The Fan (1996 film)

The Fan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTony Scott
Screenplay byPhoef Sutton
Based onThe Fan
by Peter Abrahams
Produced byWendy Finerman
Starring
CinematographyDariusz Wolski
Edited by
Music byHans Zimmer
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 16, 1996 (1996-08-16)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$55 million[2]
Box office$42 million[3]

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.[4][5][6][7]

Plot

Gil Renard is a troubled baseball fan whose favorite team, the San Francisco Giants, have just signed a $40 million contract with his favorite player, Bobby Rayburn. His ex-wife Ellen obtains a restraining order to keep him away from herself and their son after Gil leaves his son to attend a sales meeting, but finds his client is at a baseball game. Gil is fired from his job as a knife salesman when he insults a prospective customer.

Gil begins obsessing over Rayburn. When Rayburn suffers a chest injury that causes fans to be upset by his underperformance, Gil antagonizes fans that jeer him. Rayburn has also been in an open conflict with teammate Juan Primo due to both men wanting to keep jersey number 11, culminating in a physical fight. Gil, thinking that Primo is to blame for Rayburn's performance, confronts him in a hotel sauna in an attempt to persuade him to let Rayburn have the number. Primo reveals his shoulder, branded with the number 11, and refuses. This leads to a struggle in which Gil fatally stabs Primo. After feeling guilty about Primo's death, Rayburn starts playing well again. Gil believes that what he did benefited Rayburn and the team.

Thinking that Rayburn does not acknowledge his fans, Gil goes to his beach house and saves his son Sean from drowning. Gil persuades Rayburn to play a friendly game of catch on the beach. Rayburn states he stopped caring about the game after Primo's death because he felt there were more important things in life. He also tells Gil that he has lost respect for the fans, remarking on their fickle nature — when he's hitting, they love him, but when he's not, they hate him. An angered Gil almost hits Rayburn with a fastball and launches into a diatribe. Rayburn is disturbed, especially when Gil takes off his jacket to reveal Rayburn's uniform underneath and asks if he's happy that Primo's no longer around.

Rayburn soon discovers that Gil has kidnapped Sean and left a piece of branded flesh from Primo's shoulder in the freezer. Disillusioned with Rayburn's disrespect toward the fans, Gil spirals further into insanity and acts as though Sean is his own son. He drives to see an old friend, Coop, a catcher that Gil has spoken often of playing with in his past. Coop tries to help Sean escape and reveals that the only time he and Gil ever played together was in Little League. Gil beats Coop to death with a baseball bat and takes Sean to a baseball field, hiding him there.

Gil contacts Rayburn to make one demand: hit a home run in the upcoming game and dedicate it to Gil, or else he will kill his son. With the police on high alert, Gil enters Candlestick Park in the midst of an on-and-off thunderstorm. Rayburn struggles with his emotions while at bat. After several pitches, he finally hits the ball deep into the outfield but not over the fence. Rayburn attempts to score an inside-the-park home run. He is called out, even though he is obviously safe. Rayburn argues with the umpire, who turns out to be Gil in disguise.

Rayburn knocks Gil to the ground. Dozens of cops and Giants players swarm onto the field and confront Gil. Before the cops arrive, Gil stabs another player, Lanz, who tries to tackle him, as well as Rayburn. Despite warnings from the police, Gil goes into an exaggerated pitching motion with the knife in hand. He asks Rayburn if he cares about baseball, then assumes that he cares "just a little bit." Rayburn desperately asks Gil where Sean is, with Gil nonchalantly saying he's in the "big stadium in the sky". Gil is shot dead as he is about to throw the knife. Police discover Sean at the Little League field, named the Stadium in the Sky, where Gil once played in his childhood. They uncover his obsession with Rayburn, as hundreds of newspaper clippings adorn his hideout. A picture on the wall shows Gil in his past glory, playing Little League baseball and winning a championship game.

Cast

Production

According to director Tony Scott, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, and Wesley Snipes wanted to play the role of Gil.[8]

Music

Soundtrack

The Fan: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 20, 1996
Recorded1996
GenreElectronic, hip hop, rock
Length68:51
LabelTVT
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[9]

The Fan is the soundtrack to the 1996 film, The Fan. It was released on August 20, 1996, through TVT Records and was a combination of electronic and hip hop music.

Track listing
  1. "Did You Mean What You Said?"- 3:49 (Sovory, Michael Mishaw, Marc Antoine)
  2. "Letting Go"- 5:35 (Terence Trent D'Arby)
  3. "Unstoppable"- 3:46 (Mic Geronimo)
  4. "Hymn of the Big Wheel"- 6:34 (Massive Attack)
  5. "I've Had Enough"- 2:43 (Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
  6. "Little Bob"- 5:35 (Black Grape)
  7. "Border Song (Holy Moses)"- 3:37 (Raymond Myles)
  8. "What's Goin' Down"- 4:18 (Honky)
  9. "Deliver Me"- 3:58 (Foreskin 500)
  10. "Forever Ballin'"- 4:24 (Big Syke & Johnny "J")
  11. "I'm da Man- 5:24 (Jeune)
  12. "Sacrifice"- 19:08 (Hans Zimmer)

Reception

Box office

The film grossed $18,626,419 in the United States and Canada. The opening weekend brought in $6,271,406 and then dropped down 47.2% the subsequent weekend.[10] Internationally it grossed $23.6 million for a worldwide total of $42.2 million.[3]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes The Fan has an approval rating of 37% based on reviews from 30 critics. The website's critics' consensus states: "Tony Scott's visceral flash proves to be an ill fit for The Fan, a queasy tale of obsession that succeeds at making audiences uncomfortable, but strikes out when it comes to delivering the thrills."[11] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100 based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[12] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B−" on scale of A+ to F.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Summit pacts with Mandalay, Lakeshore". Variety. October 2, 1995. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "The Fan (1996) - Financial Information". Archived from the original on September 3, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Top 100 worldwide b.o. champs". Variety. January 20, 1997. p. 14.
  4. ^ Gazz Howie (October 30, 2012). "A Tribute to Tony Scott: The Fan". We Got This Covered. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  5. ^ Cameron Beyl (March 6, 2017). "Tony Scott's "The Fan" (1996)". The Directors Series. Archived from the original on September 3, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  6. ^ Chris Bumbray (August 21, 2020). "The Best Movie You Never Saw: The Fan". JoBlo.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Brode, Douglas (2016). The Films of Robert De Niro. CITADEL PRESS. ISBN 978-0806517797. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  9. ^ "The Fan - Original Soundtrack". Allmusic. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  10. ^ "The Fan (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 24, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  11. ^ "The Fan (1996)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on September 3, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  12. ^ "The Fan". Metacritic. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  13. ^ "Cinemascore". Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

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