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Like any hotly contested issue, Chapter 11 has its share of champions. "On balance, Chapter 11 has been positive for the economy," says Edward Altman, a finance professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. "It conserves the assets and values of firms that have temporary problems but can be rehabilitated." Altman and doctoral student Edith Hotchkiss conducted a study that found that at least half the 1,096 firms entering Chapter 11 between 1979 and 1991 emerged successfully and have managed to stay out. That study focused exclusively on publicly held companies in Chapter...
...Altman has assembled a dream cast to flesh out his ironic panoply. Besides Tim Robbins, the movie is blessed with the presence of Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Richard E. Grant (in a hilarious virtuoso turn as a writer) and Lyle Lovett (in his film debut...
...Altman manages to draw amazing performances from his cast. Robbins undergoes a striking transformation. From the running-scared and pudgy-faced individual we encounter at the beginning of the film, Mill develops into a confident winner, a killer who is the ultimate Player. It's a great, charismatic performance which the gangly Robbins carries off with the assurance of a Gary Cooper...
...addition to Robbins' splendid portrayal as Mill, Altman scores a coup by getting nearly one hundred stars (with names like Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis, Cher, Nick Nolte and Angelica Huston) to act in his movie for scale pay (which was in turn donated to charity). It speaks well of Altman's prestige among actors...
Ultimately, the Player belongs to Altman. The touch of the master who made McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Nashville, M*A*S*H and last year's Vincent and Theo is felt everywhere. Altman delivers a film so packed with ironies and bitterly funny gags that our heads are reeling when we leave the theater. One can only wonder what sort of impact the movie is causing in Hollywood. The greatest irony is that The player is exactly the kind of incredible film that a producer like Griffin Mill would try to stifle...