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style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armando_Iannucci" title="Armando Iannucci">Armando Iannucci</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Armstrong" title="Jesse Armstrong">Jesse Armstrong</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Simon_Blackwell" title="Simon Blackwell">Simon Blackwell</a><br />Armando Iannucci<br /><a href="/wiki/Tony_Roche_(writer)" title="Tony Roche (writer)">Tony Roche</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thick_of_It" title="The Thick of It">The Thick of It</a></i><br />by Armando Iannucci</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loader" title="Kevin Loader">Kevin Loader</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Adam_Tandy" title="Adam Tandy">Adam Tandy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Capaldi" title="Peter Capaldi">Peter Capaldi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hollander" title="Tom Hollander">Tom Hollander</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gina_McKee" title="Gina McKee">Gina McKee</a><br /><a href="/wiki/James_Gandolfini" title="James Gandolfini">James Gandolfini</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chris_Addison" title="Chris Addison">Chris Addison</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">Jamie Cairney</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Billy Sneddon<br />Ant Boys</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adem_Ilhan" title="Adem Ilhan">Adem Ilhan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Films">BBC Films</a><br /><a href="/wiki/UK_Film_Council" title="UK Film Council">UK Film Council</a><br />Aramid Entertainment</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Optimum_Releasing" class="mw-redirect" title="Optimum Releasing">Optimum Releasing</a><sup id="cite_ref-Box_Office_Mojo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Box_Office_Mojo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>22 January 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-01-22</span>)</span> (<a href="/wiki/2009_Sundance_Film_Festival" title="2009 Sundance Film Festival">Sundance</a>)</li> <li>17 April 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-04-17</span>)</span> (United Kingdom)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">105 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">£612,650</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$7.8 million<sup id="cite_ref-Box_Office_Mojo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Box_Office_Mojo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>In the Loop</b></i> is a 2009 British <a href="/wiki/Satirical" class="mw-redirect" title="Satirical">satirical</a> <a href="/wiki/Black_comedy_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Black comedy film">black comedy film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Armando_Iannucci" title="Armando Iannucci">Armando Iannucci</a>. It is a spin-off from Iannucci's television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thick_of_It" title="The Thick of It">The Thick of It</a></i> (2005–12), and satirises <a href="/wiki/British-American_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="British-American relations">British-American politics</a>, in particular the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Iraq">invasion of Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/82nd_Academy_Awards" title="82nd Academy Awards">82nd Academy Awards</a> the film was nominated for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Adapted Screenplay</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Loop&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At a time when the United Kingdom and the United States are contemplating <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">military intervention in the Middle East</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Development_and_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Development and Africa">UK Minister for International Development</a>, Simon Foster, offhandedly states during an interview on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Today_(BBC_Radio_4)" title="Today (BBC Radio 4)">Today</a></i> programme that war in the region is "unforeseeable". The <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Downing_Street_Director_of_Communications" title="Downing Street Director of Communications">Director of Communications</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Tucker" title="Malcolm Tucker">Malcolm Tucker</a>, castigates Simon and warns him to <a href="/wiki/Toe_the_line" title="Toe the line">toe the line</a>. Toby Wright, Simon's new <a href="/wiki/Special_advisers_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Special advisers in the United Kingdom">special advisor</a>, is dating Suzy, who works in the <a href="/wiki/Foreign,_Commonwealth_and_Development_Office" title="Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office">Foreign Office</a>, and he takes the credit when she gets Simon an invite to that day's Foreign Office–<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">State Department</a> meeting. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Assistant Secretary of State">US Assistant Secretary of State</a> for Diplomacy, Karen Clark, opposes military intervention, and, at the meeting, she flags a report—titled "Post-War Planning: Parameters, Implications, and Possibilities" (PWPPIP)—by her aide Liza Weld about the pros and cons of intervention, which features many more cons than pros and contains caveats for most of the pros. Ambushed by reporters afterward, Simon rambles that the government must be prepared to "climb the mountain of conflict", and is again chastised by Malcolm, though the Prime Minister decides to send Simon to the US to gather information about problems that might arise for the UK in the event of a war. </p><p>Back in Washington, DC, <a href="/wiki/War_hawk" title="War hawk">hawkish</a> US Assistant Secretary of State for Policy, Linton Barwick, is concerned that his secret war committee was mentioned during the Foreign Office meeting; Karen and Liza deduce that it is named the Future Planning Committee. Karen teams up with <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant General</a> George Miller, who opposes the war because he believes the US has insufficient troops available, and invites Simon to the upcoming meeting of the Future Planning Committee to "internationalize the dissent". Toby thoughtlessly leaks the true nature of the committee to a friend at <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>, and