| Release Date | 17 April 2009 |
| US Box Office | $37,000,000 |
| Tagline | Find The Truth |
| Genre | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | USAUKFrance |
| Filming Locations | Americana Hotel - 1400 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Political Drama |
| Themes | Political Corruption, Murder Investigations, Scandals and Cover-ups, Members of the Press |
| Tones | Tense, Ominous, Paranoid |
| Tags | Congress, Investigation, Mistress, Murder, Politician, Reporter, Scandal |
State of Play is a 2009 political thriller. It is a film adaptation of the six-part British television serial of the same name, which first aired on BBC One in 2003. The plot of the six-hour serial was condensed to fit a two-hour movie format, with the location changed to Washington, D.C. The film was directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Peter Morgan, and Billy Ray.