

Ambition seduces. Power corrupts.
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Ryan GoslingStephen Meyers
- George ClooneyMike Morris
- Philip Seymour HoffmanPaul Zara
- Paul GiamattiTom Duffy
- Evan Rachel WoodMolly Stearns
- Marisa TomeiIda Horowicz
- Jeffrey WrightSenator Thompson
- Max MinghellaBen Harpen
- Jennifer EhleCindy Morris
- Gregory ItzinJack Stearns
Crew
- George ClooneyDirector
- Beau WillimonScreenplay
- Grant HeslovScreenplay
- George ClooneyScreenplay
- Phedon PapamichaelDirector of Photography
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen MirrioneEditor
- George ClooneyProducer
- Brian OliverProducer
- Grant HeslovProducer
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