underground - the julian assange story

Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012)
89 min - Biography | Drama - 7 October 2012 (Australia)
IMDB Rating: 6.7

A look at the early career of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.

Julian Assange is one of the most significant figures of the twenty first century. But before he was famous, before WikiLeaks, before the internet even existed, he was a teenage computer hacker in Melbourne. This is his story. In 1989, known as 'Mendax', Assange and two friends formed a group called the 'International Subversives'. Using early home computers and defining themselves as 'white hat hackers' - those who look but don't steal - they broke into some of the world's most powerful and secretive organisations. They were young, brilliant, and in the eyes of the US Government, a major threat to national security. At the urging of the FBI, the Australian Federal Police set up a special taskforce to catch them. But at a time when most Australian police had never seen a computer, let alone used one, they had to figure out just where to begin. Police ingenuity and old-fashioned detective work are pitted against nimble, highly skilled young men in this new crime frontier.

Director : Robert Connolly
Writers : Suelette Dreyfus (book), Robert Connolly

Cast:
Rachel Griffiths ... Christine Assange
Anthony LaPaglia ... Detective Ken Roberts
Alex Williams ... Julian Assange
Laura Wheelwright ... Electra
Callan McAuliffe ... Prime Suspect
Jordan Raskopoulos ... Trax
Benedict Samuel ... Jonah
Ben Crundwell ... Adam
Doug Bowles ... Fred
Daniel Frederiksen ... Wayne
Ben Keller ... Young Julian Assange
Simon Maiden ... Journalist
Ian Bliss ... Vince
Dean Cartmel ... Technician
Nick Mitchell ... Matthew Stewart
Paul Dawber ... Citibank Spokesperson
Jeffery Richards ... Security Guard (as Jeffrey Richards)
Maria Angelico ... Maureen
Silas James ... Police Officer
Shane Nagle ... Surveillance Leader
Helena Vestergaard ... Party Girl
Lara Signorino ... Reporter
Garry McNab ... Reporter
Mike Carey ... Reporter
Chris Heard ... Reporter
Jane Worthington ... Reporter
Rachel Maher ... Reporter