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Plot. In Washington, D.C., fleeing thief Deshaun Stagg is shot dead by a man carrying a metal briefcase. A passing witness is also shot and left in a coma. The next morning, Congressional aide Sonia Baker is killed by a Washington Metro train.
Apr 30, 2021 · 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.
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 ...
Apr 15, 2009 · "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.
Dec 1, 2022 · Two journalists (Crowe and McAdams) stumble on a conspiracy involving a congressman and a private corporate security firm. "State of Play" is based on a 2003 BBC TV series of...
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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.
May 18, 2021 · The 2009 movie stars Russell Crowe as a Washington D.C. journalist who investigates the private life of an American politician, and how it connects to a government conspiracy. State of Play was indeed inspired by real-life politics, but the story itself is a fictional homage to past classics.
