In the Loop (film)

In the Loop is a 2009 British satirical black comedy directed by Armando Iannucci as a spinoff from the BBC Television series The Thick of It. The film satirizes AngloAmerican politics in the 21st century and the Invasion of Iraq. It was nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Both the UK and the US are hinting at a military intervention in the Middle East. During a radio interview on BBC Radio 4s PM programme, Minister for International Development Simon Foster Tom Hollander unintentionally states that a war in the Middle East is unforeseeable. The Prime Ministers Director of Communications, Malcolm Tucker Peter Capaldi scolds him and tells him to toe the line of intervention. Joining the department on his first day, Simons new aide Toby Wright Chris Addison manages to get him into the Foreign Office meeting that day through his girlfriend Suzy Olivia Poulet, who works there. Leading the meeting is the US Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomacy Karen Clarke Mimi Kennedy, who is against military intervention and flags a report by her assistant Liza Weld Anna Chlumsky titled PostWar Planning, Parameters, Implications and Possibilities PWPPIP. The report heavily opposes intervention, noting the lack of intelligence except that which is coming from the source Iceman. Also during the committee it is hinted at that the US Assistant Secretary of State for Policy, Linton Barwick David Rasche, may have set up a secret war committee. After the meeting Simon is ambushed by reporters and contradicts his previous statements by saying the government has to be prepared to climb the mountain of conflict. Malcolm again scolds him for making too many waves.Returning to the US, Karen and Liza figure out that Linton has created a war committee under the guise of Future Planning. At a party Karen teams up with General George Miller James Gandolfini, who opposes the war as the US hasnt enough troops to succeed. She tells him that she intends to use Simon as a meat puppet to back them up in opposing the war. While on a factfinding mission in Washington, Simon and Toby are invited by Karen to the Future Planning committee. Toby accidentally leaks the details of the meeting to a friend at CNN before meeting up with Liza. Due to Tobys leak the Future Planning

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