Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 film that chronicles the 10 year manhunt, and subsequent killing of, Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan by members of the elite United States Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU).

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal.

The greatest manhunt in history.Taglines

Maya

• Quite frankly, I didn't even want to use you guys, with your dip and velcro and all your gear bullshit. I wanted to drop a bomb. But people didn't believe in this lead enough to drop a bomb. So they're using you guys as canaries. And, in theory, if bin Laden isn't there, you can sneak away and no one will be the wiser. But bin Laden is there. And you're going to kill him for me.

• I'm going to smoke everyone involved in this op and then I'm going to kill Osama bin Laden.

• I'm not that girl who fucks.

• I'm the motherfucker who found this place.

• There are two narratives about the location of Osama bin Laden. The one that you're most familiar with is that UBL is hiding in a cave in the tribal areas, that he's surrounded by a large contingent of loyal fighters. But that narrative is pre-9/11 understanding of UBL. The second narrative, that he's living in a city, living in a city with multiple points of egress and entry, access to communications, so that he can keep in touch with the organization.You can't run a global network of interconnected cells from a cave.

Dan

• Where was the last time you saw bin Laden?!

• Can I be honest with you? I am bad fucking news. I'm not your friend. I'm not gonna help you. I'm gonna break you. Any questions?

• I'm going to put you in that box, let me be honest, that box sucks, you don't want to go in that box.

• This is what defeat looks like, bro. Your jihad is over.

• In the end, bro, everybody breaks. It's biology.

Hassan Ghul

• You'll never find him. He's one of the disappeared ones.

Larry

• If you're right about this, the whole world's gonna want in on it.

Dialogue

Joseph Bradley: How do you like Pakistan so far?

Maya: It's kind of fucked up.

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Ammar: Your friend is an animal. Please help me.

Maya: You can help yourself by being truthful.

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Maya: What does this Baluchi guy look like?

Abu Faraj al-Libi: Tall, long white beard, thin, walks with a cane.

Maya: Kind of like Gandalf.

Abu Faraj al-Libi: Who?

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Dan: I need a favor.

Kuwaiti Businessman: Why I should help you?

Dan: Because we are friends.

Kuwaiti Businessman: You saying we are friends? How come you only call me when you 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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Justin: So Patrick, be honest with me. You really believe this story? I mean, [to Maya] no offense, no offense, I don't. [to Patrick] But... Osama bin Laden?

Patrick: Yeah.

Justin: What part convinced you?

Patrick: [motions toward Maya] Her confidence.

Justin: That's the kind of concrete data point I'm looking for. I'll tell you buddy, if her confidence is the one thing that's keeping me from getting ass-raped in a Pakistani prison I'm gonna be honest with you, bro. I'm cool with it.

Cast

• Jessica Chastain - Maya, CIA Analyst
• Jason Clarke - Dan, CIA Analyst
• Joel Edgerton - Patrick, DEVGRU Team Leader
• Chris Pratt - Justin, DEVGRU
• Reda Kateb - Ammar, Captured Al Qaeda terrorist
• Homayoun Ershadi - Hassan Ghul
• Yoav Levi - Abu Faraj al-Libbi
• Kyle Chandler - Joseph Bradley, CIA Station Chief
• Édgar Ramírez - Larry, CIA Operative