Monday, March 14, 2011

TOMORROW IS ' THE IDES OF MARCH '

THE MOVIE

Starring: George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella.


“The Ides of March” is an intense tale of sex, ambition, loyalty, betrayal and revenge. The film follows a young press spokesman who falls prey to backroom politics, the treacherous manipulations of veteran operatives and the seduction of a young intern. In the film, George Clooney plays Governor Morris, a candidate running in the presidential primary race for the Democratic Party ticket. Ryan Gosling plays his press spokesman, Paul Giamatti plays a rival campaign manager, Marisa Tomei plays a reporter for the New York Times, and Evan Rachel Wood plays an intern for the campaign. “The Ides of March” is based on Beau Willimon’s award-winning, critically acclaimed play “Farragut North.”

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THE IDES OF MARCH

‘Moby Dick’ by Herman Melville ............ “Beware of the ides of March,” said the soothsayer, and poor ole Captain Ahab gets himself pinned to a whale and dies in the end.

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar ............... was told to beware of the ‘Ides of March’.

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