Academy Award(R)-winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast including Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams & Helen Mirren in the blistering thriller about deception, manipulation and corruption. When D.C. Reporter Cal McCaffrey (Crowe) is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician (Affleck), he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation's power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one's integrity, love or life is safe. From director Kevin Macdonald of THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, STATE OF PLAY brings together gripping performances and riveting suspense.

• 2 hr 8 min
• Directed by

  Kevin Mac Donald
• Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Billy Ray

• Starring

  Russell Crowe

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  Ben Affleck

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  Rachel Mc Adams

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  Helen Mirren

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  Robin Wright Penn

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  Jason Bateman

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  Jeff Daniels

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  Michael Berresse

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  Harry J. Lennix

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  Joshua Mostel

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  Michael Weston

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  Barry "Shabaka" Henley

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  Viola Davis

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  David Harbour

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  Tuck Milligan

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  Stephen Park

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  Brennan Brown

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  Maria Thayer

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  Wendy Makkena

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  Zoe Lister Jones

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  Michael Jace

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  Rob Benedict