State and Main

State and Main
Promotional poster for State and Main.
Directed by	David Mamet
Produced by	Sarah Green
Written by	David Mamet
Starring	William H. Macy Sarah Jessica Parker Alec Baldwin Julia Stiles Philip Seymour Hoffman Rebecca Pidgeon David Paymer Charles Durning Patti LuPone Clark Gregg
Music by	Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography	Oliver Stapleton
Edited by	Barbara Tulliver
Distributed by	Fine Line Features
Release date	August 26, 2000 (2000-08-26) (Canada)
Running time	105 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$6,944,471(US) $9,206,279(Worldwide)

State and Main is a 2000 comedy film, written and directed by David Mamet and starring William H. Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alec Baldwin, Julia Stiles, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rebecca Pidgeon, David Paymer, Patti LuPone, Clark Gregg, and Charles Durning.

The plot involves the on-location production in Waterford, Vermont of a film called The Old Mill. The actual film was shot in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts; Beverly, Massachusetts; Dedham, Massachusetts; and Waltham, Massachusetts.

Havoc is wrought on the inhabitants of a small New England town by a troubled film production. After the leading man's penchant for underage girls gets them banished from their New Hampshire location, the crew relocates to the small town of Waterford, Vermont, to finish shooting "The Old Mill".

As its title suggests, the film depends on the presence of a genuine mill, something the town is reported to possess. Unfortunately, with only days before principal photography begins, it becomes apparent that the mill in fact burned down decades ago.

Unfazed, the film's director, Walt Price (William H. Macy), places his faith in the ability of first-time screenwriter Joseph Turner White (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to alter the script. What he doesn't count on is White's apparently bottomless reserve of angst-fueled writer's block. A local bookseller, Annie Black (Rebecca Pidgeon), tries to provide White with inspiration.