State of Play (Miniseries)
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Actor: Bill Nighy, James MacAvoyBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 350 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Reviews of State of Play (Miniseries)
DVD Review: What everyone else said and...
Summary: 5 Stars
Believe what everyone else has said. The story and the acting (lots of names/faces you'll know) is top notch. I rate this as some of the BEST television I've ever watched; the other shows being Our Friends in the North and Life on Mars (both also out of the UK).
You'll be hard pressed to stop watching till you are done and you'll hate that it is over; however, it is one you can watch a number of times. Brilliant - TV at its best.
DVD Review: State of Play
Summary: 4 Stars
The Series was good. Why is it that somebody can't do a series without such trashy language. Why can't everybody clean up the language.DVD Review: State of Play review
Summary: 5 Stars
State of Play was suspenseful to the end, It kepted you guessing.
most enjoyable.
Certainly worth the time to watch it.
DVD Review: Good politically-themed British whodunnit
Summary: 4 Stars
"State Of Play" (2003) This BBC-produced miniseries is a taut, intelligent political thriller with fine acting contributions, notably from the venerable Bill Nighy, who plays an arch, politically savvy newspaper editor. A series of seemingly random killings appear to be linked by ties to a multinational oil conglomerate... and our heroes have to discover the truth of what happened, lest more lives be lost. If you like thrillers that aren't packed with overly-recognizable A-list Hollywood types, then this one's for you! (Joe Sixpack, Slipcue film reviews)DVD Review: Forensic Buff
Summary: 5 Stars
If there were more stars I would give it more. It is a little hard to understand but if you stick with it, it will begin to fall into place.
I wish there were more British mysteries like this. I highly recommend it for something different.
Description of State of Play (Miniseries)
Stephen Collins is an ambitious politician. Cal McAffrey is a well-respected investigative journalist and Stephen's ex-campaign manager. En route to work one morning Stephen's research assistant mysteriously falls to her death on the London Underground. It's not long before revelations of their affair hit the headlines. Meanwhile a suspected teenage drug dealer is found shot dead. These (apparently unconnected) events expose a dangerous habit within modern government of dancing too closely with the corporate devil. Friendships are tested and lives are put on the line as an intricate web of lies unfolds.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/BBC UPC:?883929005932 Manufacturer No:?1000036405One of the BBC's best, this six-part thriller wastes no time building intrigue. It begins like an entry in the fast-paced Bourne series with a foot chase through London, followed by two execution-style hits. Moments later, MP Stephen Collins (David Morrissey) finds out his research assistant, Sonia, was killed in an accident. Newspaper editor Cameron Foster (Bill Nighy) and reporters Della (Kelly Macdonald) and Cal (John Simm), Stephen's former campaign manager, intend to establish whether the events are related. When they realize he's following identical leads for a competing paper, Foster drafts his son, Dan (James McAvoy), to join their investigation. Before long, the team discovers Stephen was having an affair with Sonia. When the news becomes public, his wife, Ann (Polly Walker), leaves him. Then Della finds that the murder victim, a 15-year-old "bag snatcher" from the wrong side of the tracks, contacted Sonia the day she died. He swiped her briefcase, hoping for cash, but found incriminating photos instead--Sonia's death may not have been accidental. From that point forward, it's a free-for-all between the politicians, the press, the police, and big business. An ill-timed affair will complicate matters further.
State of Play embodies British television at its finest. It's also a particularly pulse-pounding portrayal of the journalistic life, a small-screen successor to fact-based films like All the Presidents Men and Zodiac--but with a lot more tea and biscuits. Writer Paul Abbott (Touching Evil) and director David Yates (The Girl in the Caf?) provide low-key commentary for the first episode, while Yates, producer Hilary Bevan Jones, and editor Mark Day contribute to the sixth. Like 1989 miniseries Traffik, the basis for Steven Soderbergh's award-winning movie, State of Play would later be adapted for the big screen by The Last King of Scotland's Kevin Macdonald. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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