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Official secrets / Entertainment One presents ; in association with GS Media and Screen Yorkshire ; a Classified Films and Clear Pictures Entertainment production ; in association with Silver Reel ; directed by Gavin Hood ; written by Sara Bernstein & Gregory Bernstein and Gavin Hood ; produced by Ged Doherty, Elizabeth Fowler, Melissa Shiyu Zuo.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 59209408000 | ParamountLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publisher: Hollywood, CA : Paramount, [2019]Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Mitchell, Marcia. Spy who tried to stop a war
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Florian Hoffmeister ; editor, Megan Gill ; music, Paul Hepker and Mark Kilian.
Cast: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, Adam Bakri, Ralph Fiennes.Summary: The incredible true story of the spy who defied her government to stop a war. In 2003, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun received a memo with a shocking directive: collect blackmail worthy information on UN council members to force the vote for the invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world rush into war. Gun makes the decision to leak the memo to the press, igniting an international firestorm that would expose a vast political conspiracy and put Gun in harm's way.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD DRAMA Official Available 33111009521713
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The incredible true story of the spy who defied her government to stop a war. In 2003, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun received a memo with a shocking directive: collect blackmail-worthy information on UN council members to force the vote for the invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world rush into war. Gun makes the decision to leak the memo to the press, igniting an international firestorm that would expose a vast political conspiracy and put Gun in harm's way.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)

English descriptive audio track

DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs.

English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; English audio description; closed-captioned.

Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, Adam Bakri, Ralph Fiennes.

Director of photography, Florian Hoffmeister ; editor, Megan Gill ; music, Paul Hepker and Mark Kilian.

Based on the book "The spy who tried to stop a war" by Marcia and Thomas Mitchell.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.

Wide screen.

MPAA rating: R; for language.

The incredible true story of the spy who defied her government to stop a war. In 2003, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun received a memo with a shocking directive: collect blackmail worthy information on UN council members to force the vote for the invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world rush into war. Gun makes the decision to leak the memo to the press, igniting an international firestorm that would expose a vast political conspiracy and put Gun in harm's way.

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