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The Circle

5.520171h 50mPG-13MovieDramaThrillerScience Fiction

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.

DirectorJames Ponsoldt
WritersJames Ponsoldt·Dave Eggers
ProducersWalter F. Parkes·Gary Goetzman

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Cast · Directed by James Ponsoldt

EWEmma Watson
Emma Watson
Mae Holland
THTom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Eamon Bailey
JBJohn Boyega
John Boyega
Ty Lafitte
KGKaren Gillan
Karen Gillan
Annie Allerton
ECEllar Coltrane
Ellar Coltrane
Mercer Regalado
POPatton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt
Tom Stenton
GHGlenne Headly
Glenne Headly
Bonnie Holland
BPBill Paxton
Bill Paxton
Vinnie Holland
PJPoorna Jagannathan
Poorna Jagannathan
Dr. Jessica Villalobos
NCNate Corddry
Nate Corddry
Dan
MAMamoudou Athie
Mamoudou Athie
Jared
ATAmir Talai
Amir Talai
Matt

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