In The Loop Was A Commentary About The Iraq War
The 2009 British black comedy In The Loop satirizes British and American 21st century politics, particularly the invasion of Iraq. A spin-off of the BBC series The Thick of It, the film stars Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, Chris Addison, David Rasche, and James Gandolfini. It concentrates on the interesting tactics of the American and British governments as war looms. While researching the film, director Armando Iannucci met with people from the Pentagon and CIA and later explained: “At least two people told me that Condoleezza Rice was a bit rubbish. She got rather star-struck in Washington and never really stood up to Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.”