The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate

  • Director: Bill Condon
  • Writer: Daniel Domscheit-Berg,David Leigh,Luke Harding
  • Countries of origin: United States, India, Belgium
  • Language: English, Icelandic, Swahili, Arabic
  • Release date: October 18, 2013
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, Datasat, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: The Man Who Sold the World
  • "The Fifth Estate" is a biographical thriller produced by American DreamWorks, directed by Bill Condon, starring Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch , Daniel Brühl , Anthony Mackie , David Thewlis , Alicia Amanda Vikander , Stanley Oliver Tucci , and Laura Linney . The film was released in the United States on October 18, 2013.
    The film is adapted from the biography of Julian Paul Assange , the founder of WikiLeaks . It tells the story of the hacker Julian Paul Assange and his partner Daniel Berg and the decryption website they founded. At the beginning they mutually benefited each other, but as the website grows and grows in the world After the scope had a huge impact, the relationship between the two people gradually appeared crisis   .

    Details

    • Release date October 18, 2013
    • Filming locations Domaine provincial d'Hélécine, 2 rue Armand Dewolf, Hélécine, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
    • Production companies Dreamworks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Participant

    Box office

    Budget

    $28,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $3,255,008

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $1,673,351

    Gross worldwide

    $9,058,564

    Movie reviews

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    • By Nora 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      Wikileaks

      It was filmed in the United States, and the people involved were still alive at the time, and it was adapted from Daniel's book, so it must be biased, and what happened to the reporter in the film, I have read about this reporter's evaluation of Assange, although he also I think that Assange is radical and doesn't trust others, but he is sure that he is someone who can sacrifice himself for the sake of justice, and he is too much of the US government.
             In fact, the most ironic thing...

    • By Miller 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      "Quotes"

      "As Oscar Wilde said: "Give a man a mask, and he will tell you the truth.""


      "Courage is contagious."


      "It does not matter how small you are as long as you have faith and a plan of action. "


      You can't go far in this world by relying on people. People are loyal until it seems opportune not to be."


      "You don't want ugly pictures, you should stay out of ugly wars."


      "I guess everyone has secrets. Scars. Moments in time that...

    • By Justina 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      Be brave if you have the courage

      What is the function and significance of the secret? Perhaps for individuals, it is the hidden source of becoming itself; then, for the system, because it is necessary to "maintain stability" to operate, it should be unspeakable and unspeakable. The movie satisfies everyone's desire to spy, and "The Fifth Floor" can be regarded as the reveal of WikiLeaks. It's a pity that the veil is lifted, it's not a beautiful woman looking forward to her appearance, but a personal show of Assange in the...

    • By Chesley 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      Pursuing the truth or exposing privacy???

      I'm not very good at writing articles, it's neither deep nor interesting, but it's just a little bit of my
      thoughts after reading it, please don't take it too seriously.

      The decryption of the crisis is better than imagined. After reading it, it makes people think about many serious issues,
      especially for reporters or people who often want to know the truth.
      The era of events in it is very close to us, and the parties involved are still alive
      . It looks very...

    • By Eunice 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      Pursuing the truth or exposing privacy???

      I'm not very good at writing articles, it's neither deep nor interesting, but it's just a little bit of my
      thoughts after reading it, please don't take it too seriously.

      The decryption of the crisis is better than imagined. After reading it, it makes people think about many serious issues,
      especially for reporters or people who often want to know the truth.
      The era of events in it is very close to us, and the parties involved are still alive
      . It looks very...

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    • By Nola 2023-09-23 21:26:57

      Now that the story was chosen, the possibility of people comparing it to social networks and being disappointed—and it turned out to be...

    • By Darby 2023-09-21 11:38:54

      In fact, I watched this film for my big cousin, but it didn't take a few minutes... The level of bliss and ugliness in this film has risen to a new level, and I can't stand his accent... As for the film itself, the filming The story is too messy, the director put too much energy on the form expression, but the story is not brilliant or attractive, and in the end it can only be a result that is neither painful nor...

    • By Mona 2023-05-11 10:08:48

      It feels like the story is over before it even...

    • By Chaz 2023-01-07 02:52:25

      Assange, played by Cuan Fu, is in place, breaking out the golden sentences of Solzhenitsyn and others from time to time. The film presents WikiLeaks' oppositional approach to information processing: either leaving the original document unedited with a paranoid attitude, or commenting on the edited document with a...

    • By Hildegard 2022-12-23 01:29:39

      Use it as a documentary to understand the background of Wiki's...

    Movie plot

    WikiLeaks is a large-scale document leakage and analysis website, established in December 2006, with the purpose of exposing government and corporate corruption. Julian Paul Assange ( Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch ) is its founder. He has majored in physics and mathematics, and has worked as a programmer and hacker. He believes that disclosing secret documents and information of public governance institutions is a good thing for...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The prototype of the character "Ziggy" in the film was Sigurdur Thordarson, an employee who volunteered to work for WikiLeaks, but he was an FBI informant when he was later discovered.
    Wiki founder Julian Paul Assange himself sent an email to actor Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, begging him not to participate in the film.
    James McAvoy was originally scheduled to play Daniel Berg, but later withdrew due to a conflict with the stage...
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    Evaluation action

    The film did not deliberately tell a story that convinced the audience, but wasted its pen and ink on preaching the growing influence of the WikiLeaks website, failing to grasp the main point. (Comment on "indieWIRE")
    The film actor Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch looks aloof and cautiously plays the hacker Julian Paul Assange handy, creating a mixture of conceit, genius and innocence. (Review of "Movie Nation") 
    "The Fifth...
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    Movie quotes

    • Julian Assange: If you want the truth, no one is going to tell you the truth, they're going to tell you their version. So if you want the truth, you have to seek it out for yourself. In fact that's where power lies, in your willingness to look beyond this story, any story. And as long as you keep searching, you are dangerous to them. That's what they're afraid of: you. It's all about you. And a little bit about me too.

    • Birgitta Jónsdóttir: [watching Julian dance] He's like an octopus, he's like everywhere at the same time!

      Daniel Berg: Yeah!

      Julian Assange: Come on, Daniel, you need space to let your ego FLOW!

    • Julian Assange: As Oscar Wilde said, "Man is least himself when he talks with his own person. Give a man a mask, and he will tell you the truth. "