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IFC has put up the entire script for In The Loop, one of the best movies of last year, which was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. This is how all comedies should be written/sound/be. In addition it has notes from writer Armando Iannucci.

If that is not enough for you, here are deleted scenes from the movie, which you should have seen by now.

Nazi Julie Andrews

Both Sean and I would like to recommend the movie In the Loop for your viewing edification. A comedy about how a hamhanded statement by a British state secretary is used by various US and UK officials to alternately advocate for and against a potential war. It's not only one of the smartest political comedies in ages, it's also just an unending stream of great one-liners. We also would like to endorse the BBC show The Thick of It, which is a basic precursor to this movie, and the larger creative works of writer and director Armando Iannucci.

As you know these are coveted endorsements, what are surely the blogospheric equivalent of the Palme d'Or or some other such award of excellence. Obey our commands and watch.