The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate (2013)

Genres - Drama, Historical Film, Thriller, Science & Technology  |   Sub-Genres - Political Drama  |   Release Date - Oct 18, 2013 (USA)  |   Run Time - 128 min.  |   Countries - Belgium, Canada, India, United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Perry Seibert

Bill Condon's thriller The Fifth Estate charts the creation of WikiLeaks by the ambitious and arguably ethically dubious Julian Assange, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. The movie opens with Assange hiring Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl), a fellow tech whiz, to help him keep his new website operational. The site gave whistleblowers an entirely anonymous platform to share classified documents, and soon the pair find themselves in possession of information that will bring down a corrupt bank. As their power and influence grows, they must consider teaming with established media sources, especially when they are sent documents that would reveal ultra-sensitive state secrets from some of the world's most-powerful governments. The Fifth Estate screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

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government, information-technology, website, whistleblower, hacker