Wissenswertes

The film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and received a standing ovation for the real Daniel J. Jones, who was present at the showing.

Just before filming commenced, the film's original plan of a 50-day schedule was cut to a 26-day schedule, and its $18 million budget was slashed to just $8 million. Hence, as director Scott Burns stated, all the actors including the lead Adam Driver were paid next to nothing on this project.

Several news outlets and Senators have stated that the "Panetta Review"--a secret CIA internal review of the CIA interrogation program--supports the findings of The Report. The Panetta Review, which conflicts with the CIA's own official response to The Report, has not been made public.

After the news of Osama Bin Laden's death was reported, the CIA and former CIA officials falsely claimed that the intelligence that led to bin Laden came from the CIA torture program. As The Report details using the CIA's own records, the intelligence that led to Osama Bin Laden was identified through other means.

As one of President Barack Obama's first official acts, he signed Executive Order 13491, which restricted all government agencies to lawful interrogation approaches used by the Military and required that the International Committee of the Red Cross be granted access to detainees held in U.S. custody. This executive order, which effectively banned the CIA program, was codified into federal law by the McCain-Feinstein Anti-Torture Amendment of 2015, which passed in the Senate with an overwhelming bi-partisan vote.