George Clooney plays a political candidate whose shot at a presidency is threatened by scandal in The Ides of March.  Clooney also directs the movie, which is his first feature directing effort since the 2008 misfire Leatherheads.

“I thought this was a film about moral choices,” says Clooney.  “I don’t think that has necessarily any political stripe.  I just thought it was a fun moral tale. Once you put it in politics, it sort of amps up all the problems.  I thought that was fun.”

Click on the media bar and listen to Clooney talk about the themes behind The Ides of March, which opens October 7th:

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