From the director of The Bourne Identity comes this riveting thriller inspired by the experiences of real-life CIA officer Valerie Plame (Academy Award® nominee** Naomi Watts). When Plame's retired ambassador husband Joe Wilson (Academy Award® winner** Sean Penn) writes a newspaper article challenging the basis for the U.S. war on Iraq, the White House leaks Plame's undercover status—leaving her international contacts vulnerable, her career in shambles and her life in danger. Crackling with sharp dialogue, gripping intrigue and heart-pounding suspense, Fair Game is the adventure that's so unbelievable, it can only be real.
Wife and mother Valerie Plame has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson, writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the sale of enriched uranium to Iraq, Then Valerie's secret work and identity is leaked to the press. With her cover blown and other people endangered, Valerie's career and personal life begin to unravel.
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Political HOG WASH & Hollywood Propaganda GarbageBy P.J. Gladnick - The only way we even know the name of Valerie Plame (and fame seeking hubby Joe Wilson) is that that former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage leaked her name as a CIA officer to columnist Robert Novak. That is what set in motion the long drawn out Plamegate affair in which only Scooter Libby was convicted of something other than leaking her name. So you would figure that the supposedly biographical movie release about Plame, Fair Game, would feature Armitage front and center as the principal villain. Right? Wrong. The fact is that "Fair Game" has tossed Richard Armitage down the memory hole. The man who is responsible for the reason that any of us even know who Valerie Plame is appears nowhere in the extensive IMDB cast credits for this movie. Of course, the aforementioned Scooter Libby (David Andrews) who did not leak her name is listed. Also listed in the cast is the Armitage-leaked name of Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), fame seeking hubby Joe Wilson (Sean Penn), Nervous Analyst #1 (Louis Ozawa Changchien), Chauvinist Analyst (Sean Mahon), Head Paparazzo (Harry L. Seddon), Four Seasons Waitress (Satu Rautaharju), Starbucks Employee (Angela Lewis), and Turkish Embassy Guest (Marsall Factora). However, as for the person who made the "Fair Game" movie possible by leaking Valerie Plame's name, he appears nowhere in the cast credits. Ironically you can learn more about the real facts of the Plame case (and who leaked Plame's name) by reading the IMDB "Fair Game" message board than by seeing the movie itself. Some sample posts that delivers the information that the "Fair Game" propanda movie refuses to touch: ...The film conveniently leaves out the fact that we know who leaked her name and that character isn't even in the film... Funny how neither Novak nor Armitage are in the film then, right? Libby didn't leak Plame's name. Armitage (a Bush critic and enemy) "leaked" it and only after he was specifically asked by Novak why on earth James Wilson was sent to Niger in the first place. Novak then called the CIA to make sure it was ok to publish her name, and they gave him what he considered the green light. The CIA made absolutely no effort to convince him he shouldn't print the name, so he printed it. That's how real journalists in a free state operate. If the CIA wanted the name kept secret, they could have easily done so. Novak himself has kept names out of articles many times over the years for exactly such reasons. The CIA made no efforts, most likely because Plame wasn't all that "undercover" and they genuinely didn't have any valid reasons to convince Novak not to use her name, so they didn't bother. Wilson was hired by the CIA to investigate claims about yellow cake in Niger. He later wrote an op-ed piece attacking the Bush administration using his experience investigating in Niger as source of authority. It became a big news story. At that point, the smarter journalists started wondering who this Wilson guy was, and did some background checking on him. This background check left them puzzled, because their was nothing in Wilson's resume which would even remotely recommend him being sent on such a mission. So Washington DC based reporter Robert Novak called around trying to find out why Wilson got sent. Eventually, George W. Bush enemy and Colin Powell lap boy Richard Armitage told Novak that Wilson's wife works at the CIA and she's the one who pushed him for the job. I am amazed how Hollywood is willing to lose hundreds of millions, if not billions, to sell their leftist progapanda. At some point this will be self-limiting, when they run out of money or studio stockholders tire of losing money. The final poster above has a point. "Fair Game" is doomed to become another leftwing proganda flick flop that will follow in the wake of many other such box office bombs. However, it is not too late for the producers of "Fair Game" to salvage this movie. Your humble correspondent recommends that they do some creative editing to remake this movie as a comedy. Keep all the original scenes but edit in one of my favorite actors, Bruce McGill (who also portrays the CIA Deputy Director for Operations Jim Pavitt), with a shaved head and a lot of jacket padding to play the part of a phantom Richard Armitage who nobody in the movie even notices. As the boring melodramatic "action" in the movie takes place, McGill as Armitage appears in many of the scenes yelling things like, "HEY VALERIE! Nobody would even know you if I hadn't leaked your name! Why don't you or anybody else here even acknowledge my existence?" Not only would such a movie be more accurate but it would draw much more box office sales than the doomed-to-fail original..Score: 1/5
Really boring....Don't waste your time unless you like to sleep through movies:).Score: 2/5
Fair GameI saw this movie the same time that Inside Job was released. I felt duped after Inside Job; after Fair Game I felt a deep sorrow. This film gave a real face and soul to the Wilsons' who were excellently played by Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, and the Iraqis who lost their lives because of the hubris and deceit of the Bush Administration in it's misadventure in Iraq. Only a Bush apologist could not find this one of the most moving films depicting this horrible era in American history..Score: 5/5
Shameful!Thank god for the first amendment. This is a mind blowing trip down the rabbit hole. I fact checked everything and many times the quotes were exactly as shown in this Docudrama. Every American should see this even if you don't know who the speaker of the house is..Score: 5/5
WhyCan't i rent this movie!!!!!!!!????????.Score: 5/5
Highily Accurate, Great MovieBased on a true story. Watts and Penn are brilliant. This is a highly accurate story of a CIA NOC operative and spouse who provided information that should have stopped a war but were thwarted by an administration determined to lie in order to have their war. It was the worst White House travesty since Watergate and it cost thousands of lives, plus it involved bald-faced treason on the part of the administration. The writing, direction, acting and production are all first-rate. Along with All the President's Men, Good Night and Good Luck, and the Missiles of October, Fair Game should be required viewing for all high school students..Score: 5/5
Awesome!Just the way it goes, meanwhile Naomi and Sean Penn keep growing fast and high! Very well, to recommend..Score: 5/5
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