then meets up with Liza, who he knows from university, at a bar, and they end up sleeping together. </p><p>Due to Toby's leak, the Future Planning Committee meeting is swamped by reporters. Both Karen and Linton turn to Simon to back their respective causes, but he struggles to say anything meaningful in support of either. Malcolm arrives and confronts Linton about sending him to a diversionary briefing at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>, and Linton asks him to supply the US with British intelligence that will support military intervention. </p><p>Back in Simon's <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> constituency, a resident named Paul Michaelson urges him to do something about his constituency office wall, which is in danger of collapsing into Paul's mother's garden. When Paul feels ignored, he contacts the media, and there is growing criticism over Simon's inaction. Suzy finds out about Toby's one-night stand with Liza and breaks up with him, but as he is moving out of their apartment, he leaves her a copy of PWPPIP, asking her to leak it; she chastises him for not doing it himself. </p><p>The day of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">UN Security Council</a> vote on military intervention arrives, and everyone converges on the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">UN</a> in New York. Simon tells his Director of Communications, Judy Molloy, to hint that he will resign as minister if the resolution is passed. Malcolm learns that PWPPIP has been leaked to <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a>, so he convinces the <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations">British Ambassador to the UN</a>, Sir Jonathan Tutt, to move the vote forwards to before the BBC reports on PWPPIP. Linton tells Malcolm the vote cannot happen until he delivers the British intelligence, however, so Malcolm makes Sir Jonathan delay the vote again. Aided by Jamie McDonald, a senior press officer, Malcolm hastily fabricates some intelligence by forcing the reluctant Director of Diplomacy at the Foreign Office, Michael Rodgers, to generate a doctored copy of PWPPIP with its arguments against a war deleted. </p><p>The Security Council approves intervention in the Middle East. George informs Karen that, as a soldier, he cannot go through with their plan to resign together in protest now that the country is at war, and Simon's intention to make a statement by resigning is thwarted when Malcolm fires him, ostensibly over the collapsing wall story (which Malcolm has seeded to the BBC to preempt coverage of PWPPIP). A new Minister for International Development is appointed, with her own special advisor, and Simon is left to deal with his constituents in Northampton. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Loop&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Capaldi" title="Peter Capaldi">Peter Capaldi</a> as <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Tucker" title="Malcolm Tucker">Malcolm Tucker</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">UK Prime Minister</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Downing_Street_Director_of_Communications" title="Downing Street Director of Communications">Director of Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hollander" title="Tom Hollander">Tom Hollander</a> as Simon Foster MP, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Development_and_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Development and Africa">UK Minister for International Development</a> and <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gina_McKee" title="Gina McKee">Gina McKee</a> as Judy Molloy, Director of Communications for the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_International_Development" title="Department for International Development">UK Department for International Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gandolfini" title="James Gandolfini">James Gandolfini</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant General</a> George Miller, the senior military assistant to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">US Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Addison" title="Chris Addison">Chris Addison</a> as Toby Wright, a newly-appointed <a href="/wiki/Special_advisers_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Special advisers in the United Kingdom">special advisor</a> to the Minister for International Development</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Chlumsky" title="Anna Chlumsky">Anna Chlumsky</a> as Liza Weld, one of Assistant Secretary Clark's aides</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Higgins_(actor)" title="Paul Higgins (actor)">Paul Higgins</a> as Jamie McDonald, a senior press officer in the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(United_Kingdom)" title="Prime Minister's Office (United Kingdom)">Office of the Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mimi_Kennedy" title="Mimi Kennedy">Mimi Kennedy</a> as Karen Clark, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Assistant Secretary of State">US Assistant Secretary of State</a> for Diplomacy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Macqueen" title="Alex Macqueen">Alex Macqueen</a> as Sir Jonathan Tutt, <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations">British Ambassador to the UN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_Poulet" title="Olivia Poulet">Olivia Poulet</a> as Suzy, a civil servant at the <a href="/wiki/Foreign,_Commonwealth_and_Development_Office" title="Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office">UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office</a>, and Toby's girlfriend</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rasche" title="David Rasche">David Rasche</a> as Linton Barwick, US Assistant Secretary of State for Policy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Smith_(actor)" title="James Smith (actor)">James Smith</a> as Michael Rodgers, Director of Diplomacy at the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Woods" title="Zach Woods">Zach Woods</a> as Chad, an ambitious junior staffer at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">US State Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enzo_Cilenti" title="Enzo Cilenti">Enzo Cilenti</a> as Bob Adriano, one of Assistant Secretary Linton's chief subordinates</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Pemberton" title="Johnny Pemberton">Johnny Pemberton</a> as A.J. Brown, a staffer at the US State Department</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna_Scanlan" title="Joanna Scanlan">Joanna