The Ides of March – Movies Review
October 2, 2011 by admin
Filed under Entertainments and Relax
An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Based on the play by Beau Willimon.
The Ides of March is an upcoming 2011 American political drama film directed by George Clooney from a screenplay by Clooney and Grant Heslov. It stars Clooney, Marisa Tomei, Paul Giamatti, Ryan Gosling, and Evan Rachel Wood. It is an adaptation of the play Farragut North. The film was featured as the opening film at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and was shown at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. It will have a wide release on October 7, 2011.
An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
In October 2010, Variety reported that Clooney signed on to produce, direct, and star in the film adaptation of Beau Willimon’s Broadway play Farragut North. Exclusive Media Group, Cross Creek Pictures, Smoke House Pictures, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions financed the film. Filming in Cincinnati, Ohio began in February 2011 in Downtown Cincinnati at Fountain Square, Over-the-Rhine historic district, Northside, Mount Lookout, Xavier University, other neighborhoods and at Miami University in the Richard T. Farmer School of Business. Principal photography also took place in Downtown Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan. On March 14, filming began at the University of Michigan and included 1,000 extras
Genres: Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 7 October 2011 (USA)
Runtime: 101 min
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS (as Datasat Digital Sound), SDDS
Color: Color
Cast
- George Clooney as Mike Morris, Governor of Pennsylvania and a Democratic presidential candidate.
- Ryan Gosling as Stephen Meyers, the mastermind behind Morris’ campaign.
- Paul Giamatti as Tom Duffy, a rival campaign manager.
- Marisa Tomei as Ida Horowicz, a reporter for the New York Times.
- Evan Rachel Wood as Molly Stearns, an intern for Morris’ campaign.
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Paul Zara, Morris’ campaign manager and Meyers’ superior and mentor.
- Max Minghella as Ben Harper
- Jeffrey Wright as Senator Thompson
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