Fair Game
2010/ US/ 108 mins/ Dir. Doug Linman
Cast inc. Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Anand Tiwari, Michael Kelly
A suspense-filled glimpse into the dark corridors of political power, based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame (Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts), whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposed by a politically motivated press leak.
As a covert officer in the CIA’s Counter-Proliferation Division, Valerie leads an investigation into the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Valerie’s husband, diplomat Joe Wilson (Academy Award® winner Sean Penn), is drawn into the investigation to substantiate an alleged sale of enriched uranium from Niger. But when the administration ignores his findings and uses the issue to support the call to war, Joe writes a New York Times editorial outlining his conclusions and ignites a firestorm of controversy. Crackling with sharp dialogue, gripping intrigue and heart-pounding suspense, Fair Game is the adventure that’s so unbelievable, it can only be real.
‘An absorbing, unhysterical thriller that largely rejects the clichés of the genre’
‘Liman has reunited 21 Grams co-stars Naomi Watts and Sean Penn to play the lead roles, and they turn in characteristically agonized performances.’