Movie Info
Genre
Comedy, DramaRelease Date
July 24, 2009 (Limited)Duration
106 min.Studio
IFC FilmsOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Armando IannucciProducer
Kevin Loader, Adam TandyScreenwriter
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony RocheStarring
- James Gandolfini as Lt. Gen. George Miller
- Tom Hollander
- Chris Addison
- Peter Capaldi
- Gina McKee
- Mimi Kennedy
- Anna Chlumsky as Liza Weld
- Steve Coogan as Paul Michaelson
- Enzo Cilenti
- Paul Higgins
Movie Story
The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller (James Gandolfini) doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster (Tom Hollander). But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC.
If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one (Chris Addison) can sleep with the right intern (Anna Chlumsky), and if they can both stop the Prime Minister's chief spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war.
If they don't... well, they can always sack their Director of Communications Judy (Gina McKee), who they never liked anyway and who's back home dealing with voters with blocked drains and a man who's angry about a collapsing wall (Steve Coogan).
Reader's Reviews
Excellent! A wonderfully funny and acute political satire.
posted by In the Loop on May 06, 2009JCl5Fr
posted by Pualoxrm on Jul 15, 2009A vivid depiction of political operators engaged in the rewriting of reality to fit personal ambition.
posted by futureplan on Sep 13, 2009