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Nothing But the Truth

United States

2008

108 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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DIR Rod Lurie

EXEC Dennis Brown, William J. Immerman, James Spies, David Glasser

PROD Mark Frydman, Rod Lurie, Bob Yari

SCR Rod Lurie

DP Alik Sakharov

CAST Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Alan Alda, Angela Bassett, David Schwimmer, Noah Wyle

ED Sarah Boyd

PROD DES Eloise Crane Stammerjohn

MUSIC Larry Groupé

Synopsis

Thinking Pulitzer Prize and hoping to bring down a President, D.C. political columnist Rachel Armstrong writes that the President ignored the findings of a covert CIA operative when ordering air strikes against Venezuela. Rachel names the agent, Erica Van Doren, a woman whose young daughter is in Rachel’s son’s class at school. The government moves quickly to force Rachel to name her source. She’s jailed for contempt when she refuses. She won’t change her mind, and the days add up. Chaos descends on Van Doren’s life as well. First Amendment versus national security, marriage and motherhood versus separation. What’s the value of a principle? —IMDb

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p a d

4Apr12

I'm in love with Vera Farmiga after watching this

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Wortzik

30Jul11

"Who's your source?"

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Austin B.

11Oct10

Armed with two strong female performances and a good premise, this film could have been a real winner. The film's main flaw is that it presents a grey issue (national security vs. freedom of the press), with both sides striped to their single, basic arguments, and then picks one side as indisputable. Polictical movies like this leave me longing for another "The Battle of Algiers."

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Nutter Jr

5May10

A decent political thriller which does pack great performances by Vermiga and Dillon, but is slightly let down by the flattish portrayal of the lead actress and the unexciting directing of a film that should feel very disturbing and intense to watch.

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Nothing But the Truth

By Amir Syarif Siregar on April 20, 2010

Nothing But The Truth adalah sebuah film drama arahan sutradara Rod Lurie. Lurie, yang juga berperan sebagai seorang penulis naskah di film ini, mengaku terinspirasi dari kisah nyata jurnalis The New…  read review

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

By MR. Univers​e on April 18, 2010

The material is thrilling and edge of your seat worthy. The film has good performances but it feels so basic. It seems like there is no real effort or energy in the film. Which is interesting for a…  read review

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