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Directed by | Doug Liman |
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Based on | Fair Game by Valerie Plame The Politics of Truth by Joseph C. Wilson |
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Cinematography | Doug Liman |
Edited by | Christopher Tellefsen |
Music by | John Powell |
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Distributed by | Summit Entertainment (United States) Gulf Film (United Arab Emirates)[3] |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $22 million[3] |
Box office | $24.2 million[3] |
Fair Game is a 2010 biographical political drama film directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn.[4] It is based on Valerie Plame's 2007 memoir Fair Game[4] and Joseph C. Wilson's 2004 memoir The Politics of Truth.[5]
Watts stars as Plame and Penn as her husband, Joseph C. Wilson.[4] It was released in 2010 and was one of the official selections competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.[6] The film won the "Freedom of Expression Award" from the National Board of Review. The film marked Watts' and Penn's third collaboration, having previously co-starred in the films 21 Grams and The Assassination of Richard Nixon.