Funny Games is a 2008 psychological thriller film written and directed by Michael Haneke, a remake of Haneke's 1997 Austrian film Funny Games. Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, and Michael Pitt star in the main roles. The film is a shot-for-shot remake of its predecessor, albeit in English and set in the United States with different actors. Exterior scenes were filmed on Long Island. The film begins with a loving family - George Farber , his wife Ann , his son Georgie and their dog, arriving at their lake house. Their next-door neighbor, Fred is seen with two young men, Peter and Paul , who seem to... be their friends or relatives. The two young men come over to borrow eggs. Ann is in the kitchen cooking while George and Georgie are outside by the lake, tending to their boat. They seem friendly, and they use George’s golf club. When the men depart with the eggs they soon return with them broken. After asking for more eggs which also end up broken, Ann becomes frustrated, but when George tries to force the men to leave, Peter breaks George's leg with the golf club and they take the family hostage.
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| Release date: | October 20, 2007 |
| Directed by: | Michael Haneke |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 111 Minutes |
| Producer: | Chris Coen, Andro Steinborn, Hamish McAlpine, Christian Baute, Hengameh Panahi |
| Editor: | Monika Willi |
| Cinematography: | Darius Khondji |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Haneke |
| Estimated budget: | $15,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |