A political conspiracy lies at the heart of this film starring Oscar winners Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, and Helen Mirren. A reporter (Crowe) in the nation's capital discovers a mess of lies when the mistress of a congressman (Affleck) is murdered. Kevin Macdonald (THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND) directs this thriller based on the BBC miniseries of the same name.

Blu-ray Disc Features:

Region [unknown]
Audio:
DTS 5.1 Surround - French, Spanish
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles - English, SDH, French, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
My Scenes
Featurette: The Making of State of Play
U Control - Picture in Picture
U Control - Washington, D.C. Locations
Interactive Features:
BD Live - Download Center
BD Live - My Scenes Sharing

Distributor Notes: Academy Award®-winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast, including Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams & Helen Mirren in the blistering thriller about deception, manipulation & 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, riveting suspense and is “sophisticated, intelligent and powerful” (Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV).

Russell Crowe: Australian Actor, GLADIATOR (2000)
Ben Affleck: Oscar-winning actor/screenwriter, GOOD WILL HUNTING
Rachel McAdams: Actress, THE NOTEBOOK (2004), MEAN GIRLS
Robin Wright: Actress, THE PLEDGE (2000)
Jason Bateman: American TV Actor
Helen Mirren: British Actress
Jeff Daniels: American Actor, SOMETHING WILD (1986)
Josh Mostel: American Supporting Actor
Michael Weston: Star, COYOTE UGLY (2000)
Barry Shabaka Henley: Actor, THE TERMINAL (2004)
Viola Davis: Actress, NIGHTS IN RODANTHE, FAR FROM HEAVEN

Kevin MacDonald: Director

Andrew Hauptman: Producer
Tim Bevan: 
Eric Fellner: Producer

Matthew Michael Carnahan: Screenwriter, LIONS FOR LAMBS
Tony Gilroy: 
Billy Ray: Screenwriter--NOT the adult actor

Alex Heffes: composer, ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER

“Take ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, add liberal doses of potboiler melodrama and existential journalist angst, and you’ve got the foundation for STATE OF PLAY...”
"[T]his efficient, admirably coherent thriller about reporters digging down to where politics and murder meet in Washington, D.C., has a wistful air about it..."
3 stars out of 5 -- "STATE OF PLAY is a smart, ingenious thriller set in the halls of Congress and the city room of a newspaper not unlike the Washington Post."
3 stars out of 4 -- "[A] well-crafted political thriller....Several high-caliber performances give the film its vibrancy, under the capable direction of Kevin Macdonald. Crowe is excellent, and Helen Mirren is superb..."
"STATE OF PLAY features handsome production and terrific performances....Mirren has some especially choice moments..."
3 stars out of 5 -- "[Crowe delivers] a performance of grizzled credibility as a newspaper journalist....STATE OF PLAY is, more than a topical alarm bell, an efficient, pulsating exercise in thriller mechanics."
"Macdonald and his cast shepherd STATE OF PLAY through a number of surprising twists and turns..." -- Grade: B-
4 stars out of 4 -- "This is a smart script...[with] a wealth of twists..."
3 stars out of 4 -- "It's juicy stuff, made juicier by the actors....STATE OF PLAY keeps the twists coming."
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] storming thriller....The fesity veteran/rookie relationship is made believable thanks to the actors' spot-on chemistry..."
"Crowe is fantastic as a grizzled, old-school D.C. reporter....The story's twists and switchbacks keep coming." -- Grade: A-