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Official Secrets has cast Natalie Dormer, Paul Bettany, Harrison Ford, Martin Freeman, and Anthony Hopkins in lead roles. The espionage thriller, based on a true story, will be directed by Justin Chadwick and was penned by Young & Hungry List Alums Sara and Gregory Bernstein.
The political nail-biter centers on British linguist Katharine Gun who, in 2003, leaked a memo from US NSA chief of staff Frank Koza, who requested assistance from the UK in bugging several United Nations offices in the hopes to gauge if swing vote nations would approve the United States’ invasion of Iraq.
Centers on British linguist Katharine Gun who, in 2003, leaked a memo from US NSA chief of staff Frank Koza, who requested assistance from the UK in bugging several United Nations offices.
Logline: The remarkable true story of Katharine Gun, a woman who stood up to her government and the US in defense of the truth about the war in Iraq.