Thursday, January 24, 2013

Benedict Cumberbatch - Assange savages film about WikiLeaks (THE AGE)




WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says a film about his whistle-blowing website is propaganda designed to fan the flames of a war against Iran.

The Fifth Estate, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is due to be released in November.

Assange on Wednesday night said WikiLeaks had managed to get hold of a copy of the script of the DreamWorks movie.

And he doesn't like what he's read.

"It is a mass propaganda attack against WikiLeaks the organisation," the 41-year-old Australian told students in Oxford via a video-link from the Ecuadorean embassy in London.

Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Photo: AFP

"But it is not just an attack against us – it is an attack against Iran.

"It fans the flames to start a war with Iran."


Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/assange-savages-film-about-wikileaks-20130124-2d8sh.html#ixzz2IuKEePLW




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