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Official Secrets

  • 2019
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  • 1h 52m
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Ralph Fiennes, Keira Knightley, and Matt Smith in Official Secrets (2019)
The story of Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a British intelligence specialist whose job involves routine handling of classified information. One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, Gun receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: the United States is enlisting Britain's help in collecting compromising information on United Nations Security Council members in order to blackmail them into voting in favor of an invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into an illegal war, Gun makes the decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press. So begins an explosive chain of events that will ignite an international firestorm, expose a vast political conspiracy, and put Gun and her family directly in harm's way.
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The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion o... Read allThe true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

  • Director
    • Gavin Hood
  • Writers
    • Sara Bernstein
    • Gregory Bernstein
    • Gavin Hood
  • Stars
    • Keira Knightley
    • Matt Smith
    • Matthew Goode
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    50K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    766
    2,233
    • Director
      • Gavin Hood
    • Writers
      • Sara Bernstein
      • Gregory Bernstein
      • Gavin Hood
    • Stars
      • Keira Knightley
      • Matt Smith
      • Matthew Goode
    • 255User reviews
    • 151Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 16 nominations

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    Keira Knightley
    Keira Knightley
    • Katharine Gun
    Matt Smith
    Matt Smith
    • Martin Bright
    Matthew Goode
    Matthew Goode
    • Peter Beaumont
    Rhys Ifans
    Rhys Ifans
    • Ed Vulliamy
    Adam Bakri
    Adam Bakri
    • Yasar Gun
    Ralph Fiennes
    Ralph Fiennes
    • Ben Emmerson
    Conleth Hill
    Conleth Hill
    • Roger Alton
    Indira Varma
    Indira Varma
    • Shami Chakrabarti
    Jeremy Northam
    Jeremy Northam
    • Ken Macdonald
    John Heffernan
    John Heffernan
    • James Welch
    Monica Dolan
    Monica Dolan
    • Fiona Bygate
    Tamsin Greig
    Tamsin Greig
    • Elizabeth Wilmshurst
    Niccy Lin
    Niccy Lin
    • Mi-Yung
    Jack Farthing
    Jack Farthing
    • Andy Dumfries
    Gabrielle Downey
    • Mrs. Archer
    Fiona Skinner
    Fiona Skinner
    • Policewoman
    MyAnna Buring
    MyAnna Buring
    • Jasmine
    • (as Myanna Buring)
    Lindy Whiteford
    Lindy Whiteford
    • Edie Rielly
    • Director
      • Gavin Hood
    • Writers
      • Sara Bernstein
      • Gregory Bernstein
      • Gavin Hood
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    • Trivia
      Nicole Mowbray is the actual Observer's young journalist who replaced some terms from the secret memo (in the movie due to the use of grammar checker). And she was contacted by the actress who played her, Hanako Footman, to provide more details about the episode.
    • Goofs
      In a top secret facility, there are never removable disc drives, as shown in the movie. It's too easy to intentionally, or unintentionally, remove files to the outside.
    • Quotes

      Katharine Gun: Governments change. I work for the British people. I gather intelligence so that the government can protect the British people. I do not gather intelligence so that the government can lie to the British people.

    • Connections
      Featured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Official Secrets (2019)

    User reviews255

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    7/10
    Really Enjoyable
    Official Secrets studies the events that are happening in intelligence during the run up to the second gulf war. Having lived through the times myself was aware of the background to the movie, but unaware of the specific story that it explores.

    Keira Knightly plays Katharine Gun who works at GCHQ collecting intelligence for the UK. She is concerned about the accuracy of the intelligence that is being used to prove the case for war. The British and American government need a resolution passing at the United Nations to legitimize the war. A memo is distributed to collect intelligence on the United Nations members that can be used to coax them into voting for the resolution. She is shocked by this and wants to stop the war.

    In the same way that Brexit dominates British news at the moment WMD's dominated the next back then. The movie is good and shows the pressure that everybody is under. You get the chance to wonder whether you would make the same decisions as Katharine and whether she was right to do it.

    I've never been a big fan of Knightly, but she does a fine job in Official Secrets. Well worth a watch.
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    • Release date
      • August 30, 2019 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Bí Mật Che Giấu
    • Filming locations
      • Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK(Beach location)
    • Production companies
      • Entertainment One
      • Above The Line Productions
      • Classified Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,988,546
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $64,965
      • Sep 1, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,088,753
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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