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IN THE LOOP is a foul-mouthed comedy that draws on non-specific events to create a world that is terrifyingly familiar: The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war, but not everyone agrees that war is a ‘good thing’. US General Miller (James Gandolfini – The Sopranos, The Taking Of Pelham 123) certainly doesn't think so .. Read more
| Starring | Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, James Gandolfini |
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| Director | Armando Iannucci |
| Genres | Comedy |
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IN THE LOOP is a foul-mouthed comedy that draws on non-specific events to create a world that is terrifyingly familiar: The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war, but not everyone agrees that war is a ‘good thing’. US General Miller (James Gandolfini – The Sopranos, The Taking Of Pelham 123) certainly doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster (Tom Hollander – Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride and Prejudice). But when the mild-mannered minister inadvertently appears to back the war on prime-time television, he immediately attracts the attention of the PM’s venomously aggressive communications chief Malcolm Tucker (reprised from The Thick of It by Peter Capaldi), who latches onto him like a hawk. Soon, the Brits are in Washington, where diplomatic relations collide with trans-Atlantic spin doctors and Foster’s off-hand remark quickly spirals into an insurmountable ‘mountain of conflict’.
| Starring | Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, James Gandolfini, Mimi Kennedy, Anna Chlumsky, Zach Woods, Chris Addison, Steve Coogan, David Rasche |
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| Director | Armando Iannucci |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 46 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Most Wanted |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2009 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 31 Dec 2011 To Rent: DVD: 24 Aug 2009 Blu-ray: 24 Aug 2009 |
| Watch now | Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant. Subscribe. |
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Very funny political satire
If you are a fan of political comedy, you will really enjoy this film and I must confess to not having seen the TV series it is spun off from, The Thick of It... read more »
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Eff star star king superb
Surprisingly successful transition from TV to big screen and from UK to UK/USA. The plot is reasonable enough, however the main focus of this film is on the art... read more »
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In the Loop
Very funny & well written, probably the most accurate depiction of both ours & the yanks dysfunctional politicians I have seen!!
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Political Satire at its Best
Very funny well written political satire. Well worth watching especially if you liked the UK TV series in the Thick of it.
It’s the best of times and the worst of times for the UK Film Council. The best of times, because the Film Council played a significant role in getting Richard Ayoade’s first film Submarine off the ground. The coming of age comedy, which opens this week, has been met with rave reviews and was sold to The Weinstein Company for US distribution. The Film Council also invested in Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur and James Marsh’s documentary Project Nim, both of which won... Read more