Our Brand Is Crisis is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Peter Straughan. It is a fictionalized account based on the 2005 documentary film of same name by Rachel Boynton, about the American political campaign strategies used by Greenberg Carville Shrum (GCS) in the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. The film stars Sandra Bullock, Scoot McNairy, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie and Ann Dowd. It was selected to be screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.Principal photography began on September 29, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. George Clooney and Grant Heslov are producing the film with Smoke House Pictures, while Warner Bros. will be releasing the film, and is co-financing the film with Participant Media. The film is scheduled to be released on October 30, 2015.David Gordon Green's dramatization of Rachel Boynton's 2005 documentary finds itself in an odd critical arena: there are nods-to-raves for Sandra Bullock's performance as a political-campaign strategist, but there's little praise for the actual moviemaking. Some people point to the script from Peter Straughan, which is weird because he had a hand in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and "Wolf Hall," while others say Green's direction doesn't make much of the story's dramatic or comedic elements. We'll see if the adults show up for Sandra or not.
Directed by David Gordon Green
Produced by
George Clooney
Grant Heslov
Screenplay by Peter Straughan
Based on Our Brand Is Crisis
by Rachel Boynton
Starring
Sandra Bullock
Billy Bob Thornton
Anthony Mackie
Joaquim de Almeida
Ann Dowd
Scoot McNairy
Zoe Kazan
Music by David Wingo
Cinematography Tim Orr
Edited by Colin Patton
Production
companies
Participant Media
Smokehouse Pictures
360 Films
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
September 11, 2015 (TIFF)
October 30, 2015 (US)
Running time
107 minutes
Country United States
Language English
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