Scanlan</a> as Roz, a staffer at Foster's constituency office in Northampton</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hadden-Paton" title="Harry Hadden-Paton">Harry Hadden-Paton</a> as a civil servant at <a href="/wiki/Downing_Street" title="Downing Street">Downing Street</a></li> <li>Samantha Harrington as Sam, Malcolm's secretary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucinda_Raikes" title="Lucinda Raikes">Lucinda Raikes</a> as a reporter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Doherty_(actor)" title="James Doherty (actor)">James Doherty</a> as a reporter</li> <li>Reid Sasser as the airport security man in Washington, DC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipo_Chung" title="Chipo Chung">Chipo Chung</a> as Annabelle Hsin, a staffer at the US State Department</li> <li>Del Pentecost as a tourist at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a></li> <li>Joanna Brookes as Mrs McDiarmid, a constituent of Foster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Coogan" title="Steve Coogan">Steve Coogan</a> as Paul Michaelson, an aggrieved constituent of Foster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_May_(actress)" title="Rita May (actress)">Rita May</a> as Mrs Michaelson, Paul's mother</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eve_Matheson" title="Eve Matheson">Eve Matheson</a> as the new Minister for International Development</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Smith_(comedian)" title="Will Smith (comedian)">Will Smith</a> as Dan, a special advisor to the new Minister for International Development</li></ul></div> <p>Most of the British actors in the film had appeared, or would appear, in Iannucci's television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thick_of_It" title="The Thick of It">The Thick of It</a></i> (2005–12), but the only actors with substantial roles in the film who portrayed the same character on the show are Capaldi and Higgins; Raikes, who played reporter Angela Heaney on the show, makes a brief appearance in the film as a reporter, and Harrington has a small role in the film as Malcolm's secretary, Sam Cassidy, which she reprised in six later episodes of the series.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Actors who appeared in both multiple episodes of the show and in the film, but as different characters, include Addison, James Smith, Scanlan, Poulet, Will Smith, Macqueen, and Matheson;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Time_Out_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time_Out-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hollander played a different character in one later episode of the series. Chlumsky and Woods went on to portray characters similar to the ones they played in the film in Iannucci's American television series <i><a href="/wiki/Veep_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Veep (TV series)">Veep</a></i> (2012–19). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing">Writing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Loop&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As explained by <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Armstrong" title="Jesse Armstrong">Jesse Armstrong</a>, the writing of <i>In The Loop</i> used the same process the team of writers had developed when working on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thick_of_It" title="The Thick of It">The Thick of It</a></i>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It's exactly the same format as used in <i>The Thick of It</i>. Armando holds it together in the middle. <a href="/wiki/Simon_Blackwell" title="Simon Blackwell">Simon Blackwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Roche_(writer)" title="Tony Roche (writer)">Tony Roche</a> and I meet him then come up with the story line. Us three go away and do the storyline then send it to Armando to be okayed and do the initial drafts. Then <a href="/wiki/Ian_Martin_(writer)" title="Ian Martin (writer)">Ian Martin</a> does additional material and rewrites as well. So it's a five-man team but all broken down into different compartments. It never feels unwieldy. Once we had the storyline mapped out with Armando, each of us took an act each, if you think of it as a three-act movie. I had the first crack at the first act, Simon at the second and Tony at the third. We looked at them all, Armando gave us notes and we did another rewrite and passed them around. It's not like one person does the plot, one does the jokes and one does the politics, but we all have our different strengths.<sup id="cite_ref-Clash_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clash-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Noting that <i>The Thick of It</i> had been inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Blair</a> government's attacks on the BBC after the start of the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>, the magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Cinema_Scope" title="Cinema Scope">Cinema Scope</a></i> described <i>In The Loop</i> as a "retelling of the chain of events that inspired Iannucci to devise the series."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an article for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, Iannucci wrote: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>At least two people told me that <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a> was a bit rubbish. She got rather star-struck in Washington and never really stood up to <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a>. Both of the [Pentagon and CIA] guys I met said: "And, as a result, people got killed." The CIA guy added: "And that's what really pisses me off!"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Elsewhere, Iannucci stated: "We don't go up to <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> level, we deal mainly with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">state department</a> underlings, the kind of people that actually make decisions with enormous political consequences."