"May the best campaign win."

2015

1h 47m

5.9(536 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.

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10 featured cast members

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Sandra Bullock

'Calamity' Jane Bodine

Anthony Mackie

Ben

Billy Bob Thornton

Pat Candy

Zoe Kazan

LeBlanc

Scoot McNairy

Buckley

Ann Dowd

Nell

Joaquim de Almeida

Castillo

Reynaldo Pacheco

Eddie

Dominic Flores

Hugo

Louis Arcella

Rivera

Creative team

Directed by: David Gordon Green
Written by: Peter Straughan
Produced by: George Clooney
Grant Heslov

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