February 9, 2013
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Zero Dark Thirty Goes Deep Into A Real Life Event by Art Byrd
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Many movies use the “based on a true story” tagline as a way to convey believability to them. Zero Dark Thirty is really based on a true story that has an effect on all of us, as Americans, the 9/11 tragedy. The name that has echoed throughout our consciousness for more that ten years was Osama bin Laden. The question was, with all the military and intelligence strength that the United States has. Why couldn't we find him? In 2011, bin Laden was tracked down and killed. Zero Dark Thirty reveals the supposedly very accurate details on what really happened on the track-down and the mission that lead to the demise of Osama bin Laden.
Zero Dark Thirty focuses on the story of a female CIA operative who tracked bin Laden to a fortress in Pakistan. The movie is directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who won an Oscar for the Hurt Locker which was a movie about a bomb squad during Iran war. She is a master storyteller especially with Zero Dark Thirty.
The opening sequence is just a black screen with the sounds of 9/11 calls from people trapped in World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. Those sounds were a very powerful way to grip the audience right away. Then, the movie moves to a secret location, where Maya, a CIA operative play by the amazing Jessica Chastain (The Help). She is a witness to an enhanced interrogation torture to a terrorist being administrated by the another CIA operative Dan played by Jason Clark (Lawless).
“There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you're acting because there's no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an actor I get to connect with women I've never met before.” Oscar nominated actress, Jessica Chastain, who is starring in Zero Dark Thirty and Mama both currently playing in theaters.