- The title of the film should actually be written: 0 dark 30. This is a commonly used military term, generally does not specifically refer to any time, but only means that the outdoor environment is dark, either very late or very early. Moreover, this phrase is not pronounced like the zero dark thirty spelled in the title, it is pronounced: oh dark thirty.
- The working title of the film was "For God and the Country", which was later changed to the military term "Hunting Bin Laden".
- Catherine Bigelow’s ex-husband, James Cameron, was expected to direct the film, but later withdrew due to various reasons.
- The role of the heroine Maya in the film adopts the name of Maya who is engaged in special work in real life.
- The film uses real waterboarding, beatings, insults and other methods for the shooting effect.
Zero Dark Thirty behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Maya: You can't run a global network of interconnected cells from a cave.
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Joseph Bradley: How do you like Pakistan so far?
Maya: It's kinda fucked up.