State of Play
Find the truth
2009 | 127m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Kevin Macdonald |
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| Writer: | Matthew Michael Carnahan, Billy Ray, Tony Gilroy, Paul Abbott |
| Staring: |
| When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 17, 2009 |
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| Director: | Kevin Macdonald |
| Writer: | Matthew Michael Carnahan, Billy Ray, Tony Gilroy, Paul Abbott |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | corruption, assassination, washington dc, usa, detective, journalist, assassin, newspaper, congress, editor-in-chief, politics, election campaign, government, murder, blog, reporter, u.s. congress, investigative journalism, usa politics |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Andell Entertainment, Relativity Media, Working Title Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $87,800,000
Budget: $60,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Russell Crowe | Cal McAffrey |
| Ben Affleck | Stephen Collins |
| Rachel McAdams | Della Frye |
| Helen Mirren | Cameron Lynne |
| Robin Wright | Anne Collins |
| Jason Bateman | Dominic Foy |
| Jeff Daniels | George Fergus |
| Michael Berresse | Robert Bingham |
| Harry Lennix | Det. Donald Bell |
| Josh Mostel | Pete |
| Michael Weston | Hank |
| Barry Shabaka Henley | Gene Stavitz |
| Viola Davis | Dr. Judith Franklin |
| David Harbour | PointCorp Insider |
| Sarah Lord | Mandi Brokaw |
| Tuck Milligan | Pointcorp Executive |
| Steve Park | Chris Kawai |
| Brennan Brown | Andrew |
| Maria Thayer | Sonia Baker |
| Wendy Makkena | Greer Thornton |
| Zoe Lister-Jones | Jessy |
| Michael Jace | Stuart Brown |
| Rob Benedict | Milt |
| 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 M. Marcus | Carol |
| Carolyn Barrett | Policewoman Escorting Della |
| Wil Love | Iowan Congressman |
| David E. Goodman | Graves |
| John Badila | Mr. James |
| Brigid Cleary | Mrs. James |
| Joy Spears | Waitress / Dancer #1 |
| Brandi Oglesby | Waitress / Dancer #2 |
| R.B. Brenner | Globe Production Manager |
| Lucía Navarro | Telemundo Reporter |
| Chris Matthews | MSNBC Reporter |
| Lou Dobbs | CNN Reporter |
| James Vance III | Reporter |
| Sharon Dugan | Business Woman |
| Noel Werking | Business Man |
| Rose Coleman | Jackie |
| Lee von Ernst | ICU Nurse |
| Richard Ruyle | Karaoke Singer |
| Stuart Brazell | Karaoke Bar Hostess |
| Herbert Gordon | News Reporter #1 |
| Keith Anthony Garvin | News Reporter #2 |
| Julie Carey | News Reporter #3 |
| Yang Eun | News Reporter #4 |
| Denae D'Arcy | News Reporter #5 |
| Natasha Chughtai | News Reporter #6 |
| Greg Graham | The Wolf |
| Eric Hatch | Peter |
| Josh Rhodes | The Hunter |
| Stacey Walker | Waitress / Dancer #3 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Kevin Macdonald | Director |
| William J. Law III | Set Designer |
| Doreen Austria | Graphic Designer |
| Toni-Ann Walker | Hairstylist |
| Noelle King | Set Designer |
| Kenneth Sayers | Set Dresser |
| Erick Garibay | Assistant Property Master |
| Jason McDonough | Set Dresser |
| John Caglione Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Bob Kretschmer | Wigmaker |
| Frank-Joseph Frelier | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Christopher Casey | Set Dresser |
| John Stone | Construction Coordinator |
| Catherine Marcotte | Key Hair Stylist |
| Susannah Carradine | Art Department Coordinator |
| Ted Haigh | Graphic Designer |
| Robin Brown | Art Department Assistant |
| Jeff Ozimek | Set Designer |
| Danielle Mana | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Carol Ann Napier | Set Dresser |
| Donald Burghardt | First Assistant Camera |
| Justine Wright | Editor |
| Felicity Bowring | Makeup Department Head |
| Cheryl Carasik | Set Decoration |
| Valerie Green | Assistant Art Director |
| Steven Ladish | Set Dresser |
| David Ladish | Set Dresser |
| Bridget Shaw | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Ronald J. Crouthamel | Carpenter |
| Chris Withrow | Set Dresser |
| Ernest M. Sanchez | Leadman |
| Amina Allean Dieye | Art Department Coordinator |
| J.P. Jones | Property Master |
| Kelvin R. Trahan | Hair Department Head |
| Kimberly Merlin | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Sherri Bramlett | Hairstylist |
| Holiday Landa | Art Department Coordinator |
| Rossana De Cicco | Painter |
| Charisse Cardenas | Assistant Art Director |
