Summary
Deep Web gives the inside story of one of the most important and riveting digital crime sagas of the century -- the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the 30-year-old entrepreneur convicted of being 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' creator and operator of online black market Silk Road.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Drop-in friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 79Audiences 70GoodWatch 74
Tomatometer79%
Audience score71%
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 29 min
A typical length for documentaries, −7 min on the typical 96
typical 9689Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2015
March 15, 2015
11 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
19 of 19
Keanu ReevesNarrator
Ross UlbrichtSelf
Cody WilsonSelf
Lyn UlbrichtSelf- KUKirk UlbrichtSelf
Andy GreenbergSelf- NCNicolas ChristinSelf
- CSChristopher SoghoianSelf
- CCCindy CohnSelf
- CTChristopher TarbellSelf
- TSTodd ShipleySelf
- ASAlden SchillerSelf
- JCJames ChaparroSelf
- RSRuna SandvikSelf
- JDJoshua DratelSelf
- NWNicholas WeaverSelf
- NFNeill FranklinSelf
- CIChristopher IngrahamSelf
- ATAmir TaakiSelf
Directing · 1
- Alex Winter Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 11
- Seth Gordon Executive Producer
- Jill Burkhart Executive Producer
- Ross Bernard Executive Producer
- Glen Zipper Producer
- Marc Schiller Producer
- Thom Zimny Consulting Producer
Camera · 1
- Joe DeSalvo Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Dan Swietlik Editor
- Paul Forte Online Editor, Assistant Editor
- Bob Festa Colorist
Sound · 6
- Pedro Bromfman Original Music Composer, Music
- Joe Milner Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Nancy MacLeod Sound Effects Designer
- Diego S. Staub Foley Mixer
- Daniel Waldman Music Editor
- Miguel Barbosa Foley Artist
Art · 1
- Duncan Elms Title Designer
Other crew · 5
- Keanu Reeves Thanks
- Elijah Wood Thanks
- Julian Assange Thanks
- Gavin Andresen Thanks
- Ralph Zipper Thanks
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