Underground: The Julian Assange Story

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Sean McIntyre in Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012)

A look at the early career of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.A look at the early career of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.A look at the early career of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.

Director
- Robert Connolly
Writers
- Suelette Dreyfus
- Robert Connolly
Stars

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6.6/10

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Director
- Robert Connolly
Writers
- Suelette Dreyfus
- Robert Connolly
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations

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Trivia
A drama quasi-biopic movie about a later part of Julian Assange's life is The Fifth Estate (2013); covering Wikileaks, the events of the early 2010s, twenty years later.

Goofs
At the start of the movie, a Telstra phone box is seen. The Telstra branding was not introduced until 1995 so this would have been a Telecom phone box at the time the movie is set. Later scenes in the movie correctly have Telecom phone boxes.

Connections
Features Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

Soundtracks
At First Sight
Written by Dom Mariani
Performed by The Stems
Courtesy of Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd

Top notch story and most entertaining

How much 'fact' is involved with this story of Julian Assange early life I do not know. But the movie as itself stands as great entertainment, perfectly cast and with a fantastic script!

Alex Williams as the young Assange gives a powerhouse performance of a young man focused and driven by his wanting to expose 'the truth' and not cause damage in the process. And he achieves his goal even with the dial-up internet of the late 1980's and early 1990's.

The 'authorities' are full of disdain and envy for this group of geniuses and their knowledge of up and coming technology. Assange laid the groundwork for the digital oversight 'the press' has failed to utilize in their mission as the fourth estate to keep an eye on corruption in the state and corporations.

This movie shows that Assange is a 21st century hero!