Snowden is a movie directed by Oliver Stone in 2016 and based on the book Time of the Octopus: Based on the True Story of Whistleblower Edward Snowden by Anatoly Kucherena, first published in 2015. The movie features Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Book by Luke Harding
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Storyline
In 2013, Edward Snowden arranges a clandestine meeting in Hong Kong with documentarian Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald. Poitras later released a documentary about this meeting titled Citizenfour, this in turn was used in a scene within the film Snowden. He eventually fractures his tibia, and is informed that he will be receiving an administrative discharge and that he may serve his country in other ways.
Movie vs Book
Year
2016
Minutes
134
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Year
2015
Pages
256
Book Rate
7.82
S: Goodreads
Book
Time of the Octopus
Subtitle: Based on the True Story of Whistleblower Edward Snowden
Author: Anatoly Kucherena
Country: Rusia
First published in: 2015
Length: 256 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“The most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books.”
DAVID S. GOYER (Writer, Filmmaker)
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