Can you keep a national secret?
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
- Suicide or self-harm
- Bleak ending
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and resolved.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Jeremy RennerGary Webb
- Mary Elizabeth WinsteadAnna Simons
- Michael SheenFred Weil
- Ray LiottaJohn Cullen
- Robert PatrickRonny Quail
- Andy GarciaNorwin Meneses
- Paz VegaCoral Baca
- Michael Kenneth WilliamsRicky Ross
- Rosemarie DeWittSue Webb
- Tim Blake NelsonAlan Fenster
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- Michael CuestaDirector
- Peter LandesmanScreenplay
- Gary WebbNovel
- Nick SchouNovel
- Sean BobbittDirector of Photography
- Nathan JohnsonOriginal Music Composer
- Brian A. KatesEditor
- Scott StuberProducer
- Naomi DespresProducer
- Jeremy RennerProducer
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