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London's Lords of Spin.(International Edition; SATIRE)(director Armando Ianucci's 'In the Loop')(Brief article)
Byline: William Underhill
At the beginning of "In the Loop"--British director Armando Ianucci's first feature film, set in a thinly disguised, not-so-distant past--hardliners in London and Washington are pressing for war. But behind the backstabbing politicians and the scheming military generals, a much nastier breed of political creature pulls the strings of power: the out-of-control spin doctors who bully ministers and happily distort facts to strengthen the country's murky case for conflict.
Ianucci's feature is political satire at its sharpest--the film's foulmouthed principal villain ...
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) February 19, 2006 700+ words
...couldn't have played these parts 10 years ago." The Thick of It, which is the brainchild of Scots writer and director Armando Ianucci, is already being compared to The Office and its success has taken Peter by surprise - so much so he is having...
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- Transcript from: NPR Fresh Air DAVID BIANCULLI July 24, 2009 700+ words
...leaked Downing Street memo, intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. Inspired by that memo, director Armando Ianucci has concocted a rollicking, transcontinental farce, a policy-wonk version of the front page, with characters...
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- Newspaper article from: The Press MOORE Christopher; AGNEW Margaret September 25, 2009 700+ words
...Washington in this cutting parody of what goes on behind the scenes in international affairs. An enlarged version of director Armando Ianucci's acclaimed BBC TV series The Thick Of It, In The Loop features a gem of a comic cast, with Peter Capaldi...
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- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England) May 27, 2009 700+ words
...reputation as one of the originals of the comedy circuit. But Armando Ianucci has a few more strings to his bow. As part of the BBC...because nobody had told them it was!" CAPTION(S): Armando Ianucci goes in search of Milton.
- Milton keen to be simple.
- Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) May 23, 2009 700+ words
...true originals of the comedy circuit. But it turns out Armando Ianucci has a few more strings to his bow. As part of the BBC...so this is my desperate attempt to convince academia." Armando Ianucci So, it wasn't a case of talking blindly about Milton...
- PICK OF THE NIGHT.(Television Program Review)
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) October 20, 2005 700+ words
...women, brings the reason for Amiri going off the rails closer to home. Kimberley Darke The Thick of It 10.30pm, BBC4 Armando Ianucci's partly improvised Downing Street satire returns for a further three episodes, that just get funnier. Tonight, blundering...
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