The Ides of March (2011)

Cast:

George Clooney,
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Marisa Tomei,
Paul Giamatti,
Ryan Gosling,
Jeffrey Wright,
Max Minghella,
Evan Rachel Wood,
Steven Hauptman,
Kef Lee,
Jeffrey Sill,
James Feaheny,
Ron Causey,
Hayley Madison,
Patricia Lynne Cissell,
Terrance Huff,
Oz Noori,
Lauren Mae Shafer,
Greg Fuller,
Talia Akiva,
Kristin Higgins,
Michael Mantell,
Mark Stacey White,
Maya Sayre,
Danny Mooney,
Kathleen Brzuszek,
Michael Peake,
David Pittinger,
Abe Larkin,
Mark C. Schwarz,
Mike Dennis,
Dennis Doyle Jr.,
Sandy Coonan,
Clark Birchmeier,
Kara Joy Reed,
Tom Shafer,
Kristyn Shelley,
Michael B. Clark,
Eric Tuchelske,
Joseph Dinda,
Morris Lee Sullivan,
Rod Fielder,
Joseph Smith,
Bill Lumbert,
Ron Heisler,
Johnny Truong,
Sebastian Sarkissian,
Geralyn Clark,
Drew Ariana,
Natalia Sezer,
Ralph A. Recchia,
Kayla Wall,
David Wetzel,
Yuriy Sardarov,
Darrell P. Miller,
David Glahn,
Matthew W. Allen,
Wendy Aaron,
Nicole Dankert,
Fernando Lara,
Ewan Bourne

Director:

George Clooney

Producer:

Screenwriter:

Composer:

Alexandre Desplat

description:

The Ides of March is an upcoming 2011 American drama film directed by George Clooney from a screenplay by Clooney and Grant Heslov. It stars Clooney, Marisa Tomei, Paul Giamatti, Ryan Gosling and Evan Rachel Wood. It is an adaptation of the play Farragut North.In October 2010, Variety reported that Clooney signed on to produce, direct and star in the film adaptation of the Beau Willimon Broadway play Farragut North. Exclusive Media Group, Cross Creek Pictures, Smoke House Pictures and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions financed the film.[2] Filming in Cincinnati, Ohio began in February 2011 in downtown Cincinnati at Fountain Square, Cincinnati, Over-the-Rhine historic district, Northside, Cincinnati, Mount Lookout, Cincinnati, Xavier University, other neighborhoods and nearby Miami University.[4][5] Principal photography will also take place in Downtown Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan. On March 14, filming began at the University of Michigan and included 1,000 extras.[6]

plot:

An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Based on the play by Beau Willimon.