The Ides of March (2011)

Directed by

George Clooney

Genre

drama film, political thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 2,729 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An idealistic campaign press secretary discovers a dark secret that could destroy his candidate's presidential bid. He must navigate a web of betrayal and moral compromise within the high-stakes world of political campaigning.

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What happens

The Ides of March is a 2011 American political drama film directed by George Clooney from a screenplay written by Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon. The film is an adaptation of Willimon's 2008 play Farragut North. It stars Ryan Gosling and Clooney alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, and Evan Rachel Wood. The Ides of March was featured as the opening film at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and at the 27th Haifa International Film Festival, and was shown at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. It was theatrically released on October 7, 2011, and grossed $76 million worldwide. The film received positive reviews from critics and was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2011. Gosling earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance, while Clooney, Heslov and Willimon were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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