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Official Secrets

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

Year

Genre

biography, crime, drama

Box Office

$1,988,546

Production

Clear Pictures Entertainment,Classified Films,Screen Yorkshire,Entertainment One,Sierra/Affinity,Entertainment One Features,The Mark Gordon Company

Awards

5 wins & 16 nominations

Homepage

https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/official-secrets

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Martin Bright

Peter Beaumont

Ed Vulliamy

Yasar Gun

Ben Emmerson

Roger Alton

Shami Chakrabarti

Ken Macdonald

James Welch

Fiona Bygate

Elizabeth Wilmshurst

Mi-Yung

Andy Dumfries

Mrs. Archer

Gabrielle Downey

Policewoman

Jasmine (as Myanna Buring)

Edie Rielly

Lindy Whiteford

Kamal Ahmed

Jan Clements

Yvonne Ridley

Paul Beaver

Jacqueline / MI6 Agent

Katherine Kelly

Mel

Rear-Admiral Nick Wilkinson

Male Journalist

Female Journalist

Nicole Mowbray

John Internal Security

Female Custody Sergeant

Police Officer

TinTin

Jerry / Scotland Yard

Duty Solicitor

Officer Pitt

Officer Knowles

Anne Emmerson

Young Romanian Girl

Duty Officer

Nigel Jones

Driver

BBC Reporter

Courtroom Guard

Jessica Fostekew

Clerk of the Court

Judge Hyam

Kenneth Cranham

Mark Ellison

Arrested Airport Detainee

Dead Body 4

Rodrig Andrisan

Airport Detainee

GCHQ Colleague

Police Officer

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Ground Crew

Arrested Airport Detainee

Shafi Choudhury

Iraqi Protestor

GCHQ Security / Police

Chilean Ambassador

Darrell D'Silva

Journalist

Adam Darlington

Press / Court Reporter

Analyst

Mark Anthony Dawson

Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)

Passerby

Anthony G Hamer

Observer Journalist

Newspaper Reporter

Newspaper Reporter

Prosecutor

Mark Hugh-Williams

Home Office Official Doncaster Airport

Press Fashion Newspaper Reporter

Police Officer

Craig Thomas Lambert

Office Worker

Police Officer

Observer Journalist

News 29 Reporter

Public Gallery Court Member

Tina Louise Owens

Noorie Patel

Shayast Panezai

Airport Ground Crew

Self (archive footage)

Desk Sergeant

Catherine Guns Father

Iraqi Trauma Nurse

Observer Journalist

Arrested Airport Detainee

John Alan Roberts

Arresting Police Officer

Airport Detective

Arrested Airport Detainee

Airport Detainee

Public Gallery Court Member

Family Member

GCHQ Colleague

Journalist

Police Van Driver

GCHQ Security Officer

Police Station Attendee

Observer Journalist

Cafe Patron

John James Woodward

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Katharine Gun Ben Emmerson Ken Macdonald Martin Bright Ed Vulliamy Yasar Gun Clerk Of The Court Tintin Rear Admiral Nick Wilkinson

No more asking your team
to sex up evidence of WMDs - Official Secrets

No more asking your team to sex up evidence of WMDs

And no chance of anyone
being charged with a war crime - Official Secrets

And no chance of anyone being charged with a war crime

I'm asking
if you can confirm - Official Secrets

I'm asking if you can confirm

Well, I can neither confirm
nor deny. - Official Secrets

Well, I can neither confirm nor deny.

ED: So the head of the CIA
tells Bush it's a slam dunk - Official Secrets

ED: So the head of the CIA tells Bush it's a slam dunk

Meaning Saddam definitely
does not have weapons - Official Secrets

Meaning Saddam definitely does not have weapons

Meaning the intelligence
is sketchy at best - Official Secrets

Meaning the intelligence is sketchy at best

I can tell you, folks over there
are really angry about this. - Official Secrets

I can tell you, folks over there are really angry about this...

