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Zero Dark Thirty is a fictionalized account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Maya is a CIA operative whose first experience is in the interrogation of prisoners following the Al Qaeda attacks against the U.S. on the 11th September 2001. [89] Writer Andrew Sullivan said, "the movie is not an apology for torture, as so many have said, and as I have worried about. Cast and crew. Favorite Hollywood Movie That Was Shot in India. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Zero Dark Thirty reunites the Oscar winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) for the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man. The limited release of Zero Dark Thirty grossed $417,150 in the United States and Canada in only five theaters. [38], New York Times critic Manohla Dargis, who designated the film a New York Times critics' pick, said that the film "shows the dark side of that war. In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. What is SSE? ", "The Art and Politics of 'Zero Dark Thirty'", "Cover Story: Kathryn Bigelow's Art of Darkness", "9-11 victim's family raises objection to Zero Dark Thirty", "9/11 families upset over "Zero Dark Thirty" recordings", FAREED ZAKARIA GPS The Myth of America's Social Mobility; How Accurate is 'Zero Dark Thirty'? "Zero Dark Thirty" sidesteps key questions. There are also scenes in offices where characters stare intently at computer screens or interrogation videos, and characters yell at each other and use obscenities, as their frustrating hunt for Osama bin Laden wears them down. Others argue that jihad is inextricable from Islam, and that one necessary step is for the West to recognize and cherish its own unique virtues – to cherish that for which its spies, soldiers, and citizens fight, sacrifice, kill and die. In 2003, she is stationed at the U.S. embassy in Pakistan. Dan humiliates, beats, and water boards suspects, and then feeds them delicious meals of hummus and olives when they deliver. She reveals no affect. [66] Jesse David Fox writes that the film "doesn't explicitly say that torture caught bin Laden, but in portraying torture as one part of the successful search, it can be read that way. For other uses, see. [29][30] He added, "The years I had spent talking to military and intelligence operators involved in counter-terrorism was helpful in both projects. It stated that in June 2011, while giving a speech at a CIA Headquarters event honoring the people involved in the Osama Bin Laden raid, CIA Director Leon Panetta disclosed information classified as "Secret" and "Top Secret" regarding personnel involved in the raid on the Bin Laden compound. “Zero Dark Thirty,” which will open for Washington audiences Friday, inaccurately links torture with intelligence success and mischaracterizes how America’s enemies have been treated in … Judicial Watch also found emails containing information on five CIA and military operatives that were involved in the Bin Laden operations. Rent $3.99 Buy $14.99 Trailers See All. She boards a military transport back to the U.S., the sole passenger. He then turned up stories about a young case officer who was recruited out of college, who had spent her entire career chasing bin Laden. In 2005, Faraj denies knowing about a courier named Abu Ahmed; Maya interprets this as an attempt by Faraj to conceal the importance of Abu Ahmed. I wish I had gone to see a film built around his character and his performance. I believe it, ..." referring to the intelligence committee's report on enhanced interrogations. They immediately shelved the film they had been working on and redirected their focus, essentially starting from scratch. This search leads to the discovery of his compound in Pakistan and the military raid where bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011. And, importantly, whether enhanced interrogation techniques were the only timely and effective way to obtain information from those detainees, as the film suggests, is a matter of debate that cannot and never will be definitively resolved. For a lone scene shot in Poland, the city of Gdańsk was reportedly offended for depicting it as a location for the CIA's clandestine and dark operations. Parents need to know that Zero Dark Thirty is a combination war movie, thriller, and docudrama about the intense, years-long hunt for Osama bin Laden following the 9/11 attacks, from the filmmakers behind The Hurt Locker.Perhaps the movie's most controversial element is its depiction of "waterboarding" and torturing prisoners for information. "Zero" did neither for me. "[7] Critic Frank Bruni concluded that the film appears to suggest "No waterboarding, no Bin Laden". "I love reporting, so being on a big story is really exciting to me," said Boal, a former war journalist, of his scramble to write a new script after the event. In addition, CIA records did not show any involvement by the White House in relation to the filmmakers. Paul N. J. Ottosson won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, tying with Skyfall. [15], The film has been both criticized and praised for its handling of its subject matter, including the portrayal of the harsh "enhanced interrogation techniques", commonly classified as torture. Cohen ended with a note about a Timothy Garton Ash analysis of George Orwell mixing fact and "invented" stories in Down and Out in Paris and London – as further support for Boal's method. [25][26] Some parts of Chandigarh were designed to look like Lahore and Abbottabad in Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was found and killed on May 2, 2011. Why? View production, box office, & company info. Why were there four guys in the house while CIA confirmation spoke of three male targets living in the house? [8] In an open letter, social critic and feminist Naomi Wolf criticized Bigelow for claiming the film was "part documentary" and speculated over the reasons for Bigelow's "amoral compromising" of film-making, suggesting that the more pro-military a film, the easier it is to acquire Pentagon support for scenes involving expensive, futuristic military equipment. [27] Parts of the film were shot in Mani Majra. It questions what was done in the name of finding bin Laden. These charges, along with charges of other leaks to the media, became a prevalent election season talking point by conservatives. [22] Opponents of the Obama Administration charged that Zero Dark Thirty was scheduled for an October release just before the November presidential election to support his re-election, as Bin Laden's killing is regarded as a success for President Obama. [31], National security expert Peter Bergen, who reviewed an early cut of the film as an unpaid adviser, said at the time that the film's torture scenes "were overwrought". Unknown to him, screenwriter Mark Boal was among the around 1300 present during the ceremony. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events [12] Others described it as an anti-torture exposure of interrogation practices. The film's screenwriter added, "the president is not depicted in the movie. Trailer … The film swept critics groups' awards for Best Director and Best Picture including the Washington D.C., New York Film Critics Online, Chicago and Boston film critics associations. Allegations of improper access to classified information, Objections over the unattributed and unauthorized use of recordings of 9/11 victims, This is the spelling used by the film's end credits, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, the nearly decade-long international manhunt, the military raid where bin Laden was killed, approved torture interrogation techniques, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, List of accolades received by Zero Dark Thirty, Washington D.C. 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Its strongest feature is its dramatization of the Navy Seal Team 6 operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan, that killed bin Laden. I want them to do to me what drama can do. [32], Alexandre Desplat composed and conducted the film's score. Cohen disagreed with Steve Coll's critique of the screenwriter's stated effort not to "play fast and loose with history", writing that "Boal has honored those words". Senator John McCain, who was tortured during his time as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, said that the film left him sick – "because it's wrong". [14] An unreleased draft of a report prepared by the Inspector General and published in June 2013 by the Project on Government Oversight stated that former CIA Director Leon Panetta discussed classified information during an awards ceremony for the United States Navy SEALs team that carried out the raid on the bin Laden compound. 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