The Ides of March (film)

The Ides of March is a 2011 film about an idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate who gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
 * Directed by George Clooney. Written by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon, based on Willimon's play Farragut North.

Ambition seduces. Power corrupts. (taglines)

Stephen Meyers

 * I'm not a Christian. I'm not an atheist. I'm not Jewish. I'm not Muslim. My religion, what I believe in is called the Constitution of United States of America.
 * You can lie, you can cheat, you can start a war, you can bankrupt the country, but you can't fuck the interns. They get you for that.

Molly Stearns

 * [to Stephen Meyers] I really want to fuck you. That's kind of a slutty thing for me to say, huh?

Tom Duffy

 * All the reporters love you. Even the reporters that hate you still love you.

Dialogue

 * Molly Stearns: How old are you?
 * Stephen Meyers: How old do you think I am?
 * Molly Stearns: Thirty.
 * Stephen Meyers: You think I'm thirty?
 * Molly Stearns: How old are you?
 * Stephen Meyers: Thirty.




 * Tom Duffy: Get out, now. Or otherwise...
 * Stephen Meyers: Otherwise, I'll end up like you?
 * Tom Duffy: Yeah, you end up being a jaded, cynical asshole, just like me.

Cast

 * Ryan Gosling - Stephen Meyers
 * George Clooney - Mike Morris
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman - Paul Zara
 * Paul Giamatti - Tom Duffy
 * Evan Rachel Wood - Molly Stearns
 * Marisa Tomei - Ida Horowicz
 * Jeffrey Wright - Franklin Thompson
 * Max Minghella - Ben Harpen
 * Jennifer Ehle - Cindy Morris
 * Gregory Itzin - Jack Stearns
 * Michael Mantell - Ted Pullman