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UPC: 5-050582-702316 (Blu-ray)
Region Coding: Region B
Production Year: 2009
Rating: 12 (Nobody under 12 permitted to view)
Moderate Violence and One Use of Strong Language
Running Time: 127 min.
DVD Release: 9/21/2009
Case Type: HD Keep Case
Video Formats: Widescreen 2.35:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: £24.99
Oscar® winner Russell Crowe* leads an all-star cast in this blistering thriller about a rising congressman and an investigative journalist embroiled in a case of seemingly unrelated, brutal murders.

Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is the rising star of his political party - until his research assistant/mistress is murdered, and buried secrets come tumbling out. Investigative journalist, Cal McCaffrey (Crowe) has the dubious fortune of both an old friendship with Collins and a ruthless editor, Cameron (Oscar® winner Helen Mirren**), who assigns him to the story. As Cal and his partner Della (Rachel McAdams) step into a cover-up that threatens to shake the nation's power structures, they discover one truth - when billions of dollars are at stake, no one's integrity, love or life is ever safe.

* Russell Crowe, Actor in a Leading Role, Gladiator (2000)
** Helen Mirren, Actress in a Leading Role, The Queen (2006)

Genres
Suspense/Thriller



Studios
Universal Studios
Working Title Films
StudioCanal
Media Companies: Universal Home Entertainment
Features
Scene Access
Featurettes
Deleted Scenes
BD-Live
Picture-in-Picture
Subtitles
Chinese
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
German
Greek
Italian
Korean
Norwegian
Portuguese
Spanish
Swedish
Audio Tracks
English DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
German DTS 5.1
Italian DTS 5.1
Spanish DTS 5.1
Cast
Russell Crowe as Cal McAffrey
Ben Affleck as Stephen Collins
Rachel McAdams as Della Frye
Helen Mirren as Cameron Lynne
Robin Wright Penn as Anne Collins
Jason Bateman as Dominic Foy
Jeff Daniels as George Fergus
Michael Berresse as Robert Bingham
Harry Lennix as Detective Bell
Josh Mostel as Pete
Michael Weston as Hank
Barry Shabaka Henley as Gene Stavitz
Viola Davis as Dr. Judith Franklin
David Harbour as PointCorp Insider
Sarah Lord as Mandi
Tuck Milligan as PointCorp Executive
Stephen Park as Chris Kawai
Brennan Brown as Andrew Pell
Maria Thayer as Sonia Baker
Wendy Makkena as Greer Thornton
Zoe Lister-Jones as Jessy
Michael Jace as Officer Brown
Rob Benedict as Milt
LaDell Preston as Deshaun Stagg
Dan Brown as Vernon Sando
Katy Mixon as Rhonda Silver
Shane Edelman as D.A. Purcell
Maurice Burnice Harcum as Ben's Cashier
Cornell Womack as Junior Detective #1
Nat Benchley as Junior Detective #2
Gregg Binkley as Ferris
Trula Marcus as Carol
Carolyn Barrett as Policewoman Escorting Della
Wil Love as Iowan Congressman
David Copeland Goodman as Graves
John Badila as Mr. James
Brigid Cleary as Mrs. James
Joy Spears as Waitress/Dancer #1
Brandi Oglesby as Waitress/Dancer #2
Stacey Walker as Waitress/Dancer #3
R.B. Brenner as Globe Production Manager
Lucia Navarro as Telemundo Reporter
Chris Matthews as MSNBC Reporter
Lou Dobbs as CNN Reporter
James Vance III as Reporter
Sharon Dugan as Business Woman
Noel Werking as Business Man
Rose Coleman as Jackie
Lee von Ernst as ICU Nurse
Richard Ruyle as Karaoke Singer
Susan Stuart Brazell as Karaoke Bar Hostess
Herbert "Chris" Gordon as News Reporter #1
Keith Anthony Garvin as News Reporter #2
Julie Carey as News Reporter #3
Eun Yang as News Reporter #4
Denae D'Arcy as News Reporter #5
Natasha Chughtai as News Reporter #6
Al Cerullo as Helicopter Pilot
Greg Graham as The Wolf
Eric Hatch as Peter
Josh Rhodes as The Hunter
Crew
Direction:
Kevin Macdonald: Director
Writing:
Matthew Michael Carnahan: Screenwriter
Tony Gilroy: Screenwriter
Billy Ray: Screenwriter
Paul Abbott: Original Material By
Production:
Andrew Hauptman: Producer
Tim Bevan: Producer
Eric Fellner: Producer
Paul Abbott: Executive Producer
Liza Chasin: Executive Producer
Debra Hayward: Executive Producer
E. Bennett Walsh: Executive Producer
Cinematography:
Rodrigo Prieto: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Justine Wright: Film Editor
Music:
Alex Heffes: Composer
Sound:
Mark Ulano: Production Sound Mixer
Skip Lievsay: Supervising Sound Editor
Skip Lievsay: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Craig Berkey: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tim LeBlanc: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Mark Friedberg: Production Designer
Jacqueline West: Costume Designer
Richard L. Johnson: Art Director
Marty Bresin: Visual Effects
Lisa Nora Lovaas: Costume Designer
Felicity Bowring: Make-up Artist
Denise Paulson: Make-up Artist
John Caglione, Jr.: Make-up Artist
John E. Jackson: Make-up Artist
Visual Effects by Rhythm & Hues
Robert C. Mercier: Visual Effects