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The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
2019 · Directed by Gavin Hood · 112 min · Thriller · History · Drama · 13 frames
Tagline
Nothing is more dangerous than the truth.
Crew
- Screenplay: Gavin Hood, Sara Bernstein, Gregory Bernstein
- Cinematography: Florian Hoffmeister
- Edited by: Megan Gill
- Music: Mark Kilian, Paul Hepker
- Production design: Simon Rogers
- Produced by: Elizabeth Fowler, Melissa Shiyu Zuo, Ged Doherty
Cast
- Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun
- Matt Smith as Martin Bright
- Ralph Fiennes as Ben Emmerson
- Adam Bakri as Yasar Gun
- Matthew Goode as Peter Beaumont
- Rhys Ifans as Ed Vulliamy
- Indira Varma as Shami Chakrabarti
- John Heffernan as James Welch
- Conleth Hill as Roger Alton
- Jack Farthing as Andy Dumfries
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland
- Language: Mandarin, English
- Studios: Clear Pictures Entertainment, Screen Yorkshire, Silver Reel, Classified Films
- Box office: $10,100,000
- Themes: london, england, washington dc, usa, politics, biography, based on true story, iraq war, calm, whistleblower, 2000s, admiring
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