The Circle (2017)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $18,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $40,651,864.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 15.915 |
Directed By
James Ponsoldt
Crew
Clay Cullen
James Ponsoldt
Dave Eggers
James Ponsoldt
Stefanie Azpiazu
Anthony Bregman
Gary Goetzman
Tom Hanks
Evan Hayes
Laurie MacDonald
Walter F. Parkes
Steven Shareshian
Sally Wilcox
Lisa Lassek
Matthew Libatique
Dave Eggers
Danny Elfman
Franklin Peterson
Avy Kaufman
Gerald Sullivan
Sophia Dilley
Alex Scott-Gatty
Peter Cron
Russell Levine
Sarah M. Pott
Sebastian Schroder
Rosemary Brandenburg
Emma Potter
Elizabeth Cortez
Kathrine Gordon
Jane Galli
Caroline Ross
Jeff Valeri
J.M. Logan
Nicolas Harvard
Bart Barbuscia
Jaudi Negri
Lars Slind
Bryan Stanis
D. Chris Smith
Lisa Pinero
Casey Genton
Randall L. Johnson
David Jobe
Shiran Amir
Teague Chrystie
Todd Reynolds
Wade Allen
Chad Dashnaw
M. Shane Cates
Tana Dubbe
Frank Masi
Thomas C. Miller
Harrison Nesbit
Valerie Zielonka
Scott Trimble
Jeff Rubinstein
Diane Friedman
Edward Mazurek
Ellen Segal
Tiffany Anders
Edgardo Simone
Daniela Kriston
Lenna Karacostas
Luca Nemolato
Stephen Morton
Carl Stern
Ricardo Elliott II
Jeff Ferrero
Tommy Maddox-Upshaw
Colin Hudson
Colin Hudson
Chris Bustard
Leeba Zakharov
John Voght
Todd Voght
Lara Khachooni
Patrick J. Barry
Adam Zucker
Steven Trebus
Peter Moody
Tyler Westen
Steve Gehrke
Barry L. Caldwell
Jesse Garcia
Kelli Barksdale
Dean Bailey
Robert Nagle
Alice Rietveld
Danny Wynands
Susan Kurtz
Wednesday Standley
Chris O'Hara
TOP CAST
Emma Watson
Mae Holland
Tom Hanks
Eamon Bailey
John Boyega
Ty Lafitte
Karen Gillan
Annie Allerton
Ellar Coltrane
Mercer Regalado
Patton Oswalt
Tom Stenton
Glenne Headly
Bonnie Holland
Bill Paxton
Vinnie Holland
Poorna Jagannathan
Dr. Jessica Villalobos
Nate Corddry
Dan
Mamoudou Athie
Jared
Amir Talai
Matt
Smith Cho
Gina
Ellen Wong
Renata
Judy Reyes
Olivia Santos
Elvy
Sabine
Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Beck Bandmate
Joey Waronker
Beck Bandmate
Michael Shuman
Beck Bandmate
Katie Costick
Partier
Regina Saldivar
Partier
Steven Klein
Man from the Crowd
Hunter Burke
EMT
Eve Gordon
Senator Williamson
Amie McCarthy Winn
Marion Lefebvre
Lauren Baldwin
Gretchen Karapcek
Nicola Bertram
Fiona Highbridge
Julian von Nagel
Julian
Beck
Beck
Nick Peine
Person from the Crowd
Michael Dean Russell Jr
Laundry Worker
Jason Sheridan
Improv Actor
Drew Droege
Improv Actor
Jimmy Wong
Foreign Born Circler
Sandeep Parikh
Foreign Born Circler
Mele Ihara
Foreign Born Circler
Andrew Hwang
Foreign Born Circler
Lizzie Prestel
Advertising Circler
Alana Aimaq
Mercer Seeker
Daniel William Jordan
Mercer Seeker
Melanie Steinmann
Young Circler
Ken Narasaki
Older Circler
Frederick Koehler
Kevin
Jedediah Jenk
Guppy (uncredited)
Claudia O'Doherty
High Powered Circler (uncredited)
Ara Woland
Circler (uncredited)
Brandon Van Vliet
Circler (uncredited)
Alan Trujillo
Circler (uncredited)
Derek Sulek
Circler (uncredited)
Jasper Salon
Circler (uncredited)
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