Official Secrets (film)

Official Secrets
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGavin Hood
Screenplay by
  • Gregory Bernstein
  • Sara Bernstein
  • Gavin Hood
Based onThe Spy Who Tried to Stop a War
by Marcia & Thomas Mitchell
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFlorian Hoffmeister
Edited byMegan Gill
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 28 January 2019 (2019-01-28) (Sundance)
  • 30 August 2019 (2019-08-30) (United States)
  • 18 October 2019 (2019-10-18) (United Kingdom)
Running time
112 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$10.1 million[1][2]

Official Secrets is a 2019 British drama film directed by Gavin Hood, based on the case of whistleblower Katharine Gun who exposed an illegal spying operation by American and British intelligence services to gauge sentiment of and potentially blackmail United Nations diplomats tasked to vote on a resolution regarding the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[3][4] Keira Knightley stars as Gun, alongside Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Adam Bakri, Indira Varma and Ralph Fiennes.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 28 January 2019 and was released in the United States on 30 August 2019, by IFC Films, and in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2019, by Entertainment One.

  1. ^ "Official Secrets". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Official Secrets". The Numbers. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ Koza, Frank. "US plan to bug Security Council: the text". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Ex-GCHQ officer 'preventing war'". BBC News. 27 November 2003. Retrieved 30 June 2021.