Official Secrets
R · 2019 ‧ Thriller/War ‧ 1h 52m
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One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: the United States is enlisting Britain's help in collecting compromising information on U.N....
Initial release: January 28, 2019
Director: Gavin Hood
Distributed by: IFC Films and Entertainment One
Based on: The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War; by Marcia & Thomas Mitchell
Box office: $10.1 million
Music by: Paul Hepker; Mark Kilian
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Is Netflix's Official Secrets a true story?
Official Secrets is a 2019 British drama film directed by Gavin Hood, based on the case of whistleblower Katharine Gun who exposed an illegal spying operation by American and British intelligence services to gauge sentiment of and potentially blackmail United Nations diplomats tasked to vote on a resolution regarding ...
Is Official Secrets a good film?
It's a phenomenal film, packed with amazing actors, giving equally amazing performances. It tells an important, true story in an easy to watch way.
Was Katharine Gun charged?
Court case
On 13 November 2003, she was charged with an offence under section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1989. Her case became a cause célèbre among activists, and many people stepped forward to urge the government to drop the case.
What is the plot of Official Secrets?
One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: the United States is enlisting Britain's help in collecting compromising information on U.N. Security Council members to blackmail them into voting in favor of an invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into war, Gun makes the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press.
Official Secrets / Film synopsis
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The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into ...
Official Secrets is a 2019 British drama film directed by Gavin Hood, based on the case of whistleblower Katharine Gun who exposed an illegal spying ...
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The script, based on a book by Marcia and Thomas Mitchell, keeps layering in complexity, refusing to go dumb. And Knightley's performance gets steelier as she ...