The Fifth Estate

Release Date: Friday, October 18, 2013 Nationwide

Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis, Anthony Mackie, Michael Sugar, Stanley Tucci, Alicia Vikander, Dan Stevens, Laura Linney, Bill Condon, Carice van Houten, Daniel Brühl, Josh Singer, Peter Capaldi, Holly Bario, Kira Goldberg

A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.

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A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.

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Plot
Following Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Brühl), an early supporter and eventual colleague of Julian Assange (Cumberbatch), The Fifth Estate traces the heady, early days of WikiLeaks, culminating in the release of a series of controversial and history changing information leaks. The website’s overnight success brought instant fame to its principal architects and transformed the flow of information to news media and the world at large.
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The film's director Bill Condon last directed The Good Liar and Beauty and the Beast. The film's writer Josh Singer last wrote Maestro and First Man.

Director
Bill Condon
Screenwriter
Producers
Holly Bario
Kira Goldberg
Michael Sugar

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for language and some violence
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Not available
Also known as
Untitled DreamWorks/Julian Assange Project, The Man Who Sold the World

Language
English

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  • Said director Bill Condon, "It may be decades before we understand the full impact of WikiLeaks and how it's revolutionized the spread of information. So this film won't claim any long view authority on its subject, or attempt any final judgment. We want to explore the complexities and challenges of transparency in the information age and, we hope, enliven and enrich the conversations WikiLeaks has already provoked."
  • Distribution internationally will be split among Disney, DreamWorks partner Reliance, and deals made through the studio's partnership with Mister Smith Entertainment.
  • "Downton Abbey" actor Dan Stevens will play a hacker friend of Daniel Bruhl's character who comes to work for the website.
  • Based on "Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website" by Daniel Domscheit-Berg and "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy" by David Leigh and Luke Harding.

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Production

The film was tagged as Production. Principal photography has begun. The film will open in theaters on November 15, 2013.

Pre-Production

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The Fifth Estate was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, October 18, 2013 . There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including Carrie, Escape Plan and Broadway Idiot.



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  • Set the MPAA rating to R for language and some violence

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