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Citizenfour

  • 20142014
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  • 1h 54m
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Citizenfour (2014)
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
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A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
56K
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POPULARITY
11,420
515
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    • Director
      • Laura Poitras
    • Stars
      • Edward Snowden
      • Glenn Greenwald
      • William Binney
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Laura Poitras
    • Stars
      • Edward Snowden
      • Glenn Greenwald
      • William Binney
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 125User reviews
    • 213Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 44 wins & 39 nominations total

    Videos1

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:27
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    Photos41

    Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden in Citizenfour (2014)
    GCHQ satellites in Bude, England
    The NSA
    Citizenfour (2014)
    Communication between Edward Snowden and director Laura Poitras
    Laura Poitras in Citizenfour (2014)
    Jodie Foster and Laura Poitras at an event for Citizenfour (2014)
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    Top cast

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    Edward Snowden
    Edward Snowden
    • Self
    Glenn Greenwald
    Glenn Greenwald
    • Self
    William Binney
    William Binney
    • Self
    Jacob Appelbaum
    Jacob Appelbaum
    • Self
    Ewen MacAskill
    Ewen MacAskill
    • Self
    Jeremy Scahill
    Jeremy Scahill
    • Self
    M. Margaret McKeown
    • Self - Judge
    Kevin Bankston
    • Self - attorney representing Carolyn Jewel
    Harry Pregerson
    • Self - Judge
    H. Thomas Byron
    • Self - Government Representative
    Michael Daly Hawkins
    • Self - Judge
    Jonathan Man
    • Self - Human Rights Lawyer
    Robert Tibbo
    • Self - Human Rights Lawyer
    • (voice)
    José Casado
    • Self
    Roberto Kaz
    • Self
    • (as Robert Kaz)
    Julian Borger
    • Self - Editor, The Guardian
    Paul Johnson
    • Self
    Nick Hopkins
    • Self
    • Director
      • Laura Poitras
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Director Laura Poitras edited the film in Germany after flying directly there from Hong Kong with the Snowden footage, to prevent the FBI from showing up with a search warrant for her hard drives.
    • Goofs
      In the second CNN item (Friday, 53'), the Hebrew characters on the mobile phone in the background aren't censored in the first two shots. Afterwards the background has changed to only leave Latin characters on the dial pad.
    • Quotes

      Edward Snowden: Assume your adversary is capable of one trillion guesses per second.

    • Connections
      Featured in The EE British Academy Film Awards (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      02 Ghosts I
      Performed by Nine Inch Nails

      Written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

      Courtesy of The Null Corporation

      Engineered by Chris Holmes

    User reviews125

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Snowden is a hero.
    This documentary has it all. The narrative is compelling, but honest to the reality it portrays. The work on the documentary began before the Snowden files started leaking, and it gives you an unprecedented look into how it all came about. It gives you an understanding of who Edward Snowden is and why he did what he did. He was not just some guy who stumbled over something he realized that someone else might find useful. He knew exactly what he had, and what to do about it.

    And not only this: The documentary manages to convey the significance of the leak. What power the information held, and just how bad the NSA is.

    The only negative thing I can say about it is that it opens a bit slow, and the technical aspects of it might scare of some viewers.

    It's amazing that this is the world we live in. Snowden is a hero.
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    • peefyn
    • Mar 2, 2015

    FAQ2

    • In an interview Snowden states that if a person is pretenting to be asleep, you can't wake them up. What does this mean?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 28, 2014 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Portuguese
      • German
    • Also known as
      • CitizenFour
    • Filming locations
      • Room 1014, Mira Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    • Production companies
      • Praxis Films
      • Participant
      • HBO Documentary Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,800,870
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $126,321
      • Oct 26, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,780,692
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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