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State of Play (2009)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 57 mins | Drama, Thriller, Adaptation | Released: 4/17/2009 |Box Office Total: $36.9M

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Synopsis:

D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey untangles a mystery of murder and collusion among some of the nation’s most promising political and corporate figures. Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party’s contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out. McCaffrey has the dubious fortune of both an old friendship with Collins and a ruthless editor, Cameron, who has assigned him to investigate. As he and partner Della try to uncover the killer’s identity, McCaffrey steps into a cover-up that threatens to shake the nation’s power structures. And in a town of spin-doctors and wealthy politicos, he will discover one truth: when billions are at stake, no one’s integrity, love or life is ever safe.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
4/17/2009

Studio	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Studio
Director	Credit
Kevin MacDonald	Director
Cast	Credit
Russell Crowe	Cal McAffrey
Ben Affleck	Stephen Collins
Rachel McAdams	Della Frye
Helen Mirren	Cameron Lynne
Robin Wright-Penn	Anne Collins
Jason Bateman	Dominic Foy
Jeff Daniels	Rep George Fergus
Michael Berresse	Robert Bingham
Harry Lennix	Detective Bell
Josh Mostel	Pete
Michael Weston	Hank
Barry Shabaka Henley	Gene Stavitz
Viola Davis	Dr Judith Franklin
David Harbour	PointCorp Insider
Sarah Lord	Mandi
Tuck Milligan	PointCorp Executive
Stephen Park	Chris Kawai
Brennan Brown	Andrew Pell
Maria Thayer	Sonia Baker
Wendy Makkena	Greer Thornton
Zoe Lister-Jones	Jessy
Michael Jace	Officer Brown
Ladell Preston	Deshaun Stagg
Dan Brown	Vernon Sando
Katy Mixon	Rhonda Silver
Shane Edelman	D A Purcell
Maurice Burnice Harcum	Ben’s Cashier
Cornell Womack	Junior Detective #1
Nat Benchley	Junior Detective #2
Gregg Binkley	Ferris
Trula Marcus	Carol
Carolyn Barrett	Policewoman Escorting Della
Will Love	Iowan Congressman
David Copeland Goodman	Graves
John Badila	Mr James
Brigid Cleary	Mrs James
Robert Patrick Benedict	Milt
Bonita Friedericy	Mz. Buzzkill
Nick Schutt	Sports Journalist
Joy Spears	Waitress/Dancer #1
Brandi Oglesby	Waitress/Dancer #2
Stacy Walker	Waitress/Dancer #3
R B Brenner	Globe Production Manager
Lucia Navarro	Telemundo Reporter
Chris Matthews	MSNBC Reporter
Lou Dobbs	CNN Reporter
Jim Vance	Reporter
Sharon Dugan	Business Woman
Noel Werking	Business Man
Rose Coleman	Jackie
Lee von Ernst	ICU Nurse
Richard Ruyle	Karaoke Singer
Susan Stuart Brazell	Karaoke Bar Hostess
Herbert Gordon (Chris)	- News Reporter #1
Keith Anthony Garvin	News Reporter #2
Julie Carey	News Reporter #3
Eun Yang	News Reporter #4
Denae D'arcy	News Reporter #5
Natasha Chughtai	News Reporter #6
Al Cerullo	Helicopter Pilot
Greg Graham	The Wolf
Eric Hatch	Peter
Josh Rhodes	The Hunter
Production Credits	Credit
Eric Hayes	Co-Producer
Paul Abbott	Executive Producer
Andrew Hauptman	Producer
Kwame L Parker	Associate Producer
Liza Chasin	Executive Producer
Eric Fellner	Producer
Tim Bevan	Producer
Debra Hayward	Executive Producer
E Bennett Walsh	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Andell Entertainment	Production Company
Working Title Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Universal Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Bontonfilm	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Finnkino Oy	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Pictures International (PPI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Studio Canal Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Toho-Towa Company	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
