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The Fifth Estate

"You can't expose the world's secrets without exposing yourself"

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R 2013 · 2h 8m
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A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.

Theatrical
Oct 18, 2013
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 28, 2014
Box Office
$8.6M
Budget
$28.0M
Return
0.3x
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Participant, Reliance Entertainment, Anonymous Content, DreamWorks Pictures
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