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about the film
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
festivals + awards
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”
Join our Directors @jessemoss and @tonygerber_ and @vetvoicefoundation ‘s @janessagoldbeck on this weeks episode of @lauraflandersandfriends for an in depth conversation about #wargamefilm and the upcoming Election!
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"A nail-biter of a documentary." @nytimes raves about #WarGameFilm, now available on demand: wargamefilm.com/amazon
“…the Insurrection Act…might be a power that we need our Chief Executive to have, but it’s also a power that, in the wrong hands, potentially could be abused to great, great consequence in this country.” - @governorbullock as “President John Hotham” in #warfamefilm
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Military Troops on U.S. Soil? “…we better be paying close attention because those repercussions will reverberate through society for a long, long time” - Senator Heidi Heitkamp #wargamefilm #nowstreaming #nytcriticspick
We’ve heard about “life imitating art”, but is this a bit too on the nose? There’s a reason why @rollingstone calls #wargamefilm the “scariest documentary you’ll see this year” and a “critical wake-up call” from RogertEbert.com. Read the coverage in @washingtonpost and about how this film shot 2 years ago was a simulated prediction of what’s unfolding now.
