Item description for Snowden DVD 2016 Brand New

Oliver Stone directed this docudrama about controversial whistle-blower Edward Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his decision to leak classified information from the NSA about a covert surveillance program. Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto, Melissa Leo, and Nicolas Cage co-star., Oliver Stone directed this docudrama about whistle-blower Edward Snowden, who decided to leak classified information from the NSA in order to expose a massive, covert surveillance program orchestrated by the U.S. government. The film traces Snowden's career in both the NSA and CIA as he becomes disillusioned with his work and receives support from his idealistic girlfriend (Shailene Woodley). Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, and Tom Wilkinson co-star., Oliver Stone directs his attention to the still-unfolding saga of controversial whistleblower Edward Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) in this biopic depicting how exposing abuses of power at the NSA made Snowden the world's most wanted fugitive.

"A quiet, crisply drawn portrait of the world’s most celebrated whistle-blower....Mr. Stone has made an honorable and absorbing contribution to the imaginative record of our confusing times."
New York Times - A. O. Scott (09/15/2016)

"SNOWDEN is a superbly crafted, engrossing film that, while making no bones about admiring the central character’s actions and motivations, doesn’t go to visual or psychological extremes to make its case."
Washington Post (09/15/2016)

"There are excellent turns by Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson as MacAskill, and Lakeith Stanfield, his usual excellent, low-key self as a fellow surveillance geek who shares Snowden’s misgivings."
Boston Globe - Ty Burr (09/15/2016)

3 stars out of 4 -- "As Snowden continues to get deeper into the rabbit hole of privacy invasion, Gordon-Levitt’s performance becomes more exceptional....He grounds a complex story by giving it a very human, reactive element at its center."
RogerEbert.com - Brian Tallerico (09/16/2016)