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State and Main
- Original title
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State and Main
- Year
- 2000
- Running time
- 102 min.
- Country
 United States- Director
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- Screenwriter
David Mamet - Music
Theodore Shapiro - Cinematography
Oliver Stapleton - Cast
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Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julia Stiles, Charles Durning, Rebecca Pidgeon, Patti LuPone, Clark Gregg, David Paymer, Ricky Jay, Lionel Mark Smith, Jim Frangione, Michael Higgins, Vincent Guastaferro
- Producer
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Filmtown Entertainment. Distributor: Fine Line Features
- Genre
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Comedy | Satire. Film In Film. Small Town Life (North-american)
- Synopsis
- Echoing the themes of Living in Oblivion and Irma Vep, David Mamet's seventh feature centers on the havoc wrought on the inhabitants of a small town by a troubled film production. After its leading man's propensity for teenage girls gets them banished from their New Hampshire location, a film crew relocates to the small town of Waterford, VT, to finish shooting "The Old Mill." As its title suggests, the film depends on the presence of a genuine mill, something the town is reported to possess. Unfortunately, with only days before principal photography begins, it becomes apparent that the mill in fact burned down decades ago. Unfazed, the film's director, Walt Price (William H. Macy), places his faith in the ability of first-time screenwriter Joseph Turner White (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to alter the script; what he doesn't count on is White's apparently bottomless reserve of angst-fueled writer's block. The film's leading lady (Sarah Jessica Parker) refuses to do her contracted nude scene unless she's give an ungodly sum of cash, while a foreign cinematographer offends the locals by messing with an historic firehouse, and the leading man, Bob Barrenger (Alec Baldwin), dallies with Carla (Julia Stiles), a crafty local teen. Everything comes to a head after Barrenger and Carla are injured in a car accident, which leads White to another emotional quandary and into the arms of Ann Black (Rebecca Pidgeon). (Rebecca Flint Marx: All Movie Guide)
- Awards
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2000: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Screenplay
- Critics' reviews
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"Hilarious sweet and sour David Mamet comedy."
Lou Lumenick: New York Post
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"I laughed a lot at the anti-Hollywood humor and generally had a fine time, in spite of the holier-than-thou hypocrisy that makes this movie easily and even intentionally Mamet's most Hollywoodish picture to date."
Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
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"State and Main might be the perfect David Mamet movie for people who don't like David Mamet movies."
Austin Chronicle
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"A Hollywood satire as cynical and thickheaded as its supposed targets."
Jessica Winter: Village Voice
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"Lays to rest any doubt about whether Mamet can write funny. He can."
Jay Carr: Boston Globe
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