Here is the first trailer for Rod Lurie’s “Nothing But the Truth.” The political suspense thriller will be released in theaters January 9, 2009. See photos and the movie trailer here.
Kate Beckinsale
“Nothing But the Truth” is based on the Valerie Plame case, the CIA agent whose identity was revealed in the media and former New York Times reporter Judith Miller went to jail to protect her sources. In the “Nothing But the Truth” fictionalization, Kate Beckinsale portrays a Washington newspaper reporter, Rachel Armstrong, whose investigations reveal a CIA agent, played by Vera Farmiga. Armstrong is put in prison when she refuses to reveal her source. Angela Bassett portrays Armstrong’s sympathetic editor in chief and Alan Alda portrays the attorney who attempts to free her from prison. Rounding out the cast are David Schwimmer as Beckinsale’s husband and Noah Wyle as the lawyer placed in charge of defending her.
Armstrong is called before a special prosecutor (Matt Dillon) who demands that she reveals her source; when she refuses, she finds out exactly what her country will do to protect its secrets in the name of national security.
Rod Lurie is both director and writer of the movie, which was produced for Warner Bros. by Akiva Goldsman and Jerry and Janet Zucker. This is not Lurie’s first political drama; he is also known for his debut film, the 1999 political thriller “Deterrence” which starred Kevin Pollak as America’s first Jewish President and the critically movie “The Contender” which followed in 2000, starring Joan Allen as a scandal-ridden Vice President, with Jeff Bridges as the President and Gary Oldman as a conservative Republican member of Congress who uncovers the scandals.
The suspenseful trailer is full of fast moving, foreboding scenes and snippets of courtroom drama.
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“Nothing But the Truth” Movie Trailer Video
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