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Russell Crowe (Actor), Helen Mirren (Actor), Kevin Macdonald (Director) Rated:
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Genre Drama, DVD Movie, Mystery & Suspense/Thrillers, Blu-ray Movie
Format Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Color, NTSC, AC-3, Subtitled, Dubbed, Dolby, Widescreen
Contributor Robin Wright Penn, Jeff Daniels, Michael Weston, Kevin Macdonald, Tuck Milligan, Michael Berresse, Alex Heffes, Rodrigo Prieto, Russell Crowe, Stephen Park, David Harbour, Rachel McAdams, Wendy Makkena, Viola Davis, Harry J. Lennix, Barry "Shabaka" Henley, Helen Mirren, Josh Mostel, Michael Jace, Edward Norton, Ben Affleck See more
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 8 minutes

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Academy Award®-winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast, including Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams & Helen Mirren in the blistering thriller about deception, manipulation and corruption. When D.C. Reporter Cal McCaffrey (Crowe) is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician (Affleck), he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation’s power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one’s integrity, love or life is safe. From director Kevin Macdonald of The Last King of Scotland, State of Play brings together gripping performances, riveting suspense and is “sophisticated, intelligent and powerful” (Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV).

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The superlative British miniseries becomes a smart, soap opera-free film courtesy of The Last King of Scotland's Kevin Macdonald. His writers, including Tony Gilroy (the Bourne series) and Billy Ray (Breach), haven't simply condensed and Americanized the six-hour series--they've reinvented it. Now set in Washington D.C., veteran journalist Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe, replacing Brad Pitt, who dropped out over script changes) still collaborates with editor Cameron Lynne (a delectably imperious Helen Mirren) and junior reporter Della Frye (Rachel McAdams) on a story involving Cal's politico pal, Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck), but there's a new subtext behind their plunge into sex scandals and corporate malfeasance, since this State of Play also eulogizes old-school beat reporting, and in interviews, Macdonald has acknowledged the influence of newsprint classics like All the President's Men (the Watergate Hotel even shows up as a location). So, while Cal and Della, the Globe’s blogger, try to determine whether the congressman’s aide Sonia (with whom he was having an affair) died at her own hands or the hands of another, they're also fighting for their careers and the survival of their ailing paper. Stephen's political rival Senator Fergus (Jeff Daniels), does his best to stymie their efforts, but PR flack Dominic Foy (Jason Bateman) becomes a reluctant ally. Though fans of the series may miss a few characters, like Cameron's son (played by James McAvoy in the BBC version), Oscar-winning documentarian-turned-filmmaker Macdonald remains true to its spirit. Be sure to stay through the poignant end credits, during which he returns to his doc roots. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.56 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ MFR025195040075#N
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Kevin Macdonald
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Color, NTSC, AC-3, Subtitled, Dubbed, Dolby, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 8 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ August 22, 2010
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Harry J. Lennix
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, French
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002DU39GW
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • E Clay
    5.0 out of 5 stars State of Play DVD
    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2024
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    Very nice action movie.
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  • James M. Rawley
    4.0 out of 5 stars Better than BBC Series, Of Course
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2011
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    Lots of people say the BBC series this movie is based on is better than the Hollywood remake. It's a good series and has an amiable scruffiness, to match its hero -- but in the Hollywood rewrite, its plotting has been cleaned up by pros, and it needed some cleaning up.

    The original series (see Wikipedia) was made up as it went along, and the writer changed villains in the middle. There are not just loose ends, which several of the critics here have discussed, but loose ends that stick out and hit the viewer in the eye. I can't give away the plot, but the loose ends are LIKE a killer planning to hide his activities who writes letters to the papers about them.

    The Hollywood rewrite improves or gets rid of these clumsinesses.

    The love affair between the lead and the congressman's wife was a big problem in the tv series, and can be more fully discussed here because it doesn't give away any of the mystery plot points. In the tv series, the wife is upset her husband was having an affair, so she comes on to the husband's best friend. The husband freaks, but continues to see the best friend because he needs his help -- then every once in a while insults the best friend because, hey, the guy is sleeping with his wife. The wife plans to go back with the husband as soon as she finds out he was framed, even in the very first super hot days of her passion for the other guy. Finally she gets mad at both of them because they're not considering her ... instead of being grateful that neither of them is mad at her! In the end she walks off hurt, though she's gotten sex, love and apologies from both and could stay with either man if she chose.

    In the movie, by contrast, the affair between the wife and the best friend is long in the past, and the husband has gotten over resenting it, though he sniffs about it at one point. The wife kind of wants to start up again with the hero but he tells her no, so she is almost forced back to her husband. All very mature and quite understandable. Hollywood seldom passes up the chance for heated sex play, but Hollywood was smart enough to see it didn't quite work in the BBC series and wouldn't work in the Hollywood rewrite either. Both Hollywood lovers looked middle-aged and sensible; the BBC wife looked like 40-year-old sex goddess and her lover looked like a helpless child when she came after him. Score: Hollywood 1, BBC 0 on understanding of adult sex.