Because the majority
of the analysts do not believe - Official Secrets

Because the majority of the analysts do not believe

Listen, I wanted
to talk to you today - Official Secrets

Listen, I wanted to talk to you today

...that really support what
you've been saying for months. - Official Secrets

...that really support what you've been saying for mont...

I've been following the news
and I haven't seen - Official Secrets

I've been following the news and I haven't seen

Okay, well,
I've given it to my contact - Official Secrets

Okay, well, I've given it to my contact

Look, I mean,
all of the polls said - Official Secrets

Look, I mean, all of the polls said

Look, I think
that I acted too rashly - Official Secrets

Look, I think that I acted too rashly

Okay, don't talk about this
to anyone, ever! - Official Secrets

Okay, don't talk about this to anyone, ever!

The truth is,
the whole document could be a fake. - Official Secrets

The truth is, the whole document could be a fake.

Well, if it were, I'd be in
breach of the Official Secrets Act - Official Secrets

Well, if it were, I'd be in breach of the Official Secr...

(BOTH LAUGH) - Official Secrets

Well, which I will
most certainly do - Official Secrets

Well, which I will most certainly do

Would you say
it were likely real - Official Secrets

Would you say it were likely real

I think it could be a fake - Official Secrets

I think it could be a fake

- Which agency?
- The Russians. - Official Secrets

- Which agency? - The Russians.

I mean, the French
oppose the war, too, - Official Secrets

I mean, the French oppose the war, too,

- Meaning?
- You tell me. - Official Secrets

- Meaning? - You tell me.

You know, Martin,
I believe that all information - Official Secrets

You know, Martin, I believe that all information

But in this case,
I don't have the luxury of time, Admiral. - Official Secrets

But in this case, I don't have the luxury of time, Admi...

I have also always believed - Official Secrets

I have also always believed

EDIE: (ON SPEAKER) Ed,
it's Edie from the London office. - Official Secrets

EDIE: (ON SPEAKER) Ed, it's Edie from the London office...

(LINE RINGING) - Official Secrets

6727? - Official Secrets

One moment. - Official Secrets

Who shall I say is calling? - Official Secrets

Who shall I say is calling?

Yes, sir. - Official Secrets

Yes. Who's calling? - Official Secrets

Yes. Who's calling?

I wanted to ask you about
a memo you sent to GCHQ. - Official Secrets

I wanted to ask you about a memo you sent to GCHQ.

(LINE DISCONNECTS) - Official Secrets

(LINE DISCONNECTS)

Well, we didn't exactly
have a conversation. - Official Secrets

Well, we didn't exactly have a conversation.

But you're sure that he
exists, right, Ed? - Official Secrets

But you're sure that he exists, right, Ed?

Hell yes, I'm sure! - Official Secrets

Hell yes, I'm sure!

- Fuck off.
- You're welcome, anytime. - Official Secrets

- Fuck off. - You're welcome, anytime.

I'm just saying it smells of a
forgery like the Hitler Diaries - Official Secrets

I'm just saying it smells of a forgery like the Hitler ...

Which is precisely
why we're doing - Official Secrets

Which is precisely why we're doing

The woman who fell off
a donkey in Afghanistan - Official Secrets

The woman who fell off a donkey in Afghanistan

Her arse over a tit
with a camera up her burka - Official Secrets

Her arse over a tit with a camera up her burka

Jan, the last time
our source claimed - Official Secrets

Jan, the last time our source claimed

This document
doesn't accuse anyone - Official Secrets

This document doesn't accuse anyone

No, it merely suggests
that the US government, - Official Secrets

No, it merely suggests that the US government,

And Wilkinson says
that while publication - Official Secrets

And Wilkinson says that while publication

Ironically,
publication may actually - Official Secrets

Ironically, publication may actually

- Would not confirm but did not deny.
- (SCOFFS) - Official Secrets

- Would not confirm but did not deny. - (SCOFFS)

Wilkinson may not issue
a D-Notice - Official Secrets

Wilkinson may not issue a D-Notice

- Thank you.
- Legally, we have a top secret document - Official Secrets

- Thank you. - Legally, we have a top secret document

Look, Rog, don't forget - Official Secrets

Look, Rog, don't forget

Since when did this paper
prioritize political access - Official Secrets

Since when did this paper prioritize political access

Thank you, Roger.
(CLEARS THROAT) - Official Secrets

Thank you, Roger. (CLEARS THROAT)

(CHEERING) - Official Secrets

ROGER:
Brighty, congratulations. - Official Secrets

ROGER: Brighty, congratulations.

