Quintet
“One man against the world.”
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.
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Cast
16 people
Paul Newman
Essex
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Vittorio Gassman
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Fernando Rey
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Nina van Pallandt
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Craig Richard Nelson
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David Langton
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Monique Mercure
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Robert Altman Director · Frank Barhydt Screenplay Patricia Resnick Screenplay
Budget $9.3M · United States release February 9, 1979 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$9,300,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Lion's Gate Films
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Latin
Release dates
United States · February 9, 1979
Theatrical
Italy
April 29, 1979 · Theatrical
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