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We Steal Secrets

2013 · 127 min · Director: Alex Gibney ★ IMDb 6.9 · 8,358 ratings

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A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.

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We Steal Secrets (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Anxiety 25%, Curiosity 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Anxiety, Curiosity. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Anxiety and Curiosity. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Sympathy
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 33 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriositySympathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity58 %65 %3 %38 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Curiosity55 %63 %9 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Curiosity57 %54 %26 %38 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Disturbing66 %46 %46 %45 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Disturbing64 %45 %49 %41 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Sympathy54 %45 %46 %31 %
32.5 %≈ 41′Curiosity51 %50 %41 %32 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity57 %56 %38 %45 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Tension66 %56 %43 %59 %
47.5 %≈ 60′Disturbing66 %56 %35 %61 %
52.5 %≈ 67′Curiosity60 %59 %20 %54 %
57.5 %≈ 73′Curiosity59 %60 %15 %53 %
62.5 %≈ 79′Curiosity65 %54 %30 %54 %
67.5 %≈ 86′Sympathy71 %46 %46 %54 %
72.5 %≈ 92′Tension69 %49 %39 %59 %
77.5 %≈ 98′Tension66 %49 %41 %59 %
82.5 %≈ 105′Sympathy65 %48 %46 %50 %
87.5 %≈ 111′Curiosity66 %49 %44 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 117′Sympathy75 %41 %63 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 124′Sympathy78 %35 %77 %38 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JA
Julian Assange

JA
Julian Assange

Self - Founder, WikiLeaks (archive footage)

AL
Adrian Lamo

CM
Chelsea Manning

Self - WikiLeaks Source (archive footage)

J'
John 'FuzzFace' McMahon

HB
Heather Brooke

Self - Journalist

AG
Alex Gibney

Narrator (voice)

RM
Robert Manne

Self - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne

J'
John 'Fuzface' McMahon

Self - NASA Network Administrator

MH
Michael Hayden

Self - Former NSA and CIA Director

JW
J. William Leonard

Self - U.S. Government Classification Czar

DD
Daniel Domscheit-Berg

Self - Former WikiLeaks Spokesperson

SM
Smári McCarthy

Self - Icelandic Digital Freedom Society

BJ
Birgitta Jónsdóttir

Self - Icelandic Parliamentarian

TD
Timothy Douglas Webster

Self - Former Army Counterintelligence Agent

JE
Jason Edwards

Self - Friend of Bradley Manning

JS
Jihrleah Showman

Self - Bradley Manning's Supervisor

PJ
Philip J. Crowley

Self - Former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

MD
Mark Davis

Self - Journalist & Filmmaker

KD
Ken Day

Self - Australian Federal Police

KL
Kevin Lee Poulsen

Self - News Editor, Wired.com

ND
Nick Davies

Self - Investigative Journalist, The Guardian

Details

Directed by
Alex Gibney
Written by
Alex Gibney
Type
Movies
Released
2013
Runtime
127 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 8,358 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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