State of Play

Name: State of Play
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Released: 2009-04-17
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright

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State of Play (2009)

Timing: 2:7 (127 min)

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Release date

2009-04-17

Country

France, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Andell Entertainment, Working Title Films

Genre

Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Budget

$60 000 000

Box office

$87 812 371

Website

http://www.stateofplaymovie.net/

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Actors

Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels, Michael Berresse, Harry Lennix, Josh Mostel
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Scenario

Producer

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Andrew Hauptman, Kwame Parker, Eric Hayes, Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin, E. Bennett Walsh, Paul Abbott

Camera operator

Rodrigo Prieto

Composer

Alex Heffes

Artist

Mark Friedberg, Charisse Cardenas, Gregory S. Hooper

Audition

Avy Kaufman

Editing

Justine Wright
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Short description

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

What's left behind the scenes

After Pitt left and before Russell Crowe joined the project, Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage, and Tom Hanks were considered for the role of Cal McAffrey.
The hospital scenes at the end of the film were shot at the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Brian De Palma, Martin Campbell, Ang Lee, Richard Linklater, and Jim Jarmusch were all considered as directors for 'The Great Game'.
Russell Crowe showed the script to Ridley Scott before signing the contract, in order to decide with him whether or not he should star in the film.
All scenes with Helen Mirren were filmed in 4 days.
On the wall in McAffee's office, you can see a photograph of real Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who played a key role in covering the famous Watergate scandal.
The song "The Night That Paddy Murphy Dies" by Great Big Sea can be heard in the opening scenes of the film. Great Big Sea vocalist Alan Doyle and Russell Crowe are good friends.
At the 95th minute, Russell Crowe's character is driving with his right arm unbandaged, and in the next scene in the theater, it is bandaged again.
The film was intended to reunite the lead actors of 'Fight Club' (1999), Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. However, Pitt left the project due to the writers' strike and was replaced by Russell Crowe. Pitt's departure delayed the start of filming, making Edward Norton's participation impossible as work began on the film 'Suckers' (2009). Ben Affleck took Norton's place.
In the early stages of development, Edward Zwick was attached as the film's director.
After Pitt's departure and before Russell Crowe joined the project, Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage, and Tom Hanks were considered for the role of Cal McAffrey.
Brian De Palma, Martin Campbell, Ang Lee, Richard Linklater, and Jim Jarmusch were all considered as potential directors for The Big Game.
Before signing the contract, Russell Crowe showed the script to Ridley Scott to decide together whether he should star in the film.
All of Helen Mirren's scenes were filmed in four days.
The song "The Night That Paddy Murphy Dies" by Great Big Sea is played in the opening scenes of the film. Great Big Sea vocalist Alan Doyle and Russell Crowe are good friends.
At the 95th minute, Russell Crowe's character is driving and his right hand is without a bandage, but in the next scene at the theater, it is bandaged again.