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2003. As politicians in Britain and the US angle to invade Iraq, GCHQ translator Katharine Gun leaks a classified e-mail that urges spying on members of the UN Security Council to force through the resolution to go to war. Charged with breaking the Official secrets Act, and facing imprisonment, Katharine and her lawyers set out to defend her actions. With her life, liberty and marriage threatened, she must stand up for what she believes in.

2019 · 1h 52m
Director Gavin Hood

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Official Secrets

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2003. As politicians in Britain and the US angle to invade Iraq, GCHQ translator Katharine Gun leaks a classified e-mail that urges spying on members of the UN Security Council to force through the resolution to go to war. Charged with breaking the Official secrets Act, and facing imprisonment, Katharine and her lawyers set out to defend her actions. With her life, liberty and marriage threatened, she must stand up for what she believes in.

COMMON SENSE

True whistleblower story is flawed but effective; swearing.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.9
Reviews 167
Fresh 137
Rotten 30

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2019
Run Time
1 hr 52 min
Rated
R Language
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom
© 2018 OFFICIAL SECRETS HOLDINGS, LLC

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Audio

English (United States) (AD, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.