Snowden
The only safe place is on the run.
Country
Production
Budget
$40 000 000
Box office
$37 357 216
Website
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Moritz Borman, Philip Schulz-Deyle, Eric Kopeloff, Fernando Sulichin, James D. Stern, Tom Ortenberg, Jérôme Seydoux, Douglas Hansen, Romain Le Grand, Michael Bassick
Camera operator
Composer
Craig Armstrong
Artist
Mark Tildesley, Calvin Tsoi
Audition
Editing
Lee Percy, Alex Márquez
Whole Team (91)
Whole Team (91)
Short description
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
What's left behind the scenes
- The character Corbin O'Brien is a reference to the character O'Brien from George Orwell's novel "1984".
- Nicolas Cage previously starred in Oliver Stone's film 'W.N.T.' (2006) and, due to his good relationship with Stone, agreed to participate in this project as well.
- After filming, Oliver Stone met with Edward Snowden and showed him a rough cut of the film.
- When Snowden leaves his hotel room, a cell phone can be noticed inside the microwave.
- This is Oliver Stone's first narrative feature film shot on digital cameras. Previously, the director had only used digital cameras for his documentary projects.
- The US premiere took place on September 16, 2016, the day after Oliver Stone's birthday. The director turned 70 years old.
- Timothy Olyphant and Zachary Quinto both starred in Hitman films. Olyphant appeared in "Hitman" (2007), and Quinto in "Hitman: Agent 47" (2015).
- This is already the 20th feature film directed by Oliver Stone.
- Before deciding to make this film, Oliver Stone met with Edward Snowden in Moscow three times.
- As Snowden copies files onto his microSD card on the base in Hawaii, he does so from a computer running Windows, and dozens of pop-up windows appear reporting file copying. In reality, only one pop-up window should have appeared.
- Shailene Woodley was cast in the film on November 15, 2014 – her 23rd birthday.
- Melissa Leo played the role of journalist Laura Poitras, who previously directed the film 'Citizenfour' (2014).
- The US premiere took place on September 16, 2016, the day after Oliver Stone's birthday. The director had turned 70.
- To ensure the script didn't leak, Oliver Stone worked on it only on one computer that had no internet connection.
- This is the 20th feature film directed by Oliver Stone.
- The film is based on the books "The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man" by Luke Harding and "Time of the Octopus" by Anatoly Kucherena.
- The dating site used by Lindsay Mills and Edward Snowden to communicate is a reference to the classic anime 'Ghost in the Shell' (1995).
- While filming in Germany, Oliver Stone's mother passed away. Stone was forced to miss her funeral due to the project's time and budgetary constraints. Otherwise, completing the film within the existing budget and schedule would not have been possible.
- Before filming, Edward Snowden advised Oliver Stone not to depict the NSA command center as being as luxurious as they are typically shown in movies and television shows, as these centers actually operate on very limited budgets.
- Shailene Woodley learned to pole dance for her role.
- During a video chat between Janine and Greenwald and others from the hotel room, Janine receives an image showing depth of field in the camera, as two people sitting behind Greenwald are out of focus. This wouldn't have happened if it had been filmed with a webcam.
- The character Corbin O'Brien is a reference to the character O'Brien from George Orwell's novel '1984'.
- In its opening weekend, the film had the lowest box office results of all Oliver Stone's films.
- Oliver Stone met with Julian Assange in April 2013 at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, but Assange himself does not appear in the film, not even as a character. In reality, Assange actively helped Snowden leave Hong Kong. The only WikiLeaks project member to appear in the film is Sarah Harrison, who traveled with Snowden from Hong Kong to Moscow and supported him there. She is shown in archival footage toward the end of the film.
- While filming was taking place in Germany, Oliver Stone's mother passed away. Stone was forced to miss her funeral due to the project's time and budget constraints. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to complete the film within the existing budget and schedule.
- After filming concluded, Oliver Stone met with Edward Snowden and showed him a rough cut of the movie.
- Before deciding to film this movie, Oliver Stone met with Edward Snowden three times in Moscow.
- Nicolas Cage previously starred in Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" (2006) and, due to his good relationship with Stone, agreed to participate in this project of his as well.
- During its opening weekend, the film had the lowest box office results of any film directed by Oliver Stone.
- Tom Wilkinson previously played the role of President Joseph F. Kennedy in the series "The Kennedys" (2011). Oliver Stone directed the film "JFK" (1991).
- Oliver Stone met with Julian Assange in April 2013 at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, but Assange himself did not appear in the film, even as a character. In reality, Assange actively helped Snowden leave Hong Kong. The only participant from WikiLeaks who took part in this film is Sarah Harrison, who travelled with Snowden from Hong Kong to Moscow and supported him there. She is shown in archival footage towards the end of the film.
- This is Oliver Stone's first feature film shot on digital cameras. Previously, the director had used digital cameras only for his documentary projects.
- This film was one of the first to be shot primarily using the ARRI 65 6.5k camera.
- Tom Wilkinson previously played the role of President Joseph F. Kennedy in the series 'The Kennedys' (2011). Oliver Stone directed the film 'JFK' (1991).
- Timothy Olyphant and Zachary Quinto both appeared in Hitman films. Olyphant starred in 'Hitman' (2007), and Quinto in 'Hitman: Agent 47' (2015).
- Filming began on February 16, 2015. At that time, the film was slated for release on December 25, 2015. The release date was then pushed back to May 2016 because the visual effects were too complex and required more time to complete. After the film was fully finished, the premiere date was moved again to September 2016 because the distributor wanted to avoid competition with summer blockbusters.
- When Snowden is making pasta in the kitchen, he pours boiling water into the sink. Steam then hits his face and his glasses fog up. He then collapses, and when he is lying down, it’s visible that his glasses, which were fogged up just a few seconds earlier, are now completely clear.
- Despite being portrayed as an extremely experienced hacker, Snowden copies files onto the card simply by dragging and dropping. Any advanced user, let alone a hacker, would use the command line for this and minimize windows to keep them off-screen.
- Before filming, Edward Snowden advised Oliver Stone not to depict the NSA command center as lavish as it is typically shown in movies and television shows, as these centers are actually maintained on very limited budgets.
- As Snowden and Lindsay walk through a crowd of protesters, a woman with a stroller can be seen on Lindsay's side. In the next shot, that same woman is now on Snowden's side. Furthermore, it’s clearly visible that the baby in the stroller is just a doll.
- Shailene Woodley learned how to pole dance for her role.
- The dating site used by Lyndie Mills and Edward Snowden to communicate is a reference to the classic anime "Ghost in the Shell" (1995).
- Shailene Woodley was cast in the film on November 15, 2014—her 23rd birthday.
- To ensure that the script did not leak online, Oliver Stone worked on it using only one computer that had no internet connection.
- Melissa Leo played the role of journalist Laura Poitras, who previously made the film "Citizenfour: The Truth About Snowden" (2014).
- The film is based on the books 'The Snowden Files: The Story of the World's Most Wanted Man' by Luke Harding and 'Time of the Octopus' by Anatoly Kuchereny.
- Snowden uses a Rubik's Cube to secretly smuggle out a microSD card from a secure NSA facility. He uses an updated version of this cube, as evidenced by the small slots on its faces. Snowden worked at the NSA in 2013 and contacted journalists in the same year, while the cube model he uses only appeared in 2014.
Similar movies
8.4/10
8.4/10
8.4/10
8.4/10
8.4/10
8.4/10
8.4/10
8.3/10
8.2/10
8.2/10
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
