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Snowden

Snowden

The only safe place is on the run.

20167.12h 15m

Overview

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

Directed by Oliver Stone
Written by Oliver Stone, Kieran Fitzgerald, Anatoly Kucherena
Produced by Fernando Sulichin, Eric Kopeloff, Moritz Borman
Box OfficeBudget: $40.0MRevenue: $37.4M

Top Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Edward Snowden

Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley

Lindsay Mills

Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo

Laura Poitras

Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto

Glenn Greenwald

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Ewen MacAskill

Scott Eastwood

Scott Eastwood

Trevor James

Timothy Olyphant

Timothy Olyphant

CIA Agent Geneva

Ben Schnetzer

Ben Schnetzer

Gabriel Sol

LaKeith Stanfield

LaKeith Stanfield

Patrick Haynes

Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans

Corbin O'Brian

Themes & Keywords

biographyidealismidealistnational security agency (nsa)investigative journalismwhistleblowerpolitical thrillersurveillance statefighting the systemmass surveillance

About Snowden

Snowden is a drama, history, crime, thriller film released in 2016 exploring themes of biography, idealism, idealist, national security agency (nsa), investigative journalism, whistleblower. Directed by Oliver Stone, it stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo. CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

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