Snowden (film)

Snowden
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Directed by	Oliver Stone
Produced by	Moritz Borman Eric Kopeloff Philip Schulz-Deyle Fernando Sulichin
Screenplay by	Kieran Fitzgerald Oliver Stone
Based on	The Snowden Files by Luke Harding Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena
Starring	Joseph Gordon-Levitt Shailene Woodley Melissa Leo Zachary Quinto Tom Wilkinson Scott Eastwood Logan Marshall-Green Timothy Olyphant Ben Schnetzer LaKeith Lee Stanfield Rhys Ifans Nicolas Cage
Music by	Craig Armstrong
Cinematography	Anthony Dod Mantle
Edited by	Alex Marquez Lee Percy
Production companies	Endgame Entertainment Wild Bunch KrautPack Entertainment Onda Entertainment Vendian Entertainment
Distributed by	Open Road Films
Release date	September 9, 2016 (2016-09-09) (TIFF) September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) (United States) September 22, 2016 (2016-09-22) (Germany)
Running time	134 minutes
Country	United States Germany
Language	English
Budget	$40 million
Box office	$34.3 million

Snowden is a 2016 American biographical political thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald, based on the books The Snowden Files by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena. The cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the title character, Edward Snowden, with Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Scott Eastwood, Logan Marshall-Green, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage also starring. Filming began on February 16, 2015 in Munich, Germany.

Snowden screened at Comic-Con on July 21, 2016, before premiering at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2016. The film was theatrically released in the United States on September 16, 2016, by Open Road Films and on September 22 in Germany. It received mixed reviews and was a box office disappointment, grossing $34.3 million worldwide against its $40 million budget.