Directed by:
Armando IannucciCinematography:
Jamie CairneyComposer:
Adem IlhanCast:
Tom Hollander, Steve Coogan, James Gandolfini, Anna Chlumsky, David Rasche, Peter Capaldi, Enzo Cilenti, Chizzy Akudolu, Alex MacQueen, Gina McKee (more)Plots(1)
The fate of the world is on the line. The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a 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 (Tom Hollander). 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 (Chris Addison) can sleep with the right intern (Anna Chlumsky), and if they can both stop the Prime Minister's chief spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war. If they don't... well, they can always sack their Director of Communications Judy (Gina McKee), 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 (Steve Coogan). (Madman Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2010 - Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche (Best Adapted Screenplay)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2010 - Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2010 - Outstanding British Film
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2009 - Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche (Best Screenplay)
- 2009 - Best British Independent Film
- 2009 - Armando Iannucci (Best Director)
- 2009 - Peter Capaldi (Best Actor)
- 2009 - Tom Hollander (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2009 - Armando Iannucci (The Douglas Hickox Award)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2009 - Peter Capaldi (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2009 - Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche (Best Screenplay)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2009 - Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche (Best Screenplay)
- 2009 - Peter Capaldi (Best Supporting Actor)