The Ides of March (2011 film)

This article is about the film. For other uses, see Ides of March (disambiguation).

The Ides of March
A portrait of a man with the other half of his face obscured of a TIME magazine issue with its cover showing the left side of his face. The text in the magazine cover reads "Is This Man Our Next President?" with the film's title and credits placed below.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Clooney
Screenplay by
Based onFarragut North
by Beau Willimon
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPhedon Papamichael
Edited byStephen Mirrione
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • August 31, 2011 (2011-08-31) (Venice)
  • October 7, 2011 (2011-10-07) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12.5 million[2]
Box office$76.3 million[3]

The Ides of March is a 2011 American political drama film directed by George Clooney from a screenplay written by Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon. The film is an adaptation of Willimon's 2008 play Farragut North. It stars Ryan Gosling and Clooney alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, and Evan Rachel Wood.

The Ides of March was featured as the opening film at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and at the 27th Haifa International Film Festival, and was shown at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.[4][5] It was theatrically released on October 7, 2011, and grossed $76 million worldwide. The film received positive reviews from critics and was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2011. Gosling earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance, while Clooney, Heslov and Willimon were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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  2. ^ Kaufman, Amy (October 6, 2011). "Movie Projector: 'Real Steel' to crush 'Ides of March'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "The Ides of March (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  4. ^ "TIFF 2011: U2, Brad Pitt, George Clooney Films Featured At 2011 Toronto International Film Festival". HuffPost. The Canadian Press. July 26, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  5. ^ Evans, Ian (2011). "Ides of March premiere photos". DigitalHit.com. Retrieved March 20, 2012.