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6.0When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan, Gil Renard. When Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard decides to stop at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory—not even murder.
Released: 1996-08-15116 minDir: Tony ScottThriller, Action, DramaBudget: $55.0MBox office: $18.6M
Cast
- Robert De Niro as Gil Renard
- Wesley Snipes as Bobby Rayburn
- Ellen Barkin as Jewel Stern
- John Leguizamo as Manny
- Benicio del Toro as Juan Primo
- Patti D'Arbanville as Ellen Renard
Themes
- sports
- psychotic
- luck
- child custody
- baseball pitcher
- baseball fan
- psychotic fan
- driving range
- steam room
- angry
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
52,838 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
38%
Metacritic
32/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sport
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 691998
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- publication date
- 1996-01-01
- title
- The Fan
- review score
- 37%
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Categories
1996 American films1996 English-language films1996 films1996 psychological thriller films1996 sports filmsAlbum articles lacking alt text for coversAmerican baseball filmsAmerican psychological thriller filmsEnglish-language sports filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms about fandomFilms about stalkingFilms based on American thriller novelsFilms directed by Tony ScottFilms scored by Hans ZimmerFilms set in San FranciscoFilms set in the San Francisco Bay AreaFilms shot in San FranciscoMandalay Pictures filmsSan Francisco GiantsScott Free Productions filmsSummit Entertainment filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateTriStar Pictures films