United International Pictures (UIP)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Pictures International (UPI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Prooptiki Bulgaria	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Tatrafilm	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Baltic	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Forumcinemas	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Lusomundo	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Ro Image 2000	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Writer	Credit
Peter Morgan	Writer
Matthew Michael Carnahan	Screenplay
Paul Abbott	Source Material
Tony Gilroy	Screenplay
Billy Ray	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Janine McEwen Newell	Auditor - Construction Auditor
Tim Easthill	Finance Manager - Finance Controller
Kimberly Aguirre	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Martin Elfalan	Assistant Accountant
Gregory D Hemstreet	Production Accountant
Monica Perez-Gelbman	Post-Production Accountant
Lori Scowley	Production Accountant
Suzanne Shugarman	Accountant - Clerk
Tarn Harper	Post-Production Accountant
Theodore M Davila	Assistant Accountant
Candice LeClaire	Assistant Accountant
Joshua Loiko	Assistant Accountant
Sheri St Lawrence	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Susannah Carradine	Art Department Coordinator
tom brown	Painter - Paint Supervisor
Ernest M Sanchez	Leadman
Bridget Shaw	Art Assistant
Mark Friedberg	Production Designer
Cheryl Carasik	Set Decorator
Noelle King	Set Designer
Christopher Casey	Set Dresser
Valerie Green	Assistant Art Director
Richard L Johnson	Art Director
Kathleen Rosen	Art Department - Buyer
Craig Zimmerman	Gang Boss
Chris Kennedy	Set Dresser
Rodney Cinkan	Gang Boss - Paint Gang Boss
Wendy Weaver	Art Department - Buyer
Gregory Hooper	Assistant Art Director
Stacy Clinger	Painter - Paint Foreman
Amina Dieye	Set Decorator - Set Decoration Coordinator
Charisse Cardenas	Art Director - Art Director/Set Designer
William Law	Set Designer
Jeff Ozimek	Set Designer
Carl Catanese	Art Department - Buyer
Dean Lakoff	Set Dresser
Eric Saperstein	Painter - Paint Foreman
Bryan Badman	Gang Boss
James Kelley	Gang Boss
Steven Light-Orr	Set Dresser
Rosemary De Cicco	Painter - Stand-By Painter
Ryan Rittmiller	Set Dresser
Keith Weaver	Painter - Paint Supervisor
Mike Thurman	Set Dresser
Enrico Paronelli	Painter - Paint Foreman
Carol Ann Napier	Set Dresser - On-Set Dresser
Chris Ashley	Set Dresser
Stephen G Shifflette	Set Dresser
Ernest Parker Webb	Set Dresser
Jason Wicksell	Set Dresser
Charlie Montoya	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Avy Kaufman	Casting Director
Sophia Parra	Extras Casting Assistant
Leeba Zakharov	Casting Assistant
Rob Swanson	Extras Casting - Extras Coordinator
Lois Drabkin	Casting Associate
Caitlin McKenna	Voice Casting
Jason Fischman	Casting Assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Jose Trujillo (Lupe)	Catering - Chef
Chance P Tassone	Craft Service
Damon Gordon	Craft Service - Craft Service Assistant
Alejandro Trujillo	Catering - Chef
Film Camera	Credit
Johnny Medeiros	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Marcis Cole	Camera Operator
Rodrigo Prieto	Director of Photography
Steve Irwin	Video - Computer Video Supervisor
Glen Wilson	Photography - Still Photographer
Zoran Veselic	Assistant Camera - Assistant "A" Camera
Eileen Godoy	Film Lab - Intermediate Producer
George Chavez	Color Timer - Lab Color Timer
Paul Conti	Videotape Operator - 24 Frame Operator
Yvan Lucas	Colorist
Hector Moreno	Camera - DIT Tech
Eduardo Mayen	Loader
Dwayne McClintock	Aerial Director of Photography
Steven Cueva	Assistant Camera - Assistant “A” Camera
Ira D Toles	Videotape Operator - 24 Frame Operator
Peter Thoren	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
John Grillo	Camera Operator
Masanobu Takayanagi	Director of Photography - Director of Photography/Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Tom Reiser	Colorist - Colorist Assistant
