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State of Play is a 2009 political thriller film directed by Kevin Macdonald. It is based on the 2003 British television serial of the same name. The film tells of a journalist's (Russell Crowe) probe into the suspicious death of the assistant and mistress of a Congressman (Ben Affleck).
Apr 17, 2009 · Russell Crowe stars as a journalist who uncovers a political conspiracy involving a congressman and a corporate cover-up. The film is adapted from a six-part BBC miniseries, but simplifies the plot and the characters.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Kevin Macdonald
- 2009-04-17
Apr 17, 2009 · Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is a rising star in Washington; handsome, unflappable and seemingly honorable, he's seen as his party's next presidential nominee. Until, however, his ...
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- Kevin Macdonald
- PG-13
- Russell Crowe
"State of Play" is a smart, ingenious thriller set in the halls of Congress and the city room of a newspaper not unlike the Washington Post. It's also a political movie; its villain a shadowy corporation that contracts with the government for security duties and mercenaries in Iraq.
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend. A petty thief is gunned down in an alley and a Representative's assistant (Maria Thayer) falls in front of a subway, two seemingly unrelated deaths. But not to wisecracking, brash newspaper ...
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