
Charles Durning
Filmography

State and Main
Comedy Drama Satire Entertainment Industry Drama2000•1h 46min
France, United States
Director: David Mamet
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.
After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.
A group of idealistic but frustrated liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering right-wing pundits for their political beliefs.





