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May 21, 2024 · Anticipation for the upcoming Donald Trump biographical drama The Apprentice reached new heights when it debuted at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival just days after wrapping production.
- State of Play Plot Synopsis
- State of Play Ending: Why Did Congressman Collins Get Sonia Baker Killed?
- When Does Cal Realize The Involvement of His Friend in The Murder?
- Who Is Robert Bingham? Is He Dead?
The film begins with a young man running across a trafficked street. As the camera follows him, he gives the impression of being chased. Not long after, he is killed by a mysterious hitman, who then shoots a witness who was attempting to cycle away. In a press conference, the distressed Congressman Stephen Collins divulges about the death of Sonia ...
Ben Affleck is known to portray ambiguous roles, and Congressman Stephen Collins is a role seemingly cut out for Affleck’s dubious film persona. In the beginning moments of the film, government employee Sonia Baker is spotted at the metro before getting mysteriously assassinated by an undisclosed assailant. An investigative whodunit follows, and th...
A persuasive investigative noir journalist pitted against a crooked system has not been a rare occurrence in Hollywood. From the 70s classic ‘All The President’s Men’ to David Fincher’s ‘Zodiac,’ we have seen multiple investigative journalists walking down the bureaucratic rabbit hole obsessing over a single case. Eccentric but sharp-edged snoop Ca...
At the beginning of the film, Deshaun Stagg and Vernon Sando are shot. Deshaun dies on the spot, while Sando is killed later in the hospital by a sniper. In a later development, Mandi, the feral girl who lived with Deshaun, is killed. But before her death, Mandi reaches out to Cal to give a tip. We sense that while Vernon Sando was an unfortunate m...
Apr 15, 2009 · Created by. Paul Abbott. "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. The name is PointCorp. Think Blackwater.
State of Play (film) State of Play. (film) 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 ).
May 13, 2016 · Based on the life of William Randolph Hearst, the character of Charles Foster Kane from Orson Welles ’ classic “ Citizen Kane ” is the closest approximation to Donald Trump in the cinema. Both Trump and Kane are born into their fortunes, yet each carry themselves with the hubris of a self-made man. Earlier in his campaign, Trump famously ...
Apr 17, 2009 · State of Play: Directed by Kevin Macdonald. With Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren. When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Apr 23, 2009 · Donald Trump trials; World news; ... State of Play was state of the art - but the movie ... a political journalist who was once campaign manager for a politician now intensely embarrassed by the ...
