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State of Play

Summary: When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Release Date: April 17, 2009

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Writers: Matthew Michael Carnahan

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Working Title Films, StudioCanal

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Home Box Office (HBO), ION Television, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,017,955

International: $ 50,794,416

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