PETER: Every major
European paper is citing us - Official Secrets

PETER: Every major European paper is citing us

They all want to interview you
for their morning shows - Official Secrets

They all want to interview you for their morning shows

- I haven't told anyone.
- Good. That's good. - Official Secrets

- I haven't told anyone. - Good. That's good.

Why don't you get in touch
with your friend Tony, Kamal? - Official Secrets

Why don't you get in touch with your friend Tony, Kamal...

They just said sorry,
but they didn't think - Official Secrets

They just said sorry, but they didn't think

Brighty, reporter
from Santiago. - Official Secrets

Brighty, reporter from Santiago.

At this stage,
we have no idea what information - Official Secrets

At this stage, we have no idea what information

We've printed
a fake fucking memo - Official Secrets

We've printed a fake fucking memo

Oh, you fucking idiot.
There. You see it? - Official Secrets

Oh, you fucking idiot. There. You see it?

Some English cunt has tried
to fake an American NSA memo - Official Secrets

Some English cunt has tried to fake an American NSA memo

And recognize with a Z,
not an S. - Official Secrets

And recognize with a Z, not an S.

You're an American editor.
What story do you put out now? - Official Secrets

You're an American editor. What story do you put out no...

That The Observer is
doubling down on a fake memo? - Official Secrets

That The Observer is doubling down on a fake memo?

Or that the staff
of this newspaper - Official Secrets

Or that the staff of this newspaper

It's all right.
Would you like a cup of tea? - Official Secrets

It's all right. Would you like a cup of tea?

Now I'm sure it wasn't
anyone in this division, - Official Secrets

Now I'm sure it wasn't anyone in this division,

If you know anything
or suspect anyone, - Official Secrets

If you know anything or suspect anyone,

If you do not
and you are found to have - Official Secrets

If you do not and you are found to have

You should see the file
that tosser's got on me. - Official Secrets

You should see the file that tosser's got on me.

GCHQ for two years. - Official Secrets

GCHQ for two years.

Compels one to think
about the consequences of war, - Official Secrets

Compels one to think about the consequences of war,

- Yes, I suppose it does.
- Are you anti-war, Katharine? - Official Secrets

- Yes, I suppose it does. - Are you anti-war, Katharine?

Uh, I think
sometimes war is necessary. - Official Secrets

Uh, I think sometimes war is necessary.

But were you sent away - Official Secrets

But were you sent away

Gave you a clear sense
of right and wrong, did it, - Official Secrets

Gave you a clear sense of right and wrong, did it,

They're bringing everyone in.
One by one. - Official Secrets

They're bringing everyone in. One by one.

I'm so sorry - Official Secrets

REPORTER: ...ask you about a
report in The Observer newspaper - Official Secrets

REPORTER: ...ask you about a report in The Observer newspape...

REPORTER: If you're
a Cameroonian diplomat - Official Secrets

REPORTER: If you're a Cameroonian diplomat

...I'm not indicating to you
whether it's true or not true. - Official Secrets

...I'm not indicating to you whether it's true or ...

...of policy that predates
this administration. - Official Secrets

...of policy that predates this administration.

If I don't, then they'll get
away with saying it was a fake. - Official Secrets

If I don't, then they'll get away with saying it w...

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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 of Iraq.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Gavin Hood

Writer: Sara Bernstein, Gregory Bernstein, Gavin Hood

Production: Clear Pictures Entertainment,Classified Films,Screen Yorkshire,Entertainment One,Sierra/Affinity,Entertainment One Features,The Mark Gordon Company

Genre: biography, crime, drama

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 63/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $1,988,546

Released: 30 Aug 2019

Awards: 5 wins & 16 nominations

Homepage: https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/official-secrets

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