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filming">Filming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Loop&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>In the Loop</i> was a collaboration between <a href="/wiki/BBC_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Films">BBC Films</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UK_Film_Council" title="UK Film Council">UK Film Council</a>. Filming took place from May to December 2008, between the two <i>The Thick of It</i> specials that aired in 2007 and the third series of the show, which aired in the autumn of 2009, after the release of <i>In the Loop</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was shot on location in London, Washington, DC, and New York. <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Out_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Out London">Time Out London</a></i> noted that the filmmaking style they observed during a set visit was very similar to that employed when filming <i>The Thick of It</i>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The similarities are everywhere, down to the docu-style, handheld camerawork evident on the monitors (it's the same director of photography) and the anti-<i><a href="/wiki/The_West_Wing" title="The West Wing">West Wing</a></i> production design that eliminates all notions of political glamour.<sup id="cite_ref-Time_Out_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time_Out-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Iannucci mentioned his progress on the film in several columns written for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i>. In one, he wrote: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>In the film I was finishing, we featured a motorcade. We had some police standing by to add authenticity. We started rolling, but could never get up a decent speed because of the traffic lights at each block. Then one of the police leant into the car and said: "D'you want me to turn my siren on? That'll let us through all the red lights." It worked and it was also quite exciting.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In a May 2009 article in <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph"><i>The Telegraph</i></a>, Iannucci claimed that, while doing research for the film, he was able to enter the US State Department headquarters by showing his <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> press pass and claiming to be "here for the 12.30", and then spent an hour taking photographs that were used for the film's set designs.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The American political journalist and blogger <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Ackerman" title="Spencer Ackerman">Spencer Ackerman</a> was one of the film's political consultants.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The scene in the film in which Toby and Liza attend a concert was filmed at the <a href="/wiki/Black_Cat_(Washington,_D.C._nightclub)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Cat (Washington, D.C. nightclub)">Black Cat</a>, a real nightclub in DC, and the band that performs is <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_Corpse" title="Cannabis Corpse">Cannabis Corpse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Loop&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The world premiere of the film took place at the <a href="/wiki/2009_Sundance_Film_Festival" title="2009 Sundance Film Festival">Sundance Film Festival</a> on 22 January 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film's European gala premiere screening took place at the independent <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Film_Theatre" title="Glasgow Film Theatre">Glasgow Film Theatre</a> as the opening film of the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Film_Festival" title="Glasgow Film Festival">Glasgow Film Festival</a> on 12 February, and was attended by Iannucci and members of the cast. </p><p>The film was released in theatres in the United Kingdom on 17 April 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was picked up by <a href="/wiki/IFC_Films" title="IFC Films">IFC Films</a> for distribution in the US,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it began its theatrical release on 24 July 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Loop&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reception to the film's premiere at the <a href="/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival" title="Sundance Film Festival">Sundance Film Festival</a> was very positive,<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>In the Loop</i> was released to critical acclaim. On <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> website <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film has an approval rating of 94% based on reviews from 179 critics, with an average score of 7.8/10; the site summarizes: "<i>In the Loop</i> is an uncommonly funny political satire that blends <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Strangelove" title="Dr. Strangelove">Dr. Strangelove</a></i> with <i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Spinal_Tap" title="This Is Spinal Tap">Spinal Tap</a></i> for the Iraq war era."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, the film has a <a href="/wiki/Weighted_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Weighted average">weighted average</a> score of 83 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Damon Wise of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> gave the film five stars out of five and stated: "It's hard to settle on a standout element because it's all so outstanding, from the performances to the one-liners to the plot."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> David D'Arcy of <i><a href="/wiki/Screen_International" title="Screen International">Screen International</a></i> was complimentary, but noted that the release of the film may have been poorly timed, given the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidency of Barack Obama">new presidency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, and said that "its exuberant, boundless cynicism will test the demand for political satire in an Obama-infatuated America."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Phillips_(critic)" title="Michael Phillips (critic)">Michael Phillips</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> placed the film #7 on his list of the ten best films of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/82nd_Academy_Awards" title="82nd Academy Awards">82nd Academy Awards</a>, <i>In the Loop</i> was nominated for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Adapted Screenplay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Loop&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_films_of_2009" title="List of British films of 2009">List of British films of 2009</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=In_the_Loop&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-Box_Office_Mojo_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Box_Office_Mojo_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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