Directed by:
Daniel MinahanScreenplay:
Daniel MinahanCinematography:
Randy DrummondCast:
Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke, Merritt Wever, John Ventimiglia, Will Arnett, Kipp Tribble, Glenn Fitzgerald, Richard Venture, Nada Despotovich (more)Plots(1)
Imagine a Reality Show where the goal is for its contestants to kill each other until only one person is left standing — and that they have no choice in whether they compete or not. (Seriously: the moment a contestant finds out that they're chosen, they're marked for death.) Now imagine that it takes winning the show three times to be granted a full release from the show. This is the premise behind the reality show The Contenders. The film follows the six contestants of the show's seventh season; it focuses mainly on contestants Dawn Lagarto (a two-time champion who is hoping to win her third and be granted freedom) and Jeffrey Norman (a terminally ill man who is also Dawn's former lover). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Brooke Smith
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
The Moderns (1988)
Marylouise Burke
USA
Best movies:
Meet Joe Black (1998)
The Cake Eaters (2007)
Sideways (2004)
Merritt Wever
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
Godless (2017) (series)
Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV movie)
John Ventimiglia
USA
Best movies:
Vinyl (2016) (series)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Notorious (2009)
Will Arnett
Canada
Best movies:
Ratatouille (2007)
Despicable Me (2010)
The Lego Movie (2014)
Kipp Tribble
USA
Best movies:
Delivering Milo (2001)
Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
Militia (2000)
Glenn Fitzgerald
USA
Best movies:
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Finding Forrester (2000)
Richard Venture
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
All the President's Men (1976)
Nada Despotovich
USA
Best movies:
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
Moonstruck (1987)
Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
Donna Hanover
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Interview (2007)
Jennifer Van Dyck
UK
Best movies:
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
All You Need is Love (2007)
Michael Clayton (2007)
James Lecesne
USA
Best movies:
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Mania Days (2015)
Home for the Holidays (1995)
Danton Stone
USA
Best movies:
Maria's Lovers (1984)
Beware the Gonzo (2010)
The Chosen (1981)
Michael Kaycheck
USA
Best movies:
Retour à Brooklyn (2000)
God's Pocket (2014)
Party Monster (2003)