    I watched both shows in the evening. It took three days, two one-hour episodes a day, to get through the BBC series. It took one evening to get through the Hollywood remake. Shorter is better. The political issue everyone was getting all excited about was a Maguffin, and changed between London and Hollywood, as if to prove it didn't matter what it was. The BBC series had muddy exposition and didn't start to move until its third hour, getting truly fast-paced only in its last third. The Hollywood version was crisp and fast-paced throughout.

    All these improvements are only to be expected from a professional rewrite on a high-budget production. Hollywood has the resources to do this stuff right, and this is the kind of thing Hollywood specializes in.
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  • artisannm
    5.0 out of 5 stars A much better film than any trailer would reveal
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2024
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    Russell as usual nails his character and we get great performances from a good supporting cast to include the Sherlock Holmes actress Rachel McAdams. Ben gives us a character reveal at the end that is totally unexpected.

    A great overall movie and not at all slow or boring as expected. I thought Russell would fail in this role because of his long hair - reporter characterization but nope, he hits it home.
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  • Matt Jarvis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very Topical Right Now
    Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
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    Excellent thriller with a great cast you would have thought was taken out of today's news. It is about tabloid / click journalism vs. sourced journalism and politicians' exploitation of journalism and journalists to get what they want published or to get what they don't want published not published.

    If this was a documentary it would be topical, but only get a small fraction of the audience, instead, yes, it is a fictional thriller and yes, it has a great cast at the top of their abilities. Even if you didn't think it was a topical thriller this movie is acting lessons by Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Robin Wright Penn, Helen Mirren, Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams and Jeff Daniels. It is said that if you have one or two actors who give you great performances it is the actors that did it, when you have a whole cast of actors giving you the performances it is the director that accomplished it so kudos should go to British director Kevin MacDonald (btw his filmography list is a list of movies that blend documentary and fiction).

    It is amazing this movie came out in 2009 instead of April 2024.
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  • Jean
    3.0 out of 5 stars This one stumbles and falls all over itself - just okay.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2017
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    Okay - three stars. What happened here is hard to say - the actors are top notch, and the subject matter could have been intriguing, but it all falls flat. Maybe it was a movie that couldn't find its genre, was it about journalism? politics? Military contractors? The entire film seemed derivative of many other films, but was not done as well. "Spotlight" (which also had McAdams) was a great film about journalists following a story. "Argo" (which also had Affleck) was a very good political thriller. and Russel Crowe had made many compelling military films. Somehow this film "State of Play" misses on all cylinders - with all the actors.

    It's just not very good. Wait for it on Prime, or some other free streaming service.
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  • RachelMarta
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tight and Taut
    Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2022
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    This is an excellent script, with some of our most loved actors.
    My only beef is that the description of this movie on Amazon Prime is completely wrong. It was described as a politician in parliament and his ex-campaign manager.
    This is a well done intricate plot of an American Congressman, the "Washington Globe" newspaper and a private military contractor connected to a series of murders.
    Thankfully, I was still interested in this story once I started the movie.
    In these current times of morally inconsistent people out for their own benefit first and foremost, there are two really good people in this movie which I will not reveal but I was happy who they worked for.
    There are enough twists and turns throughout the movie right up until the end. Enjoyable and realistic.
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  • stefano
    5.0 out of 5 stars FILM DA VEDERE
    Reviewed in Italy on February 2, 2015
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    ottimo cast per un film veramente interessante e dalla trama mai scontata che conduce ad un finale tutto da vedere.
    consigliato agli amanti dei thriller politici
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  • John Doe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Estupendo
    Reviewed in Spain on October 29, 2014
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    La sombra del poder edicion alemana en Steelbook

    Tal como comentan los compañeros la información aportada por Amazon es correcta, audio y subtítulos en perfecto castellano.
    Una buena película presentada en un atractivo Steelbook y a un precio estupendo. Recomendado.
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  • Jean-Sebatien Leveille
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great wonderful movie of the 00’s !
    Reviewed in Canada on October 26, 2023
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    Awesome film with great actors and action scenes !
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  • EdParks
    4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2013
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    Good action and tense moments. Russell Crowe is very good and other famous actors give the brilliant story line justice. BLU RAY is that way forward people who say that they cant tell the difference clearly aren't watching very well.
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  • Daniel
    5.0 out of 5 stars AUDIO Y SUBTITULOS EN CASTELLANO
    Reviewed in Spain on June 19, 2012
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    Este bluray edicion alemania contiene audio y subtitulos castellanos.Es el mismo disco que el español pero como siempre a un precio muy inferior al nuestro.
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