"We speak with a British whistleblower whose attempts to expose lies about the Iraq invasion was called "the most important and courageous leak" in history by acclaimed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. Her name is Katharine Gun."
This U.K. Whistleblower Almost Stopped the Iraq Invasion. A New Film Tells Her Story
15 Years Later: How U.K. Whistleblower Katharine Gun Risked Everything to Leak Damning Iraq War Memo
Premise[edit]
Cast[edit]
- Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun
- Matt Smith as Martin Bright
- Matthew Goode as Peter Beaumont
- Rhys Ifans as Ed Vulliamy
- Adam Bakri as Yasar Gun
- Indira Varma as Shami Chakrabarti
- Ralph Fiennes as Ben Emmerson
- Conleth Hill as Roger Alton
- Tamsin Greig as Elizabeth Wilmshurst
- Hattie Morahan as Yvonne Ridley
- Ray Panthaki as Kamal Ahmed
- Angus Wright as Mark Ellison
- Chris Larkin as Nigel H. Jones
- Monica Dolan as Fiona Bygate
- Jack Farthing as Andy Dumfries
- Clive Francis as Admiral Nick Wilkinson
- John Heffernan as James Welch
- Kenneth Cranham as Judge Hyam
- Darrell D'Silva as Chilean Ambassador
- Janie Dee as Jan Clements
- MyAnna Buring as Jasmine
- Niccy Lin as Mi-Yung
- Chris Reilly as Jerry
- Shaun Dooley as John
- Peter Guinness as TinTin
- Hanako Footman as Nicole Mowbray
- Jeremy Northam[5] as Ken Macdonald
Production[edit]
Release[edit]
Reception[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Official Secrets". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "Official Secrets". The Numbers. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ Koza, Frank. "US plan to bug Security Council: the text". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Ex-GCHQ officer 'preventing war'". BBC. 27 November 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ Rooney, David (29 January 2019). "'Official Secrets': Film Review Sundance 2019". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ McNary, Dave (28 January 2016). "Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins to Star in Thriller 'Official Secrets'". Variety. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ McNary, Dave (12 February 2016). "Berlin: 'A Prophet' Star Tahar Rahim Joins Harrison Ford in 'Official Secrets' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ McNary, Dave (13 February 2016). "Berlin: Gillian Anderson Joining Harrison Ford in 'Official Secrets' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Pape, Stefan (1 March 2017). ""Things haven't changed" – Gillian Anderson on the relevance of Viceroy's House". Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Cook, Laurence (16 January 2016). "U.K. Greenlit: "Official Secrets," "Mrs. Lowry and Son," BBC's "Les Miserables," + More Start Shooting by Next Month, Need Talent". Backstage. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Galuppo, Mia (2 February 2018). "Keira Knightley, Matt Smith to Star in Real-Life Spy Thriller 'Official Secrets'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Kay, Jeremy (12 February 2018). "Keira Knightley, Matt Smith to star in 'Official Secrets' (exclusive)". Screendaily. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (8 March 2018). "Ralph Fiennes and Matthew Goode Join Keira Knightley Thriller 'Official Secrets' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Newton, Grace (14 March 2018). "Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes and Matt Smith film new movie in village near Leeds". The Yorkshire Post.
- ^ White, Peter (15 March 2018). "'Game Of Thrones' Indira Varma & Conleth Hill Join Gavin Hood's 'Official Secrets'". Deadline.com.
- ^ Bardsley, Andrew (19 March 2018). "Manchester transformed into London as Keira Knightley arrives in town for new film". Manchester Evening News.
- ^ Houghton, Alistair (28 April 2018). "Revealed: Why Keira Knightley was spotted in Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 28 April2018.
- ^ Patten, Dominic (28 November 2018). "Sundance 2019: Premieres Include Harvey Weinstein Docu, Mindy Kaling, Dr. Ruth, UK Spies, Miles Davis & Ted Bundy". Deadline.com.
