Snowden

IMDb link: 3774114
IMDb rating: 7.3 (172,537 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Biography
Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Oliver Stone
Cast: Zachary Quinto, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Jaymes Butler and others

Release date: 16 Sep 2016
Release year: 2016
Runtime: 134 minutes
Country: United States, Germany, France
Keywords: internet, mass surveillance, nsa, whistleblower, surveillance state, journalism, based on true story, based on real person, cryptography, wikileaks

Plot:

In 2013, Edward Snowden arranges a clandestine meeting in Hong Kong with Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald. They discuss releasing the classified information in the former's possession regarding illegal mass surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA). In 2004, Snowden is undergoing basic training, having enlisted in the U.S. Army with intentions of matriculating to the Special Forces. He eventually fractures his tibia, and is informed that he will be receiving an administrative discharge and that he may serve his country in other ways.

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