This weekend sees the release of State of Play in theaters. With star power like Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck illuminating the film it’s easy to forget that the film is based off a BBC mini-series by the same name. To bring some much needed attention to the original material, The DVD Lounge is giving away a few copies. Enter today!!!

In the headline say STATE OF PLAY.

In the body of the e-mail please provide the answers to the 3 questions presented plus your mailing address. One entry per day.

Finally, this contest ends May 1, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Central Time and is only open to residents of the United States and Canada.

Question 1: These two stars of BBC’s State of Play co-starred in last year’s Wanted. Name them.


Question 2: After the success of State of Play series creator Paul Abbott went on to create this program (it was later Americanized for U.S. viewers)?


Question 3: John Simm, who starred as Cal McCaffery on the series, went from being a journalist to a cop on this series? To Catch a Thief?

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STATE OF PLAY:
Stephen Collins is an ambitious politician. Cal McCaffrey is a well-respected investigative journalist and Stephen’s ex-campaign manager. En route to work one morning, Stephen’s research assistant mysteriously falls to her death on the London Underground. It’s not long before rumors of an affair between Stephen and the assistant hit the headlines. Meanwhile a suspected teenage drug dealer is shot dead. Revelation upon revelation pile up in the aftermath of these two seemingly unconnected events, ultimately bringing to light shady dealings between the government and major corporate powers. Friendships are tested and lives are put on the line as an intricate web of lies unfolds.

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