In The Loop
- 2009 film
The US President and the UK Prime Minister fancy going to war - but this one will be quick. Looks like Malcolm Tucker is in the thick of it again. Stars Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison, Anna Chlumsky and more.
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Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 2009
- Stars
- Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison, Anna Chlumsky, David Rasche, Enzo Cilenti, Chizzy Akudolu and more
- Writers
- Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche and Ian Martin
- Director
- Armando Iannucci
- Producers
- Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Paula Jalfon and David M. Thompson
- Companies
The British Prime Minister and the American President have decided to fight another war, only this one will much quicker (promise)!
The idea to go to war does not go down well with US General Miller (James Gandolfini) and UK Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster (Tom Hollander). However, when Simon accidently backs the war on live TV, he finds he has a lot of friends in Washington DC.
Simon and his one-man strong entourage in the form of Toby (Chris Addison) have to try and prevent the country going to war again. This involves Toby sleeping with an intern (Anna Chlumsky), and preventing the PM's chief strategist from rigging a UN vote. The last of these tasks will be particularly difficult, as the chief strategist is none other than the most foul-mouthed Scotsman in politics - Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi).
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Additional details
- UK certificate
- 15
- Duration
- 109 minutes
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
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Website links
- Official Website
The official homepage for In the Loop. - The Screenplay
You can read the entire screenplay for the film here (script is in PDF format). - IMDb
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Monday 19th February 2024 at 12:50am on BBC1 Scot
- Monday 19th February 2024 at 12:20am on BBC1
- Saturday 5th August 2023 at 10:15pm on BBC Scotland