Ely Cinema

Director: George Clooney. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei. USA 2011. 101 mins.

Stephen Myers (Gosling, DRIVE) believes in Mike Morris (Clooney). As the most media-savvy staffer on the governor’s campaign trail towards winning the Democrats’ primary election (and by extension the United States presidency), Myers is the top pupil. But the charismatic young upstart is about to get a hard lesson in dirty politics from two feuding old hands (Giamatti and Hoffman), who will do anything to get their candidate (and themselves) into the White House. Myers is about to realise that he is nothing more than a quick fish in a pool of ruthless sharks. To keep his own career on track, he is going to have to roll up his sleeves and dive in. George Clooney’s fourth directorial feature, THE IDES OF MARCH is a gripping, tightly scripted, downright electrifying political drama.

As the most media-savvy staffer on the governor’s (George Clooney) campaign trail towards winning the Democrats’ primary election, Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling) is the top pupil. But the charismatic young upstart is about to get a hard lesson in dirty politics in this gripping, tightly scripted, downright electrifying political drama.

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