The Ides of March is a 2011 American political drama film directed by Academy Award-Winner George Clooney from a screenplay written by Clooney, along with Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon. The film is an adaptation of Willimon's 2008 play Farragut North. It stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, 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. It... received a wide theatrical release on October 7, 2011. Stephen Meyers is the Junior Campaign Manager for Mike Morris , Governor of Pennsylvania and a Democratic presidential candidate, competing against Arkansas Senator Ted Pullman . The candidates are campaigning in Ohio. Both campaigns are attempting to enlist the endorsement of North Carolina Democratic Senator Franklin Thompson , who controls 356 convention delegates, enough to clinch the nomination for either candidate.
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