Honor. Integrity. Principles. Everything is negotiable.
Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.
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Contemporary, classical in form, plot-driven and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
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- pmchanjron TMDB · Jul 20139.5/10
"The great American past-time has never been baseball, it has always been making money." A true enough quote from the film, but the unanswered question remains: "Is fraud the 'dirty-little-secret-ingredient' necessary for capitalism to work?" The most blatant fraud against justice is the "non-disclosure agreement" sold to criminals, by our justice system, to protect their trade-secrets. Jack Abramoff's story was an unheeded warning, quickly forgotten; it isn't fraud if it isn't noticed.
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Cast
- Kevin SpaceyJack Abramoff
- Kelly PrestonPam Abramoff
- Hannah Endicott-DouglasSarah Abramoff
- Rachelle LefevreEmily Miller
- Barry PepperMichael Scanlon
- Spencer GarrettTom DeLay
- Jon LovitzAdam Kidan
- Eric SchweigChief Poncho
- Yannick BissonOscar Carillo
- Maury ChaykinBig Tony
Crew
- George HickenlooperDirector
- Norman SniderWriter
- Adam SwicaDirector of Photography
- Jonathan GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- William SteinkampEditor
- Gary HowsamProducer
- Bill MarksProducer
- George ZakkProducer
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