| Billy Baker | Set Dresser |
| Eric Komala | Set Dresser |
| Wendy Weaver | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Wade Tyree | Lighting Technician |
| David Ghegan | Best Boy Electric |
| Shawn C.H. Baron | Rigging Grip |
| Dwayne McClintock | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Paul A. Hardiman | Lighting Technician |
| Al Cerullo | Pilot |
| Stephanie Portnoy Porter | Costumer |
| Edward Hohman | Rigging Grip |
| Kyle Dean | Camera Production Assistant |
| Michael Kelly | Gaffer |
| Franz Wise | Electrician |
| Jesse Mather | Lighting Technician |
| Marcis Cole | Steadicam Operator |
| Greg Graham | Choreographer |
| Thell Reed | Armorer |
| Ian Axilrod | Second Assistant Camera |
| Eric Felland | Lighting Technician |
| Maxwell Thorpe | Rigging Grip |
| John Grillo | Camera Operator |
| Adam Camacho | Key Grip |
| Derek Sullivan | Costumer |
| Tom Lembcke | Key Grip |
| Lisa Lovaas | Costume Supervisor |
| Steve Irwin | Video Assist Operator |
| Robert J. Carlyle | Construction Coordinator |
| John E. Jackson | Makeup Artist |
| Michael Davis | Construction Coordinator |
| Cameron Matheson | Set Dresser |
| Kathleen Rosen | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Eric Rosenberg | Graphic Designer |
| Denise Paulson | Key Makeup Artist |
| Steven Light-Orr | Set Dresser |
| Kelsey Fowler | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Sandy Andrle Roffman | Makeup Artist |
| Rhonda O'Neal | Hairstylist |
| Ann Pala | Makeup Artist |
| Gregory S. Hooper | Assistant Art Director |
| Robin L. Miller | Property Master |
| Patrick T. Eagan | Carpenter |
| Michael Thurman | Set Dresser |
| Charles Maloy | Set Dresser |
| John Coven | Storyboard Artist |
| Sean Tuell | Rigging Grip |
| Michael Patrick O'Leary | Electrician |
| Hector Javier Canales | Rigging Grip |
| Sarah Brandes | Assistant Camera |
| Jose F. Barrios | Rigging Grip |
| Evelyn S. Farkas | Set Medic |
| Michael Castellano | Costumer |
| Robb Foglia | Script Supervisor |
| Hector Moreno | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Anna Rane | Script Supervisor |
| Jeff Callow | Grip |
| Niles McElroy | Lighting Technician |
| Leighanne Haddock | Researcher |
| William T. Iversen | Rigging Grip |
| Erik Bernstein | Electrician |
| Chris Milani | Best Boy Electric |
| Christopher Crivier | Best Boy Grip |
| Julian Sternthal | Rigging Grip |
| Steven Cueva | Second Assistant Camera |
| Donna O'Neal | Key Set Costumer |
| Deborah Zimmerman | Costumer |
| James 'Biff' Thomsen | Electrician |
| Rich King | Extras Casting |
| Michael Gearhart | Grip |
| Thomas A. Barrios | Second Assistant Camera |
| Susan Antonelli | Costumer |
| Michael Franco | Electrician |
| Holly Davis | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Mike Wilson | Electrician |
| Chris Henry | Lighting Technician |
| Gary Dahlquist | Rigging Gaffer |
| Meg Matthews | Costumer |
| Glen Wilson | Still Photographer |
| Robby Baumgartner | Gaffer |
| John C. Barber | Grip |
| Mark Walpole | First Assistant Camera |
| Naomi Gathmann | Costumer |
| Christopher Moats | Electrician |
| Shaunessy James Quinn | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Nino Neuboeck | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Lois J. Drabkin | Casting Associate |
| Jozo Zovko | Second Assistant Camera |
| Charles Crivier | Dolly Grip |
| Ryan Marsh | Lighting Technician |
| Steven J. Kovalesky | Electrician |
| Johnny Madison | Lighting Technician |
| Michael Fowler | ADR Recordist |
| Saeed Faridzadeh | Digital Compositor |
| Ken Rudell | Special Effects Technician |
| Hilda Hodges | Foley Artist |
| Lisa Tutunjian | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| David Bach | Dialogue Editor |
| Ron Bolanowski | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Tim T. Cunningham | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jay Wilkinson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bill Georgiou | Sequence Supervisor |
| Jim Stuebe | Sound Mixer |
| George Chavez | Color Timer |
| Jay Lalime | Digital Compositor |
| Beverly Bernacki | Digital Compositor |
| Jeremy Hays | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Alana Newell | Digital Compositor |
| Jim McPherson | Special Effects Technician |
| Olivia Chang | Stunts |
| Gabriel J. Lewis | Lighting Technician |
| Jeremiah Kent | Second Assistant Camera |
| Christopher Glasgow | Best Boy Grip |
| Patrick D. Fields | Grip |
