State and Main

PartHollywoodsatire,partzanycomedy,StateandMain,writtenanddirectedbyoneofthemostextraordinarywritersofourtime,DavidMamet,starringAlecBaldwin,CharlesDurning,PhilipSeymourHoffman,PattiLuPone,WilliamH.Macy,SarahJessicaParker,DavidPaymer,RebeccaPidgeon,andJuliaStiles,exploreswhathappenswhenacell-phonewieldingmoviecrewinvadesaquaintNewEnglandtown.Theresidentsarealltooreadytojettisonitspastoralgraceforshowbizglitz.LacedwiththetartdialoguecharacteristicofMamet,StateandMainfollowsscreenwriterJoeWhite(Hoffman),whoseold-fashionedvaluesareputtotaskwhenheistheonlywitnesstoaheart-throbmoviestar's(Baldwin)indiscretionswithalocalteenagegirl(Stiles).Themovie'ssmooth-talkingdirector(Macy)andaggressiveproducer(Paymer)pressureJoetoputasidehisconvictionsforthesakeofthefilmandhisfuturewritingcareer.Meanwhile,Joefallsforalocalbookseller(Pidgeon),whochallengeshimtostandupforthetruth.RoundingoutthecastareSarahJessicaParkerasasexyHollywoodactresswhotemptsJoe,andCharlesDurningandPattyLuPoneasthetown'sstar-struckmayorandhiswife.InourNewmarketShootingScriptSeriesformat,hereisthecompleteshootingscript,anintroductionbyDavidMamet,moviestills,andfullcastandcrewcredits.