Zero Days

"World War 3.0"

2016 1h 56m EN

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★7.4TMDB · 270🍅90%Rotten Tomatoes●77Metacritic★7.7IMDB · 10,895

Documentary

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Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.

“World War 3.0”

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Cast

Yossi Melman
Self
Ralph Langner
Self
Emad Kiyaei
Self
Richard A. Clarke
Self
Eric Chien
Self
Liam O'Murchu
Self
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage)

Credits

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Director: Alex Gibney
Writers: Alex Gibney
Languages: Russian, German, English, Persian, French
Countries: United States of America

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Released 10 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Russian, German, English, Persian, French.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alex Gibney, shot by Antonio Rossi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Will Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Andy Grieve shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Yossi Melman and Ralph Langner and Emad Kiyaei carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "World War 3.0".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5446858 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Alex Gibney directs. Antonio Rossi behind the camera. Will Bates scores. Andy Grieve cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Russian, German, English, Persian, French.

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1Released 10 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Russian, German, English, Persian, French.
3Directed by Alex Gibney, shot by Antonio Rossi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Will Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Andy Grieve shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Yossi Melman and Ralph Langner and Emad Kiyaei carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "World War 3.0".
8IMDB entry: tt5446858 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Antonio Rossi
Original score: Will Bates
Editing: Andy Grieve
Makeup / hair: Bar Barak
Sound: Bill Chesley
Runtime: 116 min · 1h 56m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $109,649
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Zero Days (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes: 90% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 77/100
IMDB rating: 7.7/10 · 10,895 votes
MPAA: PG-13

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1 win & 8 nominations total

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Linda Robinson2016-07-19
★ 10/10
Stuxnet was malware that flashed around the world via Microsoft computers, triggering arbitrary BSODs and random reboots. In 2010 cybersecurity firms captured and began analyzing the worm. Stuxnet (name derived from merging two random lines in the code) had digital certificates. Digital certificates require biometrics (human identification) and pass codes. But Stuxnet could attain access without that. It ominously coded multiple zero days exploit. Symantec's investigators see maybe one a year, looking at thousands of lines of code. Stuxnet had four. As we learn in the documentary, it also had undoubtedly stolen product identity codes for PLCs (programmable logic controls) from Siemens. Where were these PLCs? Installed on centrifuges at Natanz, an Iranian nuclear site. And the game's afoot. Whose program? To what purpose? Gibney does an excellent job of gearing us up for the technowizardry with hunter/seekers Eric Chien and Liam O'Munchu (Symantec) as geek guides to the nation-state business of cyber espionage and, as General Michael Hayden, former CIA and NSA director calls it, the "hideously classified" world of cyber weaponry. We meet the journalists, bench players and sideline government officialdom who were not a part of, or even aware of, Stuxnet. The documentary is a mild, entertaining but serious call to start a dialogue about cyber weapons and deployment of same. How do countries begin to arbitrate treaties regarding use of life-threatening coding? Filmed well, the effects shrouding the unnamed informant are great viewing. The on-camera personnel are well-chosen, entertaining and as informative as they're able to be. There are enough tech buzzwords to keep nontechs like me interested, and enough about how dangerous coding with a mission to DISRUPT DEGRADE DESTROY can be for those of us who count on critical infrastructure systems.

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