Underplayed Gems

The Fifth Estate (2013)

The Fifth Estate poster
Directed by
Bill Condon
Genre
drama film, biographical film, thriller film
Country
India, United States
Runtime
2h 04m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1,090 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film follows the rise of WikiLeaks and the complicated relationship between Julian Assange and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg. It shows their work publishing secret documents and the growing conflict between them over the website's direction.

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What happens

The Fifth Estate is a 2013 biographical thriller film directed by Bill Condon about the news-leaking website WikiLeaks. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as its editor-in-chief and founder Julian Assange and Daniel Brühl as its former spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg. Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Alicia Vikander, Stanley Tucci, and Laura Linney are featured in supporting roles. The film's screenplay was written by Josh Singer based in-part on Domscheit-Berg's book Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website (2011), as well as WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy (2011) by British journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding. The film's name is a reference to people who operate in the manner of journalists outside the normal constraints imposed on the mainstream media. Co-produced by DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media, The Fifth Estate premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and was distributed theatrically by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Touchstone Pictures label in the United States on October 18, 2013, with international distribution divided among Disney, Reliance Entertainment, and independent arrangements by Mister Smith Entertainment. The film performed poorly at the box office and garnered mixed critical reaction, receiving criticism for its screenplay and direction, although the acting was praised, particularly Cumberbatch's performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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