We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )
Icelandic ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
129 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Alex Gibney

Written By:
Alex Gibney

Actors:
Julian Assange ..... Himself (archive footage)
Chelsea Manning ..... Herself (archive footage)
John 'Fuzface' McMahon ..... Himself
Robert Manne ..... Himself
Heather Brooke ..... Herself
Michael Hayden ..... Himself
J. William Leonard ..... Himself
Daniel Domscheit-Berg ..... Himslf
Smári McCarthy ..... Himself
Birgitta Jónsdóttir ..... Herself
Adrian Lamo ..... Himself
Timothy Douglas Webster ..... Himself
Jason Edwards ..... Himself
Nick ..... Himself
Jihrleah Showman ..... Herself

Synopsis:

Acclaimed documentarian Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) takes the reins for this no-holds-barred look at one of the most unusual phenomena of early 21st century media. In 2006, an Iceland-based outfit called The Sunshine Press launched the website WikiLeaks.org. As run by Australian Internet activist Julian Assange, the site's mandate involved regularly publishing top-secret documents and covert information, often regarding governments and their respective military operations. As might be expected, this set off a firestorm between those who admired the organization's bravado and resourcefulness, and those who argued, not unjustly, that the dissemination of data regarding such events as the U.S. war in Afghanistan could put untold numbers of lives at risk. In We Steal Secrets, Gibney relays the story of the WikiLeaks website from the inside, and moves beyond black and white to penetrate a complex network of activity guided by courage and idealism but also allegedly guilty of ethical insensitivity and hypocrisy.

Watch it now while it's in theaters. From Academy Award®-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney comes this gripping edge-of-your-seat thriller about Julian Assange and the creation of WikiLeaks, the controversial website that facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. Paralleling Assange's rise and fall with that of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the troubled young soldier who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a 'riveting, nail-bitingly tense' (Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly), multi-layered exposé about transparency in the information age and our ever-elusive search for the truth.

A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 11 April, 2014.