Snowden (2016)

Directed by

Oliver Stone

Genre

drama film, action film, biographical film, thriller film

Country

Germany, France, United States

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 4,697 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Edward Snowden, a CIA subcontractor who becomes a whistleblower by leaking classified documents about government surveillance. It shows his perspective as he decides to expose what he considers illegal spying activities.

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What happens

Snowden is a 2016 biographical thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald. Based on the books The Snowden Files (2014) by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus (2015) by Anatoly Kucherena, the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) subcontractor and whistleblower who copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) beginning in 2013. In addition to Gordon-Levitt, the film features an ensemble cast including Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Scott Eastwood, Logan Marshall-Green, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage. An international co-production of Germany, France, and the United States, principal photography began on February 16, 2015, in Munich. Snowden screened at San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, 2016, before premiering at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2016. The film was theatrically released in the United States on September 16, 2016, by Open Road Films and on September 22 in Germany. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Gordon-Levitt's performance but criticized Stone's direction. It grossed $37.3 million worldwide against its $40 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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