Official Secrets
Synopsis
Based on the true story of Katharine Gun, a former Mandarin translator at the British intelligence agency GCHQ, who made headlines after she leaked a confidential NSA memo that proposed the USA and UK put pressure on six ‘swing’ nations on the UN Security Council to vote in favour of the imminent 2003 Iraq invasion.
The Observer newspaper in the UK broke the story and Gun was subsequently arrested and charged under the Official Secrets Act, sparking a public outcry. Authorities dropped the case almost as soon as her trial began in early 2004.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - Premieres - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Debate Strand Gala - European premiere
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 112 mins
- Director
- Gavin Hood
- Producer
- Ged Doherty, Elizabeth Fowler, Melissa Shiyu Zuo
- Co-Producer
- Sarada McDermott
- Executive Producer
- Claudia Bluemhuber, Anne Sheehan, Hugo Heppell
- Screenwriter
- Gregory Bernstein (screenplay), Sara Bernstein (screenplay), Gavin Hood (screenplay)
- Director of Photography
- Florian Hoffmeister
- Production Designer
- Simon Rogers
- Principal Cast
- Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Conleth Hill, Indira Varma, Rhys Ifans, MyAnna Buring
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 17th September 2019
