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[Beverly Hills, CA] : Anchor Bay Entertainment
©2015
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2 videodiscs (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014
With unprecedented access, this gripping behind-the-scenes chronicle follows award winning director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald's remarkable encounters with whistle-blower Edward Snowden in a hotel room in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents that provide evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the NSA
Widescreen (1.85:1)
Special features: deleted scenes; New York Times talk with Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden and David Carr; Film Society of Lincoln Center Q&A with Laura Poitras and Dennis Lim; The program, a New York Times op-doc by Laura Poitras
Filmed by Laura Poitras, Kirsten Johnson, Katy Scoggin, Trevor Paglen; edited by Mathilde Bonnefoy
Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney; narrated by Laura Poitras
Rating: R; for language
DVD; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH)
Academy Awards, 2015 : Best documentary feature