Snowden trailer: First glimpse of controversial ex-CIA agent’s biopic keeps you hooked

This Magnum Opus is largely based on The Snowden Files by Luke Harding.

Updated: April 29, 2016 9:29 PM IST

By India.com Entertainment Desk

Snowden trailer: First glimpse of controversial ex-CIA agent's biopic keeps you hooked

Edward Snowden is one of the most important figures of the 21st century. He is best known as a former CIA agent, who went on to become an asylum seeker. Snowden had access to a plethora of important information about the American government and threatened to expose them. Jospeh Gordon-Levitt steps into the shoes as the bespectacled genius, who passes the Test to work for the government, stating that he wants to serve for the country. When he enters the area, he realises that things were not what he made them out to be before and finally decides to expose some of the deep, dark secrets of the world’s premier superpower.

The film has an ensemble star cast. Apart from Lewitt, there is veteran Nicolas Cage, Tom Wilkin and Shailene Woodley. Oscar Winning director Oliver Stone helms the film. Stone, along with Kieran Fitzgerald have written the screenplay for the film. There have been books that have come out on Snowden. This Magnum Opus is largely based on The Snowden Files by Luke Harding. Snowden’s decisions have divided opinion among Americans. Not many would have dared to to what he did. Even the trailer shows the ardous process of getting out of innumerable surveillance cameras and security agents.

The release of the film was delayed by three months but it looks like Stone has come up with a solid product on his hands. After the immense critical and commercial acclaim of The Social Network and Steve Jobs, Biographical films have become the flavour of Hollywood. Take a look at the trailer below:

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