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Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth

Actor(s): Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett, Alan Alda, Vera Farmiga
Director(s): Rod Lurie
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Movie Release: 2008
DVD Release: 04/28/2009
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins
Studio: Sony Pictures
Members Wishing: 0
Genres: Drama, Political Drama

DVD Synopsis

A tense political drama ripped straight from the headlines, Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truth tells the tale of a Washington, D.C. reporter who is targeted by the government after refusing to reveal her source for a story that identified an undercover CIA operative. Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) is an ambitious young reporter working at the Capitol Sun-Times, one of Washington, D.C.'s biggest newspapers. When the paper published Rachel's incendiary story revealing the identity of covert CIA agent Erica Van Doren (Vera Farmiga), charismatic special prosecutor Patton Dubois (Matt Dillon) demands that she reveal her source for the story. With the support of her husband, Ray (David Schwimmer); her editor, Bonnie (Angela Bassett); and the paper's in-house attorney, Avril (Noah Wyle), Rachel defies Patton's request and all hell breaks loose. When Rachel likewise refuses to reveal her source even to U.S. District Court Judge Hall (Floyd Adams), she is cited with contempt of court and thrown in the D.C. Detention Center until she decides to cooperate. As Rachel's attorney, Albert Burnside (Alan Alda), argues her case all the way to the Supreme Court, the public begins to question why the embattled reporter would sacrifice both her family and her career to maintain her journalistic integrity. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Actors

Kate Beckinsale - Rachel Armstrong
Matt Dillon - Patton Dubois
Angela Bassett - Bonnie Benjamin
Alan Alda - Albert Burnside
Vera Farmiga - Erica Van Doren


Member Movie Reviews

Suzanne B. wrote on 8/8/2009...

This movie is based on the Valerie Plame/CIA press leak that occurred during the Bush/Cheney administration. It is not the Valerie Plame story, though. It is somewhat suspenseful and Beckinsale is great in this film, but it is difficult to imagine any mother willing to sacrifice herself to the extent she does in order to protect her "source." Until the very end of the film. Then, it sort of makes sense.


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