News Source: The Independent
| 7 months ago
In advance of the release of State of Play today, we have an exclusive clip from the film. Directed by Kevin Mcdonald ( The Last King of Scotland ), the film is tense political thriller set in Washington. It stars Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Helen...
News Source: Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
Co-written by Tony Gilroy, who penned the tricky Michael Clayton and the even trickier Duplicity , State of Play displays its savvy without being quite so showy. Based on a British TV series, the film is a throwback to the political thrillers of the...
News Source: Bradenton Herald
| 7 months ago
But it also turns out to be a fond homage to old-school journalism, and it plays like a eulogy for a sadly dying industry. That's especially true of the footage that rolls during the closing credits: the printing, packaging and shipping out of a big-...
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
How a six-hour BBC miniseries was streamlined and Americanized into a two-hour political thriller. April 12, 2009 Andrew Hauptman, producer of the new film "State of Play," remembers what he thought while watching the original six-hour miniseries in...