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| Carice van Houten and Laura Linney |
Los Angeles, CA—THE FIFTH ESTATE is a Dreamworks film based on
real events and deeds of blogger Julian Assange and the Wikileaks organization. They are responsible for mass Internet release
of data, videos and sensitive government cables. The deception and intrigue by various governments
is as bad as it gets. Today Assange is a
wanted man in many nations right now.
He’s a hero to many and a traitor to many more.
One thing for sure Assange has exposed massive corruption
that continues because the apathetic public does not seem to care. We will have to wait and see whay kind of
light be shown on Assange and his cohorts by the authors of this film
I must say I’m absolutely thrilled to see Carice van Houten
and another favorite actress Laura Linney staring in this production. It was
filmed in Berlin along with several locations in Belgium. I have met Linney at a SAG function and I'm looking forward to meeting van Houten.
This is the Dreamworks created storyline:
The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict
Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to
become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring,
they create a platform that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously leak covert
data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate
crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary
media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the
biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they
battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of
keeping secrets in a free society-and what are the costs of exposing them?
This film was the talk of the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
The Stars of this film:
This film was the talk of the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
The Stars of this film:
Benedict
Cumberbatc--Julian Assange
Daniel Brühl--Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Carice van Houten--Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Alicia Vikande--Anke
Stanley Tucci --James
Boswell
Laura Linney --Sarah
Shaw
Anthony Mackie--Sam Coulson
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