Movie
State of Play
Overview
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-04-17
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Andell Entertainment, Working Title Films, StudioCanal, Relativity Media
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Russell Crowe as Cal McAffrey
- Ben Affleck as Stephen Collins
- Rachel McAdams as Della Frye
- Helen Mirren as Cameron Lynne
- Robin Wright as Anne Collins
- Jason Bateman as Dominic Foy
- Jeff Daniels as George Fergus
- Michael Berresse as Robert Bingham
- Harry Lennix as Det. Donald Bell
- Josh Mostel as Pete
- Michael Weston as Hank
- Barry Shabaka Henley as Gene Stavitz
Crew
- Kevin Macdonald - Director
- Matthew Michael Carnahan - Screenplay
- Billy Ray - Screenplay
- Tony Gilroy - Screenplay
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