A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaThe real-life Susan Schmidt played Jack's secretary in this movie.
- GoofsWhen Michael Scanlon drives up to the SunSail cruise ship in Florida to see Gus Boulis, the front of his rental car has a Florida license plate. Additionally, another car appears with a Florida license on the front. License plates for automobiles are printed on one tag only and must be placed on the rear of the vehicle. Only commercial tractor trucks carry Florida plates on the front.
- Quotes
Jack Abramoff: Washington is like Hollywood, but with uglier faces.
- Crazy creditsBrief footage of the real Jack Abramoff's introduction speech of Tom DeLay is shown during the end credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Conan: A Quantum of Kwanzaa (2010)
Featured review
Both gobsmakingingly awesome in its (true) take on Washington and just way OTT look at the Beltway, CJ is just so good. Honestly, if this had been made as fiction you'd shoot it down as implausible - the stink goes how high? - but here we see lobbyist and senators in cahoots to get the dollar in their pocket at the expense of just about every body else.
Spacey is in fine form, with a sterling support cast, and the film is best viewed as a buckle up and grin fair ride to the underbelly of politics - it really is so way beyond your standard black comedy or satire that it's just jaw dropping.
We enjoyed CJ - it doesn't aim to be a political thriller or have any great message but it is a lot of black comedy and seriously messed-up situations from beginning to end.....
Have fun now.....
Spacey is in fine form, with a sterling support cast, and the film is best viewed as a buckle up and grin fair ride to the underbelly of politics - it really is so way beyond your standard black comedy or satire that it's just jaw dropping.
We enjoyed CJ - it doesn't aim to be a political thriller or have any great message but it is a lot of black comedy and seriously messed-up situations from beginning to end.....
Have fun now.....
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- Nov 20, 2010
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- Also known as
- Bagman
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,042,959
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $34,528
- Dec 19, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $1,230,933
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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