Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

In 1989, known as Mendax, Julian 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. In the eyes of the US Government, they were a major threat to national security.

• Released: 2012-10-07
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 29m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 54 votes

Directed by Robert Connolly.

Top cast

• Callan McAuliffe as Prime Suspect
• Anthony LaPaglia as Ken Roberts
• Alex Williams as Julian Assange
• Laura Wheelwright as Electra
• Rachel Griffiths as Christine Assange
• Nick Mitchell as Matthew Stewart
• Jeffery Richards as Security Guard
• Jordan Raskopoulos as Trax
• Benedict Samuel as Jonah
• Doug Bowles as Fred

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Where to watch Underground: The Julian Assange Story

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• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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