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The Fifth Estate (film)
The Fifth Estate
is a 2013
thriller film
directed by
Bill Condon
, about the
news-leaking
website
WikiLeaks
. The film stars
Benedict Cumberbatch
as its editor-in-chief and founder
Julian Assange
, and
Daniel Brühl
as its former spokesperson
Daniel Domscheit-Berg
.
Anthony Mackie
,
David Thewlis
,
Alicia Vikander
,
Stanley Tucci
, and
Laura Linney
are featured in supporting roles. The film's screenplay was written by
Josh Singer
based in-part on Domscheit-Berg's book
Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange and the World's Most Dangerous Website
(2011), as well as (2011) by British journalists
David Leigh
and
Luke Harding
. The film's name is a
term used to describe
the people who operate in the manner of journalists outside the normal constraints imposed on the mainstream media.
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