MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video & Games has released George Clooney?s The Ides of March, a 2011 American political film on DVD and VCD.

The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate?s shot at the presidency.

The film, an adaptation of Willimon?s 2008 play Farragut North stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright and Evan Rachel Wood.

The movie has been nominated for the 84th Academy Awards in the Writing (Adapted Screenplay) category.

While the DVD costs Rs 599, the VCD costs Rs 299.