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War Game (2024) | 94 minutes | USA | English
Boat Rocker Studios and Anonymous Content Present
A Matador Content Production
In Association with The Littlefield Company, Quaker Moving Pictures, Mile End Films, Market Road Films
A film by Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber
Synopsis
The President’s authority to deploy the U.S. military on domestic soil is explored in this genre defying film about a role-play exercise involving former elected officials and senior military officers, highlighting the risks of unrestrained executive power.
| Director(s) | Jesse Moss Tony Gerber |
| Producers | Todd Lubin Jesse Moss Jack Turner Mark DiCristofaro Jessica Grimshaw Nick Shumaker |
| Executive Producers | Warren Littlefield Jonathan E. Steinberg Dan Shotz Eric Schmeltzer David Fortier Ivan Schneeberg Jay Peterson Seth Brodie David Levine |
| Co-Producer | Isabel Evans |
| Directors of Photography | Thorsten Thielow Wolfgang Held Daniel Carter Tim Grucza Brett Wiley Keri Oberly |
| Edited By | Jeff Gilbert |
| Associate Editor | George C. Hall |
| Original Soundtrack Composed By | Paweł Mykietyn |
featured cast
Gen. (ret.) Wesley Clark
As Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Fmr NATO Supreme Allied Commander
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Linda Singh
As Chief, National Guard Bureau
Maryland National Guard
Lt. Col. (ret.) Alex Vindman
Game Consultant
NSC from 2018-2020
Heidi Heitkamp
as Sen. Advisor to the President
North Dakota Senator, 2013-2019
Steve Bullock
as President John Hotham
Governor of Montana, 2013-2021
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press
Critic’s Pick. “A nail-biter of a documentary.”
“The scariest documentary you’ll see this year. Something between a standard fly-on-the-wall documentary paced like a political thriller and a horror movie.”
“Nerve-wracking. Serves as a warning that if history repeats itself, the difference between doing so as farce or tragedy rests on a knife’s edge.”
“A bracing reminder. Registers with full force as a realistic depiction of a nightmarish scenario that could easily occur just a few months from now.“
“The chilling War Game is very much trying to capture a toxic trait of American democracy without falling into the pit of ideology.”
“The movie takes viewers inside the three branches of the simulation, showcasing the intense decision-making techniques of people who’ve actually been read-in on some of the gravest moments in our country’s recent history.”
“As fascinating as it is terrifying.”
“An almost-real political thriller that marries improvisational theater and dystopian science fiction to add up to a sobering documentary about our current political reality”
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For Your Consideration, Best Documentary Feature: WAR GAME
"A nail-biter of a documentary...cinematically amped"
- Manohla Dargis, The New York Times Critic`s Pick
"The scariest documentary you`ll see this year"
- David Fear, Rolling Stone
WAR GAME: The President’s authority to deploy the U.S. Military on domestic soil is explored in this genre defying film about a role-play exercise involving former elected officials and senior military officers, highlighting the risks of unrestrained executive power.
Directed by Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber
For Your Consideration, Best Documentary Feature.
WAR GAME. The President’s authority to deploy the U.S. Military on domestic soil is explored in this genre defying film about a role-play exercise involving former elected officials and senior military officers, highlighting the risks of unrestrained executive power.
Directed by Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber.
“The peaceful transfer of power is at the core of who we are as a nation” - Gov Steve Bullock as President John Hotham in “WAR GAME”
For Your Consideration, Best Documentary Feature
Now Streaming on Digital
For Your Consideration, Best Documentary Feature.
Lynn Nottage invites you to a Special FYC Event of WAR GAME in New York City, Moderated by Fisher Stevens, with Co-Director Tony Gerber and Film Participants Senator Doug Jones and Maj. Gen. (ret.) Linda Singh.
Tuesday, December 3 @ 5PM
New York, NY
RSVP Required: wargameevents@matadorcontent.com
For Your Consideration, Best Documentary Feature.
You are invited to a Special FYC Event of WAR GAME in Los Angeles with Co-Director Jesse Moss and Film Participants Governor Steve Bullock, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Vet Voice Foundation’s Janessa Goldbeck, and Lt. Col. (ret.) Alex Vindman.
Thursday, December 5 @ 7PM
Los Angeles, CA
RSVP Required: wargameevents@matadorcontent.com
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