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In the Loop

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Director: Armando Iannucci

Writer: Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Tony Roche, Simon Blackwell

Cast: James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander, Mimi Kennedy, Peter Capaldi

Distributor: IFC

Country: UK

Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 2009

Synopsis: When a British cabinet minister, Simon Foster, comments publicly that he thinks war is “unforeseeable,” the result is an immediate bollocking from Malcolm Tucker, the prime minister’s testy bulldog pushing for war. Unable to clarify his position, Simon is sent to Washington, where, trying desperately to be important, he meets Karen Clark, a U.S. State Department official, and General Miller, who see him as a transatlantic partner in building a consensus against war. They search for a secret war committee, led by Karen’s hawkish colleague, Linton Barwick. And as farce demands, all parties eventually converge for a climactic shuffle between rooms, in this case at the United Nations. [Synopsis courtesy of Sundance Film Festival]

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