State of Play
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- Released
- 21/09/2009
- Film and TV Genre
- General, Thriller
- Video Format
- PAL
- DVD Region
- 2 (will only play on Region 2 and Multi-Region DVD players)
Description
Mix a cute young blogger with an older, weathered newspaper reporter and you have the protagonists for the thriller, State of Play. The gripping mystery/drama features Rachel McAdams as blogger Della Frye, and Russell Crowe as reporter Cal McAffrey. They both play well in the film, but McAdams' Frye is a bit naive and seems to be given some favoritism from the otherwise down-to-business editor, played by the gorgeous, if humorless Helen Mirren. You can see it coming as soon as Crowe's character disses the young blogger - the two are soon to be a team. Hollywood's cliché pairing of a 20-something ingénue with a 40-something superstar makes for some nice eye candy.
Truly, the superstar in this film is Robin Wright Penn, who takes over the screen with her stand-by-your-man portrayal of Anne Collins, wife of philandering Congressman Stephen Collins, played by Ben Affleck. It seems Stephen's mistress was thrown under a train and all the usual suspects are present in the film to detract any would-be detectives from easily figuring out this tight who-dunnit. If Crowe's long, Bohemian locks don't tickle you, throw in Jason Bateman's portrayal of the weasel Dominic Foy, and this film gets downright fun.
Plot Synopsis
A political conspiracy lies at the heart of this film starring Oscar winners Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, and Helen Mirren. A reporter (Crowe) in the nation's capital discovers a mess of lies when the mistress of a congressman (Affleck) is murdered. Kevin Macdonald (THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND) directs this thriller based on the BBC miniseries of the same name.
Product Details
- Actors
- Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Audio Format
- Dolby Digital - English
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85:1
- 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Run Time (minutes)
- 122
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Label / Studio
- UNIVERSAL
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Disc Features
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
- Deleted scenes
- Making-of
- Anamorphic
- Film Rating (UK)
- 12
- Year of release
- 2009
- Tags
- Subtitle Language
- Arabic,
- Czech,
- Danish,
- Finnish,
- Hungarian,
- Icelandic,
- Norwegian,
- Swedish
- Cast & Crew
- Paul Abbott (Creator)
- Andrew Hauptman (Producer)
- E. Bennett-Walsh (Producer)
- Eric Fellner (Producer)
- Tim Bevan (Producer)
- Billy Ray (Screenwriter)
- Matthew Michael Carnahan (Screenwriter)
- Tony Gilroy (Screenwriter)
- E. Bennett Walsh (Producer)
Additional Information
- Contains moderate violence and one use of strong language
