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Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American political action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. Produced by Boal, Bigelow, and Megan Ellison, and independently financed by Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, the film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist network al-Qaeda, after the September 11 attacks, which culminates in the discovery of his compound in Pakistan and the U.S. military raid where bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011. It stars Jessica Chastain as Maya, a fictional CIA intelligence analyst, with Jason Clarke and Joel Edgerton appearing in supporting roles.
Widely released on January 11, 2013, following its premiere in Los Angeles on December 10, 2012, Zero Dark Thirty received critical acclaim for its acting, direction, screenplay, sound design, and editing, and was a box office success, grossing $132 million worldwide. It appeared on 95 critics' top ten lists of 2012 and received 5 nominations at the 85th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress for Chastain, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Editing, which it won in a tie with Skyfall; it also earned four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) for Chastain, who won. Conversely, the film was accused of being pro-torture by U.S. senators John McCain, Dianne Feinstein, and Carl Levin.
Maya is a CIA analyst tasked with finding the al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. In 2003, she is stationed at the U.S. embassy in Pakistan. She and CIA officer Dan Fuller take part in the black site interrogations of Ammar, a detainee with suspected links to several of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks. After use of approved enhanced interrogation techniques, Ammar provides unreliable information on a suspected attack in Saudi Arabia, but reveals the name of the personal courier for bin Laden, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti. Other detainee intelligence connects Abu Ahmed to courier traffic between Abu Faraj al-Libbi and bin Laden. In 2005, Faraj denies knowing about a courier named Abu Ahmed; Maya interprets this as an attempt by Faraj to conceal Abu Ahmed's importance.
In 2009, a Jordanian doctor highly placed in al-Qaeda has offered to become a US spy for $25 million. Maya's fellow officer and friend Jessica travels to a US base in Afghanistan to meet him, but he turns out to be a triple agent loyal to al-Qaeda. Jessica is killed, along with several other CIA officers, when he detonates a suicide vest. In response, Maya redoubles her efforts to find Abu Ahmed and bin Laden.
Thomas, a fellow CIA analyst, shares with Maya information from a Jordanian detainee claiming to have buried Abu Ahmed in 2001. Maya discovers that Abu Ahmed is likely a man named Ibrahim Sayeed from information that had been provided by the Moroccan government after 9/11. Speculating that the man that was reported dead is not Abu Ahmed but actually his similar looking brother Habeeb, Maya contacts Dan, now a senior officer at the CIA headquarters for information on Sayeed's family. Dan obtains the phone number of Sayeed's mother from a Kuwaiti prince in exchange for a Lamborghini Gallardo Bicolore. Maya and her CIA team in Pakistan obtain Sayeed's number from calls with his mother and eventually, despite his use of tradecraft, identify him and his vehicle. They track his vehicle to a large urban compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. After gunmen attack Maya she is recalled to Washington, D.C. due to possibly having lost her cover.
The CIA puts the compound under surveillance but is unable to confirm that bin Laden is in residence. Despite this, the President's National Security Advisor tasks the CIA with creating a plan to attack the compound. Before briefing President Barack Obama, the CIA director holds a meeting of his senior officers, who estimate that bin Laden is 60–80% likely to be in the compound. Maya, also in the meeting, places her confidence at 100%. The mission is eventually approved.
On May 2, 2011, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment flies two stealth helicopters from Afghanistan into Pakistan with members of DEVGRU (SEAL Team Six) and the CIA's Special Activities Division to raid the compound. The SEALs gain entry and kill several people in the compound, including a man whom they believe is bin Laden. At a U.S. base in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Maya confirms the identity of the corpse. Soon afterwards, Maya boards a military transport plane and begins to cry.
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Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American political action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. Produced by Boal, Bigelow, and Megan Ellison, and independently financed by Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, the film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist network al-Qaeda, after the September 11 attacks, which culminates in the discovery of his compound in Pakistan and the U.S. military raid where bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011. It stars Jessica Chastain as Maya, a fictional CIA intelligence analyst, with Jason Clarke and Joel Edgerton appearing in supporting roles.
Widely released on January 11, 2013, following its premiere in Los Angeles on December 10, 2012, Zero Dark Thirty received critical acclaim for its acting, direction, screenplay, sound design, and editing, and was a box office success, grossing $132 million worldwide. It appeared on 95 critics' top ten lists of 2012 and received 5 nominations at the 85th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress for Chastain, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Editing, which it won in a tie with Skyfall; it also earned four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) for Chastain, who won. Conversely, the film was accused of being pro-torture by U.S. senators John McCain, Dianne Feinstein, and Carl Levin.
Maya is a CIA analyst tasked with finding the al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. In 2003, she is stationed at the U.S. embassy in Pakistan. She and CIA officer Dan Fuller take part in the black site interrogations of Ammar, a detainee with suspected links to several of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks. After use of approved enhanced interrogation techniques, Ammar provides unreliable information on a suspected attack in Saudi Arabia, but reveals the name of the personal courier for bin Laden, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti. Other detainee intelligence connects Abu Ahmed to courier traffic between Abu Faraj al-Libbi and bin Laden. In 2005, Faraj denies knowing about a courier named Abu Ahmed; Maya interprets this as an attempt by Faraj to conceal Abu Ahmed's importance.
In 2009, a Jordanian doctor highly placed in al-Qaeda has offered to become a US spy for $25 million. Maya's fellow officer and friend Jessica travels to a US base in Afghanistan to meet him, but he turns out to be a triple agent loyal to al-Qaeda. Jessica is killed, along with several other CIA officers, when he detonates a suicide vest. In response, Maya redoubles her efforts to find Abu Ahmed and bin Laden.
Thomas, a fellow CIA analyst, shares with Maya information from a Jordanian detainee claiming to have buried Abu Ahmed in 2001. Maya discovers that Abu Ahmed is likely a man named Ibrahim Sayeed from information that had been provided by the Moroccan government after 9/11. Speculating that the man that was reported dead is not Abu Ahmed but actually his similar looking brother Habeeb, Maya contacts Dan, now a senior officer at the CIA headquarters for information on Sayeed's family. Dan obtains the phone number of Sayeed's mother from a Kuwaiti prince in exchange for a Lamborghini Gallardo Bicolore. Maya and her CIA team in Pakistan obtain Sayeed's number from calls with his mother and eventually, despite his use of tradecraft, identify him and his vehicle. They track his vehicle to a large urban compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. After gunmen attack Maya she is recalled to Washington, D.C. due to possibly having lost her cover.
The CIA puts the compound under surveillance but is unable to confirm that bin Laden is in residence. Despite this, the President's National Security Advisor tasks the CIA with creating a plan to attack the compound. Before briefing President Barack Obama, the CIA director holds a meeting of his senior officers, who estimate that bin Laden is 60–80% likely to be in the compound. Maya, also in the meeting, places her confidence at 100%. The mission is eventually approved.
On May 2, 2011, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment flies two stealth helicopters from Afghanistan into Pakistan with members of DEVGRU (SEAL Team Six) and the CIA's Special Activities Division to raid the compound. The SEALs gain entry and kill several people in the compound, including a man whom they believe is bin Laden. At a U.S. base in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Maya confirms the identity of the corpse. Soon afterwards, Maya boards a military transport plane and begins to cry.
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