In The Loop
«Simon Foster: It'll be easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.
Toby Wright: No, it won't. It'll be difficult-difficult-lemon-difficult. That is what it will be. Have a lovely afternoon. Stop a war for me».
What:
In the Loop
Who:
Armando Iannucci (D), Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche (S)
With:
Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Mimi Kennedy
When:
2009
Where:
UK
How:
Characters, Colour, Language (English), Live action, Medium, Script, Slow
Why:
How do politics and politicians really work?
Are some of our elected representatives prepared enough to deal with international crisis?
Are those elected representatives the ones who really make the decisions?
Extra:
If you have a problem with "colourful language", then this is not for you.
This movie is a spin-off of Iannucci's acclaimed satirical BBC series "The Thick of It".
It didn't really go like this. Probably.