Clayton Daily	Loader (2nd Unit)
Matt Hull	Film Lab - DI Production Assistant
david goldsmith (goldy)	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Dante Spinotti	Director of Photography
Nino Neuboeck	Assistant Camera - Assistant “B” Camera
Joe Zovko	Assistant Camera - Assistant “B” Camera
Jay Levy	Assistant Camera (2nd Unit)
James Apted	Assistant Camera - Assistant “A” Camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Relativity Media	Film Financier
StudioCanal	Film Financier
Music	Credit
Lee Scott	Music Editor
Gil Scott-Heron	Song
Andy Richards	Original Score - Original Score Mixer (London)
Mark Kilian	Music Arranger - Arrangements
Andrew Dudman	Music Engineer - Recording Engineer (London)
Vicki Williams	Music Coordinator
Geoff Alexander	Orchestrations - Orchestrator
Steve Hubback	Music Conductor - Musical Sculptures and Percussion
Great Big Sea	Song Performer
Alex Heffes	Score Mixing - Score Co-Producer
Alex Heffes	Music
Nick Angel	Music Supervisor
Lewis Jones	Music Engineer - Assistant Engineer (London)
Ben Harper	Song
Ondrej Lenard	Music Conductor
Gil Scott-Heron	Song Performer
Hilary Skewes	Music Coordinator - Score Coordinator and Contractor
Tony Stanton	Music Arranger - Music Preparation
John Warhurst	Music Editor (UK)
Tim Davies	Orchestrations - Orchestration
Leo Abrahams	Music - Guitar
Kenneth Sillito	Orchestrations - Orchestral Leader
Ben Harper	Song Performer
Rael Jones	Music Editor (UK)
Andy Kitchen	Music Engineer - Assistant Engineer (London)
Alex Heffes	Music - Guitar
Neil Stemp	Music Arranger - Music Programmer
Gergely Nemeth	Song
Zsolt Prieger	Song
Anima Sound System	Song Performer
Shlomo	Music - Human Beatbox
Catherine Marks	Music Engineer - Assistant Engineer
Matt Roberts	Music Arranger - Music Programmer
Dimitri Tikovoi	Music - Drums
The Fluffy Cod Trio	Song Performer
Mark Ellis	Song
Thomas Bloch	Music - Cristal Baschet
Priddis Music Studio Band	Song Performer
Alex Heffes	Song
The Flugel Horns	Song Performer
Paul Clarvis	Music - Musical Sculptures and Percussion
Kimberley Rew	Song
Kirsten Lane	Music - Music Consultant
Patrick Hernandez	Song
Radio Czechoslovakia Symphony Orchestra	Song Performer
Sergei Prokofieff	Song
Tom Petty	Song Performer
Tom Petty	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Kimrie Lewis	Stunts
Doug Coleman	Stunt Coordinator
Jeff Chumas	Stunts
Allen Robinson	Stunt Coordinator
Stacey Howell-Brown	Stunts
Keith Adams	Stunt Coordinator
Liisa Cohen	Stunts
Brennan Dyson	Stunts
Jeremy Fry	Stunts
Steve Mack	Stunts
Roy Farfel	Stunts
Darrell Davis	Stunts
Olivia Chang	Stunts
Jane Oshita	Stunts
Al Goto	Stunts
Peter Lai	Stunts
Brian Machleit	Stunts
Mark Donaldson	Stunts
Steve Holladay	Stunts
Keith Adams	Stunts
Carl Rice	Stunts
Jeannie Epper	Stunts
Bob Yerkes	Stunts
Don Hewitt	Stunts
Bob Marrocco	Stunts
Peter Epstein	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Laura Lewis	Location Coordinator
Robert F Phillips	Production Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Robert Huberman	Unit Production Manager
Gary Marcus	Assistant Director
Ernest Belding	Location Manager
Julie Carideo	Production Coordinator
Siobhan Boyes	Post-Production Coordinator (UK)
Jesse Cole	Assistant Location Manager
Cory Myler	Assistant Production Coordinator
Anna Rane	Script Supervisor
Graham Stumpf	Post-Production Supervisor
Sara Bartkiewicz	Assistant Production Coordinator
Jules Carideo	Production Coordinator
Carol Flaisher	Location Manager - Location Supervisor
Robb Foglia	Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Dawn Massaro-Adams	Assistant Director
Jeanette Haley	Post-Production Supervisor - Postproduction Supervisor (UK)
E Bennett Walsh	Unit Production Manager
jamie danesh	Assistant Location Manager
Stuart Besser	Unit Production Manager
Olivier Arnesen	Production Coordinator
Carlos De La Torre	Assistant Director
