In the Loop
United Kingdom
2009
106 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller 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 Judy, 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. ―IMDb
Director
Armando Iannucci
Armando Giovanni Iannucci (play /ɑrˈmændoʊ jəˈnuːtʃi/; born 28 November 1963) is a Scottish comedian, satirist, writer, director, performer and radio producer. Born in Glasgow, he studied at Oxford University and left graduate work on a PhD about John Milton to pursue a career in comedy. —Wikipedia
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Daily Viewing. Sorkin + Iannucci on HBO
By David Hudson on April 3, 2012
Jeff Daniels as a news anchor who snaps and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a vice president who just might at any moment.
Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report: "The Thick of It: The Specials" (Ianucci, 2006)
By Glenn Kenny on August 18, 2009
Armando Ianucci's fierce, funny In The Loop made the festival circuit earlier this year and last before getting a U.S. release from IFC in
Tribeca Film Festival: IN THE LOOP Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Having not seen The Thick of It, the television show that co-writer/director Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop (2009) is a continuation of, I must admit that it was refreshing to see a dense war farce that
EFM 2009: IN THE LOOP Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
I don’t believe I’m exaggerating when I say that I can count on one hand the number of television comics who have gone on to forge successful film careers int he last decade. There just really haven’t
EFM 2009: IN THE LOOP Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
I don’t believe I’m exaggerating when I say that I can count on one hand the number of television comics who have gone on to forge successful film careers int he last decade. There just really haven’t
Tribeca Film Festival: IN THE LOOP Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
Having not seen The Thick of It, the television show that co-writer/director Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop (2009) is a continuation of, I must admit that it was refreshing to see a dense war farce that
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[Last Time I Saw] In The Loop
By lasttimeisaw on September 4, 2010
Title: In The Loop
Year: 2009
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
Director: Armando Iannucci
Writers: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche… read review
In The Loop
By Marcus WP on July 1, 2010
One of the many perks of having an IFC membership (and being a nerd) is that you get to see movies before they hit theaters. So last night i got to take a sneak peak at the political comedy; ”In the… read review
In the Loop
By Amir Syarif Siregar on April 21, 2010
Tentu akan ada banyak sisi yang dapat Anda ambil ketika Anda sedang berbicara masalah konflik yang ada di dunia. Perang Irak, contohnya. Akan ada berbagai sisi yang dapat digali dari sebuah perang… read review
What's the matter with the world?
By Maicol Andrés Ordoñez on April 6, 2010
Don’t even know where to start on this one. So many great one liners from a script so meaty every actor seems to be chewing from some species of cannibalistic buffet. What devastation the movie leaves… read review
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