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The Fifth Estate

2013 film directed by Bill Condon
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Summary

The Fifth Estate is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,655 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Bill Condon[3]
  • Screenwriter: Josh Singer[4], David Leigh[5], Daniel Domscheit-Berg[6], Luke Harding[7]
  • Composer: Carter Burwell[8]
  • Genre: thriller film[9], drama film[10], biographical film[11]
  • Based on: Inside WikiLeaks[12]
  • Cast member: Benedict Cumberbatch[13], Daniel Brühl[14], Anthony Mackie[15], David Thewlis[16], Alicia Vikander[17], Stanley Tucci[18], Laura Linney[19], Carice van Houten[20], Peter Capaldi[21], Dan Stevens[22], Alexander Siddig[23], Alexander Beyer[24], Moritz Bleibtreu[25], Jamie Blackley[26]
  • Producer: Steve Golin[27], Jeff Skoll[28]
  • Performer: Carter Burwell[29]
  • Production company: DreamWorks[30], Participant[31], Reliance Entertainment[32], Anonymous Content[33], Touchstone Pictures[34]
  • Director of photography: Tobias A. Schliessler[35]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[36]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[37]
  • Review score: 5.4/10[38], 35%[39], 49/100[40]
  • Color: color[41]
  • Country of origin: United States[42], India[43]
  • Publication date: October 18, 2013[44], October 31, 2013[45], October 8, 2015[46]
  • Characters: Julian Assange[47], Daniel Domscheit-Berg[48], Nick Davies[49], Anke Domscheit-Berg[50], Birgitta Jónsdóttir[51], Alan Rusbridger[52], Ian Katz[53], Marcel Rosenbach[54], Bill Keller[55], George W. Bush[56], Hillary Clinton[57]

Why It Matters

The Fifth Estate has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

Related Entities

Alexander Siddig Alicia Vikander Anthony Mackie Benedict Cumberbatch Bill Condon Carice van Houten Daniel Brühl Daniel Domscheit-Berg Dan Stevens David Thewlis film George W. Bush Hera Hilmar Hillary Clinton India Jeff Skoll Julian Assange Laura Linney Liège London Michelle Obama Moritz Bleibtreu Netflix Peter Capaldi Stanley Tucci United States Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . moviepilot.de. Retrieved . moviepilot.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . metacritic.com. Retrieved . metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . metacritic.com. Retrieved . metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur' Pushed Back Nearly 18 Months After Losing Director. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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