![]() ![]() Gun tried to stop it, and that is admirable in its own right. and Britain wanted the UN vote (which never took place) was to put some shadow over their own activities in this regard. This movie, though, is not telling the story of a triumph in stopping an unfortunate war but rather the power of one person’s conscience in trying to make a difference. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair did enter into the Iraq War just three months later, so this act of courage did nothing to change the trajectory of what became a false premise in starting the war. It is almost a fantasy concept in the Trump era. Joined on the screenplay by Sara Bernstein and Gregory Bernstein (based on the book The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War: Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion), he presents a simple story of one person doing the right thing, against all odds and in personal peril. That is the basic premise of this riveting movie from Oscar winning director Gavin Hood ( Tsotsi, Eye in the Sky), a helmer who often delves into questionable activities on the part of various governments. Before long Gun appears to be in over her head and knee deep in legal trouble as she admits she did this. Knightley stars as the GCHQ translator who leaked a classified memo to the Observer exposing the US plot to spy on the UN shortly before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Didn't remember the story, at the time, of the Iraq War. Gun becomes a whistleblower, leaking the email to Martin Bright (Matt Smith), a reporter for the Observer, who becomes the first journalist to write about this illegal act. Keira Knightley in 'Official Secrets' is on Netflix Watched it today and was fascinated. and UK governments plan on blackmailing members of the United Nations in order to get them to vote yes for a war resolution in order to stop what they suspect is Saddam Hussein’s buildup of weapons of mass destruction. Official Secrets is released on October 18th in the UK.Īlso stars: Matthew Goode, Ralph Fiennes, Indira Varma, Conleth Hill, Rhys Ifans.Set in the post-9/11 era - early 2003, to be exact - the story concerns Katharine Gun Keira Knightley), a British spy who works in intelligence and comes upon an email which suggests the U.S. I never got into The Crown, so it’s great to see Matt Smith again, other than briefly in Terminator Genisys. Official Secrets traces the 2004 criminal trial of Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a 28-year-old Mandarin translator for Britain’s secretive Government Communications Headquarters, aka. ![]() ![]() Is it prescience or plain luck that a drama about Katharine. This film has a great cast and I’m really looking forward to it. Starring: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Adam Bakri, Indira Varma, and Ralph Fiennes. Their legal battles exposed the highest levels of government in both London and Washington … As Iraq descended into chaos, Katharine was arrested and charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act. But within days, Bush declared he no longer needed UN backing and invaded anyway. Members of the Security Council were outraged and any chance of a UN resolution in favour of war collapsed. At great personal and professional risk, journalist Martin Bright published the leaked document in The Observer newspaper in London, and the story made headlines around the world. So what's the story behind the film - which delves. The memo proposed blackmailing smaller, undecided member states into voting for war. KEIRA Knightley stars in Official Secrets as brave whistleblowing translator Katharine Gun who 'wanted to stop bombs dropping on Iraq'. Synopsis: A morality tale for the 21st century, Official Secrets tells the true story of British Intelligence whistle-blower Katharine Gun who, during the immediate run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, leaked a top secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. Will she be guilty? I expect we’ll have to wait two hours to find out. Official Secrets shows Keira Knightley works for the government but she may or may not have leaked an email, and so she may or may not be in big trub, and if she is, then she’s breached the Official Secrets Act and she’ll definitely be in big trub. ![]()
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