but De Niro gave such an intense performance, he just pushed the whole thing to the next level all by himself, at least, tha” read more