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State and Main |
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| Directed by | David Mamet |
| Produced by | Sarah Green |
| Written by | David Mamet |
| Starring | Alec Baldwin Philip Seymour Hoffman Charles Durning Sarah Jessica Parker William H. Macy David Paymer Rebecca Pidgeon Julia Stiles |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
| Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton |
| Editing by | Barbara Tulliver |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Language | English |
State and Main is a 2000 comedy film, written and directed by David Mamet and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rebecca Pidgeon, about the on-location production in Waterford, Vermont of a film called The Old Mill. The actual film was shot in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts; Dedham, Massachusetts; and Waltham, Massachusetts.
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State and Main centers on the havoc wrought on the inhabitants of a small town by a troubled film production. After the leading man's penchant 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 paid an additional $800,000, while a foreign cinematographer offends the locals by messing with a 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 (the only witness) to another emotional quandary and into the arms of local bookseller Annie Black (Rebecca Pidgeon). Meanwhile a powerful movie producer (David Paymer) comes to town to help Price with the ensuing mess.
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