| Stephan Burle | Title Designer |
| Jean-Philippe Belliard | Electrician |
| Orlando Hernandez | Lighting Technician |
| Tracy Gossett | Costume Coordinator |
| Sean O'Harra | Special Effects Technician |
| Lionel Strutt | ADR Coordinator |
| Byron Wilson | ADR Supervisor |
| Mark F. Dennett | Boom Operator |
| Tom Deane | ADR Mixer |
| Sean Kennedy | Compositor |
| Johnna Chism | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jeff Bresin | Special Effects Technician |
| Naomi Dandridge | ADR Recordist |
| Tim LeBlanc | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kristen Young | Assistant Editor |
| Adam Blantz | Sound Mixer |
| Rick Gould | ADR Recordist |
| Sarah Bourgeois | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Martin Bresin | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Matthew Lillis | Special Effects Technician |
| Skip Crank | Property Master |
| Stacey Howell-Brown | Stunts |
| Amanda Sroka | Set Costumer |
| Robyn Owen Silvestri | Casting Associate |
| Mara Majorowicz | Set Costumer |
| Tanner Bayer | Electrician |
| Leeba Zakharov | Casting Assistant |
| Phil Barrie | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Rohini Montenegro | Digital Compositor |
| Howard London | ADR Mixer |
| Douglas Murray | ADR Mixer |
| Mary Jo Devenney | Sound Mixer |
| Hank Atterbury | Special Effects Technician |
| Kevin Hyde | Boom Operator |
| Matt Evans | First Assistant Editor |
| Eileen Godoy | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Doug Cram | Digital Compositor |
| Kenneth Gilbert | ADR Recordist |
| Bob Mercier | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Brendon Morrow | ADR Recordist |
| Robert Young | Digital Compositor |
| Greg Junovich | ADR Mixer |
| Tom Hartig | Boom Operator |
| Kirsten Lane | Music Consultant |
| Jane Oshita | Stunts |
| Jesse Cole | Location Manager |
| Eric Frazier | Pilot |
| Matthew Michael Carnahan | Screenplay |
| Billy Ray | Screenplay |
| Tony Gilroy | Screenplay |
| Alex Heffes | Original Music Composer |
| Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Mark Friedberg | Production Design |
| Jacqueline West | Costume Design |
| Rodrigo Prieto | Director of Photography |
| Susan A. Burig | Graphic Designer |
| Masanobu Takayanagi | Second Unit Director of Photography, Camera Operator |
| Zoran Veselić | First Assistant Camera |
| Peter McKernan | Aerial Coordinator |
| Caitlin McKenna | ADR Voice Casting |
| David Jobe | Foley Mixer |
| Mark Ulano | Production Sound Mixer |
| Craig Berkey | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Skip Lievsay | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Yvan Lucas | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Liisa Cohen | Utility Stunts, Stunts |
| Doug Coleman | Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator |
| Chad Tyler | Stand In |
| Paul Abbott | Original Story, Original Series Creator |
| Al Goto | Stunts |
| Steve Kelso | Stunt Driver |
| Jeremy Fry | Stunt Driver |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Eric Hayes | Producer |
| Andrew Hauptman | Producer |
| Kwame Parker | Producer |
| Tim Bevan | Producer |
| Eric Fellner | Producer |
| Liza Chasin | Executive Producer |
| Debra Hayward | Executive Producer |
| E. Bennett Walsh | Executive Producer |
| Paul Abbott | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 30 | 42 | 21 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 354 | 526 |
tanty
8.0
Good movie, great cast and interesting plot. A movies as they used to be when interesting thrillers were on the screens with higher frequency. ...
Jun 23, 2021
narrator56
6.0
This movie follows a familiar subset of the thriller genre, that of the journalist investigating a story and discovering there is more involved than what meets the eye, and before he knows it there is evidence of a conspiracy stretching high into government. How high? Well, that of course varies fro ... m one conspiracy movie to the next. I couldn’t help but notice that one of the methods of death early on here was later borrowed by the series House of Cards (U.S. version). But there are only so many ways of making possible murders look like accidents or suicides, so perhaps it was coincidental. The acting and the writing were fine, however familiar the story seemed. It just felt like it wouldn’t have taken much originality to alter the plot to separate it from all the other journalistic investigations of government corruption.
Jul 25, 2021