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Directed by | James Vanderbilt |
Screenplay by | James Vanderbilt |
Based on | Truth and Duty by Mary Mapes |
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Cinematography | Mandy Walker |
Edited by | Richard Francis-Bruce |
Music by | Brian Tyler |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 125 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $9.6 million[2] |
Box office | $5.6 million[3] |
Truth is a 2015 American biographical political drama film written and directed by James Vanderbilt in his directorial debut. It is based on American television news producer Mary Mapes's memoir Truth and Duty: The Press, the President and the Privilege of Power. The film focuses on the Killian documents controversy and the resulting last days of news anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes at CBS News. It stars Cate Blanchett as Mapes and Robert Redford as Rather.
Truth had its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received a limited release in the United States on October 16, 2015, before being released nationwide on October 30, 2015, by Sony Pictures Classics.[4]
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