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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

2013Movie⏱️ 2h 10mR
Documentary
6.9
IMDB Rating
8,301 votes

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

Director
Alex Gibney
Writers
N/A
Stars
Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo, John 'FuzzFace' McMahon
Release Date
July 11, 2013
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 10
Nominations
💬 58
Reviews
📋 17.3K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Julian Assange
Julian Assange
as Self - Founder, WikiLeaks
Adrian Lamo
Adrian Lamo
as Self - Hacker
John 'FuzzFace' McMahon
John 'FuzzFace' McMahon
as Self - NASA Network Administrator
Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney
as Self - Narrator
Robert Manne
Robert Manne
as Self - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne
Heather Brooke
Heather Brooke
as Self - Journalist
Michael Hayden
Michael Hayden
as Self - Former NSA and CIA Director
J. William Leonard
J. William Leonard
as Self - U.S. Government Classification Czar
Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Daniel Domscheit-Berg
as Self - Former WikiLeaks Spokesperson
Smári McCarthy
Smári McCarthy
as Self - Icelandic Digital Freedom Society

💰 Box Office

$457,517
Worldwide Gross
$166,243
Domestic Gross
$27,689
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.78 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Production
Jigsaw Productions, Global Produce, Universal Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

non profit organizationjournalismwhistleblowerwikileakspolitical superpower

🎯 Categories

Documentary

⭐ Featured Review

Both Assange and the US Government look bad
by orser672013-07-01
9/10

"Both the US government and Julian Assange come under lots of criticism in this movie. One of the major arcs of the movie is Assange's descent into what he claims to hate: a power-mad autocrat obsessed with secrecy. Meanwhile, the US government comes across poorly for their treatment of Bradley Manning, along with them casting Assange as a villain but ignoring the mainstream media that worked with Assange. The doc probably could have used a little bit more of a pro-Assange viewpoint. To be fair, they did ask to interview Assange, but (according to the doc) he asked for $1 million. While ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Wilhelm Scream: At 1:10:18 in a clip of an explosion.

📖 Synopsis

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