PRINCIPAL CAST

Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Brian Cox, Madison Wolfe, Randall Cunningham, Kya Haywood, Grant Goodman, Sarah Baker, Karen Maruyama, Josh Lawson

DIRECTOR

Jay Roach

WRITER

Adam McKay, Chris Henchy, Shawn Harwell

PRODUCER

Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Jay Roach, Zach Galifianakis

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Amy Sayres, Jon Poll, Chris Henchy

SYNOPSIS

When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors' support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family's political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy from "Meet the Parents" director Jay Roach that takes today's political circus to its logical next level. Because even when you think campaign ethics have hit rock bottom, there's room to dig a whole lot deeper.

BOX OFFICE

$86.9 Million

GENRE

Comedy

RATING

Rated R
crude sexual content, language and brief nudity

RUN TIME

85 Minutes

STUDIO

Warner Bros.