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Production Year: 2000 - Comedy - Director: David Mamet - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Julia Stiles, Alec Baldwin, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Charles Durning, Clark Gregg, Patti Lupone more

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In the screwball comedy STATE AND MAIN, writer-director David Mamet reveals that the only thing more corrupt than Hollywood moviemaking is a small American town that is willing to...
more...stoop to any level to be a part of it. Marshalling an all-star ensemble, Mamet chronicles a movie production's arrival in sleepy Waterford, Vermont. Walt Price (William H. Macy), the smooth-talking, Machiavellian chief of the effort, has four days before shooting begins--he has to scout locations (the old mill he expected to use as a set burned down forty years ago), keep his egotistical stars out of trouble, and charm the locals. The writer, Joe White (Philip Seymour Hoffman), wrestles with endless script changes and finds himself getting involved with a charming Waterford bookshop owner (Rebecca Pidgeon). The townspeople only condemn the slick tinseltown interlopers when they're not currying their favor, hoping for a shot at the big time. Mamet lets each successive crisis among these folks build to hilarious chaos; healthy doses of one-liners and clever plotting are balanced with a character-driven comic tale. Mamet's dialogue, known for its rapid-fire, repetitious wit, is perfectly matched to both Macy's fast-talking damage control and Pidgeon's homespun wisdom--the result is light-hearted comedy that feels legitimately profound.





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Review of State And Main (DVD) by dakota196

Advantages: classy, intelligent film, excellent cast
Disadvantages: few dvd extras, Rebecca Pidgeon

This is one of my favourite films. It's understated quirky black humour and it has a great cast, plus a sharp script by David Mamet. ********The story The basic premise is that a Hollywood film crew show up in a small Vermont town having been mysteriously kicked out of their previous location, in order to film scenes for their movie (duh). They pick the town for its existing 'old mill' although after they arrive they discover it burned down years ... Read review

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