In the Loop

About the movie

The US President and UK Prime Minister want to go to war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller (James Gandolfini) doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster. But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC. If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one can sleep with the right intern, and if they can both stop the Prime Minister's chief spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war. If they don't... well, they can always sack their Director of Communications, who they never liked anyway and who's back home dealing with voters with blocked drains and a man who's angry about a collapsing wall.
With In the Loop Armando Iannucci brings the hilarious political satire of his hit TV-series The Thick of It to the big screen. In a style similar to The Office, the film examines the absurdities lining the corridors of power with unforgiving wit and a veritable arsenal of foul language. In the Loop features Tom Hollander (Pirates of the Caribbean) and James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) in leading roles. Nominated at the Academy Awards and nominated for 6 British Independent Film Awards.

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