Jeanne Marie Byrd	Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Lee David Lee	Assistant Location Manager
Jonathan Reich	Location Manager
Sheila G Waldron	Script Supervisor
Lisa Hagenmeyer	Assistant Location Manager
Malika R Cohen	Production Coordinator
Scott Foster	Assistant Director
J Chan Claggett	Location Manager (2nd Unit)
christopher geair	Assistant Location Manager
Chamonix Bosch	Assistant Director - 2nd Assistant Director
Mike Fantasia	Location Manager
Frank Ferro	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Matthew D Noonan	Assistant Location Manager
Donald Murphy	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Kurt Uebersax	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Pete Dress	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Tim Blockburger	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Rob Harris	Unit Publicist - Publicist
Sound	Credit
Howard London	ADR Mixer
David Jobe	Foley Mixer
Hilda Hodges	Foley Artist
Tom Hartig	Boom Operator
Adam Blantz	Sound - Sound Utility
Geoff Foster	Recording Engineer
Jay Wilkinson	Sound Designer
Mark F Ulano	Sound Mixer - Production Sound Mixer
Byron Wilson	ADR Supervisor - Dialogue & ADR Supervisor
Johnna Chism	Assistant Sound Editor
David Bach	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Craig Berkey	Sound Effects Editor
Skip Lievsay	Rerecording Mixer
Skip Lievsay	Sound Editor
Jim Stuebe	Sound Mixer
Craig Berkey	Rerecording Mixer
Phil Barrie	Assistant Sound Editor
David A Weisberg	ADR Mixer
David Lee Fein	Foley Artist
Tim LeBlanc	Rerecording Mixer
Doug Murray	ADR Mixer
Sarah Bourgeois	Assistant Sound Editor
Thomas J O'Connell	ADR Mixer
Peter Gleaves	ADR Mixer
Michael Thompson	ADR Mixer
Tom Deane	ADR Mixer
Greg Junovich	ADR Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Michael Marlett	Digital Effects - Coordinator
Mike Crane	Compositing Supervisor - Compositing Lead
Christie Henning	Software Engineer - DOT Supervisor
Lisa Tutunjian	Visual Effects Editor - Intermediate Editor
Martin Bresin	Special Effects Supervisor
Mark Fletcher	Graphic Designer - Video Graphics Designer
Tim T Cunningham	Visual Effects Producer
Jeff Bresin	Special Effects Technician
Bob Mercier	Visual Effects Supervisor
Jeremy Hays	Special Effects Coordinator
Bill Georgiou	Special Effects Supervisor - Sequence Supervisor
Ron Bolanowski	Special Effects Coordinator
Hank Atterbury	Special Effects Technician
Doreen Austria	Graphic Designer
Reid Young	Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
Rohini Montenegro	Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
Jim McPherson	Special Effects Technician
Sean O'Harra	Special Effects Technician
Alana Aranki	Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
Andy Chang	Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
Doug Cram	Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
Beverly Bernacki	Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
John Paszkiewicz	Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Donna O'Neal	Set Costumer
Kelvin R Trahan	Hair - Department Head Hair
Toni-Ann Walker	Hair Stylist
Felicity Browning	Makeup - Department Head Makeup
Michael Castellano	Costumer
John Caglione Jr	Makeup Artist
Holly Davis	Assistant Costume Designer
Lisa Nora Lovaas	Costume Supervisor
Julie Hewett	Makeup Supervisor - Department Head Makeup
Jacqueline West	Costume Designer
Stacy L King	Tailor - Cutter/Fitter
Kadija Bangura	Wardrobe Assistant - Costume Assistant
Meg Matthews-Hyman	Key Costumer (Los Angeles)
Ethan Meyer	Wardrobe Assistant - Costume Assistant
Susan Antonelli	Key Costumer
John E Jackson	Makeup Artist
Catherine A Marcotte	Hair
Frances Mathias	Hair Stylist - Department Head Hairstylist
Brenda Donoho	Set Costumer
Denise Paulson	Makeup
Naomi Gathmann	Costumer
Amanda W McLaughlin	Costumer
Mara Majorowicz	Costumer
Derek Sullivan	Costumer

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