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana (2 February 2019). "Sundance: Keira Knightly Whistleblower Drama 'Official Secrets' Acquired by IFC Films". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Official Secrets". IFC Films. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ Pederson, Erik (2 April 2019). "'Official Secrets': Keira Knightley-Ralph Fiennes Whistleblower Thriller Gets Release Date Via IFC Films". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ "Official Secrets: Keira Knightley stars in story of Iraq war whistleblower – trailer". TheGuardian.com. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ "Official Secrets (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ Husseini, Sam (30 August 2019). "Film Official Secrets Is Tip of Mammoth Iceberg". FAIR. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
External links[edit]
- 2019 films
- English-language films
- 2010s thriller drama films
- 2010s spy films
- 2010s political films
- American films
- American thriller drama films
- American spy films
- American political drama films
- British films
- British thriller drama films
- British spy films
- British political films
- Films about whistleblowing
- Films directed by Gavin Hood
- Films set in London
- Films set in Gloucestershire
- Films shot in Lancashire
- Films shot in Yorkshire
- Entertainment One films
- IFC Films films
- Docudramas
Contents
Early life[edit]
The leak[edit]
Court case[edit]
Later life[edit]
See also[edit]
- The UN Security Council and the Iraq war
- Graymail
- Jock Kane, 1970s GCHQ whistleblower
- List of whistleblowers
- Speaking truth to power
References[edit]
- ^ Christoph Gunkel: Whistleblowerin Katharine Gun - "Ich fürchtete, sie könnten meine Gedanken lesen". Spiegel Omline, 28 October 2019 (Interview, German)
- ^ IPA's editor (25 February 2004). "The Katharine Gun Case". accuracy.org. Institute for Public Accuracy. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Ex-GCHQ officer 'preventing war'". BBC. 27 November 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ ab c d e f g h i j Oliver Burkeman and Richard Norton-Taylor (26 February 2004). "The spy who wouldn't keep a secret". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ Mitchell, Marcia; Mitchell, Thomas (2008). The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War: Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion.
- ^ Martin Bright (3 March 2013). "Katharine Gun: Ten years on what happened to the woman who revealed dirty tricks on the UN Iraq war vote?". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ Koza, Frank. "US plan to bug Security Council: the text". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Katharine Gun". BBC News. 26 February 2004.
- ^ "Ex-GCHQ woman charged over 'leak'". BBC News. 13 November 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ ab c d e "GCHQ translator cleared over leak". BBC News. 26 February 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ Bright, Martin (22 February 2004). "GCHQ mother: My girl is not a traitor". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Norton-Taylor, Richard (4 May 2019). "Leaking or briefing? Inside the world of ministers' secrets". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ Townsend, Mark (1 September 2019). "Iraq war whistleblower's trial 'was halted due to national security threat'". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ ab Gun, Katharine (20 March 2006). "Iran: Time To Leak". TomPaine.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2006.
- ^ Patten, Dominic (28 November 2018). "Sundance 2019: Premieres Include Harvey Weinstein Docu, Mindy Kaling, Dr. Ruth, UK Spies, Miles Davis & Ted Bundy". Deadline.com.
- ^ Daniel Ellsberg speaking about Katharine Gun – 2018
- ^ In 2003, This U.K. Whistleblower Almost Stopped the Iraq Invasion. A New Film Tells Her Story
- ^ 15 Years Later: How U.K. Whistleblower Katharine Gun Risked Everything to Leak a Damning Iraq War Memo
Further reading[edit]
- Marcia Mitchell: The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War: Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion, Polipoint Press (2008). ISBN 978-0981576916.
External links[edit]
- EXCLUSIVE: International War Whistleblowers Tell Why They Exposed Their Governments, 15 Years Later: How U.K. Whistleblower Katharine Gun Risked Everything to Leak a Damning Iraq War Memo - interviews with Katherine Gun 2004 and 2019 on Democracy Now!
- The Katharine Gun case, news articles at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 April 2004)
- Katharine Gun interview on why she blew the whistle
- The leaked memo at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 February 2004)
- Links to news stories (2003–2006) about Katharine Gun