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State of Play (Miniseries) | 
 enlarge | Actors: James Macavoy, Bill Nighy
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 1734
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 350 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARDE36405D
UPC: 883929005932
EAN: 0883929005932
ASIN: B000YRY8BG
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: February 26, 2008
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Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/26/2008 Rating: Nr
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One 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 Café) 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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one not to be missed November 14, 2008
Elizabeth R. Ash (Toronto Canada)
A well acted, well crafted, story with lots of twists and turns, will keep you in suspense to the end. Interesting to see a very young McAvoy in a minor role.
STATE OF PLAY: THE FINEST TV DRAMA I'VE SEEN TO DATE November 1, 2008
W.Kim (Los Angeles, California United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Excellent. "State of Play," is without question one of the best written television thriller, adult-oriented (and I don't mean sexual content) I've ever seen. (And it's certainly in the running for the top honors.) I haven't been this satisfied by a political suspense thriller since I saw "The Lives of Others" (Germany, 2006 - winner of the Oscar for Best Foriegn Language film, 2006). Yes, "State of Play" is that good!
What everyone else said and... October 12, 2008
Wendy Powell (Bakersfield, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 State of Play October 8, 2008
Donald E. Bashor
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
State of Play review September 29, 2008
Film Critic (Glen Burnie, Maryland USA)
State of Play was suspenseful to the end, It kepted you guessing.
most enjoyable.
Certainly worth the time to watch it.
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