Fair Game Plot Summary and Details

Plot

A suspense-filled glimpse into the dark corridors of political power, 'Fair Game' is a riveting action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposed by a politically motivated press leak.

As a covert officer in the CIA's Counter-Proliferation Division, Valerie leads an investigation into the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Valerie's husband, diplomat Joe Wilson (Sean Penn), is drawn into the investigation to substantiate an alleged sale of enriched uranium from Niger. But when the administration ignores his findings and uses the issue to support the call to war, Joe writes a New York Times editorial outlining his conclusions and ignites a firestorm of controversy.

MPAA Rating:

PG-13 for some language.

Genre(s):

Drama

Run Time:

108min.

Theatrical Release Date:

11/05/2010

DVD Release Date:

03/29/2011

Distributor(s):

Summit Entertainment

Director(s):

Doug Liman

Starring:

Naomi Watts , Sean Penn , Noah Emmerich , Bruce McGill , Michael Kelly

Themes:

Families in Crisis,Political Corruption,Whistleblowers,Scandals and Cover-Ups

Tone:

Humorous,Intimate,Explosive

Keywords:

CIA (Central-Intelligence-Agency),Iraq,US-government,deception,diplomat,husband,husband-and-wife,investigation,marriage,scandal,uranium,weapons-of-mass-destruction

Country of Origin:

USA - Limited (11-05-2010),USA - Expanding (11-12-2010)

Language:

English