Ides of March (Blu-ray) (2011) - Oscar® Nominee!

Editor's Note An ambitious press secretary works overtime to land his candidate in office, but quickly becomes a victim of back-room politics in director George Clooney's adaptation of the play by Beau Willimon. Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei, and Paul Giamatti star in a film written by Clooney in collaboration with Grant Heslov.

	Evan Rachel Wood
	Ryan Gosling
	George Clooney
	Paul Giamatti
	Philip Seymour Hoffman
	Marisa Tomei
	Jeffrey Wright
	Jennifer Ehle - Co-Star
	Gregory Itzin - Co-Star
	John Manfredi - Co-Star
	Michael Mantell - Co-Star
	David McConnell - Co-Star
	Rohn Thomas - Co-Star
	Charlie Rose - Co-Star
	Max Minghella - Co-Star
	Chris Matthews - Co-Star
	Danny Mooney - Co-Star
	Fabio Polanco - Co-Star
	Loretta Higgins - Co-Star
	Yuriy Sardarov - Co-Star
	Bella Ivory - Co-Star
	Maya Sayre - Co-Star
	Robert Mervak - Co-Star
	Frank Jones Jr. - Co-Star
	Peter Harpen - Co-Star
	Mark Stacey White - Co-Star
	Lauren Wainwright - Co-Star
	Kris Reilly - Co-Star
	Michael D. Ellison - Co-Star
	Jill Hayley Meyers - Co-Star
	Leslie McCurdy - Co-Star
	Rob Braun - Co-Star
	Rachel Maddow - Co-Star
	Deb Dixon - Co-Star
	Neal Anthony Rubin - Co-Star
	Joe Dinda - Co-Star
	John Repulski - Co-Star
	Cherie Bowman - Co-Star
	George Clooney - Screenwriter
	Grant Heslov - Screenwriter
	David J. Webb - Assistant Director
	Phedon Papamichael - Director of Photography
	Alexandre Desplat - Composer
	Maggie Martin - Set Decorator
	Gregg Landaker - Sound Re-Recording
	Linda Cohen - Music Director
	Michael Tinger - Post-Production Supervisor
	Method Studios - Visual Effects Designer
	Dan Lemieux - Stunt Coordinator
	Del Spiva - Music Editor
	Barbara A. Hall - Production Manager/UPM
	Tom Cummins - Costumes
	Jon Taylor - Sound Re-Recording
	Beau Willimon - Source Writer
	Beau Willimon - Screenwriter
	Kevin Edwards - Hairstylist
	Kim Jones - Makeup Designer
	George Clooney - Director

Box Office
3 stars out of 5 -- "The demanding pace of IDES is part of the film's power. Energy is high and the information is dense." 09/10/2011

Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] big, bruisingly funny moral fable etched in acid....THE IDES OF MARCH hits where it hurts." 10/13/2011

Entertainment Weekly
"Clooney certainly brings out the best in his actors...he has an uncanny sense of how to uncork a scene and let it bubble and flow." -- Grade: A- 10/14/2011

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "It's really about ethics and values, loyalty and betrayal, ego and hubris....George Clooney is making movies that will stand the test of time..." 11/01/2011

Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "The movie's strength is in the acting, with Gosling once again playing a character with an insistent presence....Clooney the director brings his actor's experience to the job and attends closely to performance." 10/05/2011

Los Angeles Times
"The dialogue is smart and focused, and as a director Clooney has encouraged his cast to really tear into it." 10/07/2011

Uncut
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is Gosling's moment. It feels like we're watching an actor at a tipping point in his career, about to make the jump from talked-about cult favorite to talked-about movie star." 11/01/2011

Movieline
"George Clooney's THE IDES OF MARCH is an actors' movie, a picture that gives performers some provocative things to do..." 10/06/2011

Sight and Sound
"[T]his is a handsome, intelligently written movie that never feels like a filmed play....Clooney directs with assurance and a welcome absence of flashy camerawork..." 11/01/2011