"For ten years one woman never stopped searching for the most wanted man in history"
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Produced by Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison
Written by Mark Boal
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Édgar Ramírez, James Gandolfini
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography: Greig Fraser
Edited by Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg
Production company: Annapurna Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures
Release date: 4 January 2013 (Spain)
Running time: 157 minutes
Country: United State
Budget: $40 million
Box office: $138.8 million
"Zero Dark Thirty" is a historical thriller drama film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It shows a chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
Cast
- Jessica Chastain as Maya, CIA intelligence analyst
- Jason Clarke as Dan, a CIA intelligence officer
- Jennifer Ehle as Jessica, a senior CIA analyst
- Mark Strong as George, a senior CIA supervisor
- Kyle Chandler as Joseph Bradley, Islamabad CIA Station Chief
- James Gandolfini as CIA Director
- Harold Perrineau as Jack, a CIA analyst
- Mark Duplass as Steve, a CIA analyst
- Fredric Lehne as 'The Wolf', a CIA section chief
- John Barrowman as Jeremy, a CIA executive
- Jessie Collins as Debbie, a CIA analyst
- Édgar Ramírez as Larry, a CIA (SAD/SOG) operative
- Fares Fares as Hakim, a CIA SAD/SOG operative
- Scott Adkins as John, a CIA SAD/SOG operative
- Joel Edgerton as Patrick, DEVGRU (Navy SEALs) team leader
- Chris Pratt as Justin, DEVGRU operator
- Callan Mulvey as Saber, DEVGRU operator
- Taylor Kinney as Jared, DEVGRU operator
- Frank Grillo as DEVGRU Commanding officer
- Christopher Stanley as Vice Admiral Bill McRaven
- Stephen Dillane as the National Security Advisor
- Mark Valley as C-130 pilot
- Reda Kateb as Ammar
- Homayoun Ershadi as Hassan Ghul
- Yoav Levi as Abu Farraj al-Libbi
- Ricky Sekhon as Osama bin Laden
Kathryn Bigelow made an excellent film: CIA routine, reports, terrible attacks, dangerous missions and the wordless final scene. All these things capture till the end. As for torture scenes, yes, they're violent but that's the truth which people must see.
However "Zero Dark Thirty" seems a little bit too slow moving at times and wonderful Jessica Chastain saves these moments. Her character is a strong woman who looks like a humanoid: she's obsessed by Osama bin Laden ans he's all she can think about. And in the end there's only one question: what is the price of victory?
Advantages
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Jessica Chastain as Maya, CIA intelligence analyst
- Jason Clarke as Dan, a CIA intelligence officer
- Jennifer Ehle as Jessica, a senior CIA analyst
- Mark Strong as George, a senior CIA supervisor
- The plot
Disadvantages
- A little to slow moving
"Strangenesses"
- Some historical mistakes
Clue Moments
- Each attack
- Jessica's death
- The last scene
Osama bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, the jihadist organisation responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States, along with many other terrorist attacks against civilian and military targets. In early May 2011, after almost ten years of manhunt in the Middle East, bin Laden was killed by the U.S. Special Forces in Pakistan. The news of his death was welcomed throughout much of the world and the Internet.
More here.
Soundtracks
- Alexandre Desplat - Flight To Compound
- Alexandre Desplat - Drive To Embassy
- Alexandre Desplat - Bombings
- Alexandre Desplat - Ammar
- Alexandre Desplat - Monkeys
- Alexandre Desplat - Northern Territories
- Alexandre Desplat - Seals Take Off
- Alexandre Desplat - 21 Days
- Alexandre Desplat - Prepartion For Attack
- Alexandre Desplat - Balawi
- Alexandre Desplat - Dead End
- Alexandre Desplat - Maya On Plane
- Alexandre Desplat - Area 51
- Alexandre Desplat - Tracking Calls
- Alexandre Desplat - Picket Lines
- Alexandre Desplat - Towers
- Alexandre Desplat - Chopper
- Alexandre Desplat - Back To Base
Quotations
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Maya: So, you agree with me now, this is important?Tim - Station Chief: No, I just learned from my predecessor that life is better when I don't disagree with you.
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Dan: It's cool, that you're strong and I respect it, I do. But in the end, everybody breaks, bro. It's biology.
* * *
Dan: I need a favor.Kuwaiti Businessman: Why I should help you?
Dan: Because we're friends.
Kuwaiti Businessman: You saying we are friends? How come you only call me when you need help? But when I need something you are too busy to pick up the phone. I don't think we are friends.
Dan: All right, fair enough. How about a new V10 Lamborghini? How's that for friendship?
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Maya: You can't run a global network of interconnected cells from a cave.
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Dan: Partial information will be treated as a lie!
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National Security Advisor: The President is a thoughtful, analytical guy. He needs proof.
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Ammar: Please help me.Maya: You can help yourself by being truthful.
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Maya: 100% he's there. OK, 95%, 'cause I know certainty freaks you guys out, but it's 100.
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You may see the trailer here.
Plot: 7/10
Entertainment: 8/10
Acting: 8/10
Originality: 9/10
Music and Sound: 7/10
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