The Fifth Estate

Theatrical - Wide 2013-10-18

Cast Benedict Cumberbatch Stanley Tucci Laura Linney Daniel Brühl Anthony Mackie David Thewlis Peter Capaldi Alicia Vikander Carice Houten
Directed by Bill Condon

Genres: Biography Drama

Synopsis

Through the eyes of Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl), an early supporter and eventual colleague of Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch), the film follows the heady, early days of Wikileaks to its abrupt end after a series of controversial and history changing info leaks. The website’s overnight success brought instant fame to its principal architects, but as their power expanded across the globe, Daniel grew increasingly disillusioned with Julian’s questionable tactics and ethics. The rift between the two friends became irreparable and their ideological differences tore them apart, but not before they revolutionized, for better and worse, the flow of information to news media and the world at large.

JoBlo's Rating

7/10

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Review: The Fifth Estate

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: The story of Wiki-Leaks, from it’s growth under founder/editor-in-chief Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl) to it’s eventual publication of a massive amount of classified data leaked by soldier Bradley Manning. REVIEW: The highest praise...

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