The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.
In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
Stars:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Charlotte Le Bon,
Guillaume Baillargeon
Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.
Director:
John Lee Hancock
Stars:
Michael Keaton,
Nick Offerman,
John Carroll Lynch
The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.
SNOWDEN stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is written and directed by Oliver Stone. The script is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena.Written by
Open Road Films
Gregg Araki recommended Shailene Woodley to Oliver Stone for the role of Lindsay Mills when he learned that Stone was looking to cast someone opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt. While filming White Bird in A Blizzard, Arriki said that she resembled Gordon-Levitt in several ways (both were child actors, do not starve in paychecks, chose their projects carefully and approach cinema in a creative pure way) that Araki vowed to cast or recommend her to other filmmakers if there is a project that can pair both actors together. See more »
Goofs
While in Japan and Hawaii, many of the women in the military are seen wearing their hair in pony tails. This is not an authorized hairstyle for military women to have while in uniform. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Glenn Greenwald:
[sitting under a big green balloon alligator]
So?
Laura Poitras:
This is the only alligator.
Glenn Greenwald:
Four minutes past. We walk in one minute. He was clear on that.
Laura Poitras:
He's coming.
Glenn Greenwald:
No, he is too young to have that kind of access.
Glenn Greenwald:
[to Snowden as he walks up]
Uh, what time does the restaurant open?
Edward Snowden:
Noon. But the food is a bit too spicy. This way...
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I don't understand people that complain about this movie.
There is zero to complain about in this movie. You got to wonder if the low reviews are government paid employees or just Oliver Stone haters.
I couldn't keep my eyes off the screen. I was mesmerized from the beginning of the film until the end. I honestly had no idea it ran two hours and 20 minutes. A movie is never too long if you don't look at your phone and check the time. Myself, nor did anyone in the theater once look down at their phone. The movie had great cinematography, excellent pacing, strong emotional dialogue, and solid character/relationship arcs. You can't ask for much more of a drama based on a true story. Excellent job Oliver. Welcome back!
The truth is people don't want to hear it. If it doesn't directly affect their cozy iPhone streaming lives, than they don't want to hear about it. They don't want to hear that they are wage slaves. They don't want to hear that there is no such thing as privacy in this country. They don't want to hear that the government isn't a democracy. People don't want to hear that the American government isn't a government at all, and that it's been replaced by a multi-national fortunate 100 corporate conglomeration funded by the international banking cartel. People don't want to know the truth.
I'd venture a guess that most of the people that rated this movie poorly didn't even see the movie. These are the same people that can't handle the truth. Open your eyes people. Don't be another corporate wage slave.
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I don't understand people that complain about this movie.
There is zero to complain about in this movie. You got to wonder if the low reviews are government paid employees or just Oliver Stone haters.
I couldn't keep my eyes off the screen. I was mesmerized from the beginning of the film until the end. I honestly had no idea it ran two hours and 20 minutes. A movie is never too long if you don't look at your phone and check the time. Myself, nor did anyone in the theater once look down at their phone. The movie had great cinematography, excellent pacing, strong emotional dialogue, and solid character/relationship arcs. You can't ask for much more of a drama based on a true story. Excellent job Oliver. Welcome back!
The truth is people don't want to hear it. If it doesn't directly affect their cozy iPhone streaming lives, than they don't want to hear about it. They don't want to hear that they are wage slaves. They don't want to hear that there is no such thing as privacy in this country. They don't want to hear that the government isn't a democracy. People don't want to hear that the American government isn't a government at all, and that it's been replaced by a multi-national fortunate 100 corporate conglomeration funded by the international banking cartel. People don't want to know the truth.
I'd venture a guess that most of the people that rated this movie poorly didn't even see the movie. These are the same people that can't handle the truth. Open your eyes people. Don't be another corporate wage slave.