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CIA requested ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ rewrites, memo reveals
Document shows agency requested removal of interrogation scene with dog, and shots of operatives partying with AK47 A newly declassified CIA document suggests members of the US agency did help to shape the narrative of Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow’s recent film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. In January…
Colbert pushes ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ director Bigelow on torture scenes
Stephen Colbert eased up on the silliness just a little bit for his interview with “Zero Dark Thirty” director Kathryn Bigelow on Tuesday, as he zeroed in on the controversy surrounding the film’s depiction of torture-based interrogation. Colbert specifically mentioned a scene in which the film’s protagonist, played by Jessica…
Academy Award member urges Oscars boycott of ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ over ‘acceptance’ of torture
David Clennon has urged others to snub Kathryn Bigelow film at awards for ‘promoting acceptance of the crime of torture’ Hollywood studio Sony has been forced into a fresh defence of the controversial film Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, after a member of the body that organises…
Colbert: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ investigation is long overdue
Without the movies, Stephen Colbert said on Tuesday, he never would’ve learned that slavery is bad or that Abraham Lincoln was killed by a vampire. So he welcomed the news that there was a Senate investigation coming on the depiction of torture in Kathryn Bigelow’s film Zero Dark Thirty. “We…
Did ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ filmmakers have secret links to CIA? U.S. Senate vows to find out
US Senate Intelligence Committee to investigate whether film-makers Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal had access to classified material The controversy surrounding the fact-based terrorist drama Zero Dark Thirty looks set to continue as the US senate intelligence committee launched an investigation into the relationship between the film’s makers and CIA…
Valerie Plame welcomes new breed of fictional female spy in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Former CIA agent exposed in 2003 praises emergence of heroine ‘whose most important weapon is her intellect’ The heroine of Kathryn Bigelow’s controversial new movie Zero Dark Thirty stands out for her weapon of choice when helping to run down Osama bin Laden – a quick and ruthless mind. Unlike…
U.S. probes claims filmmaker given bin Laden mission info
WASHINGTON — The US military and CIA are probing claims that classified information about the killing of Osama bin Laden was given to Oscar winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, a Republican lawmaker said Thursday. Peter King, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said he requested an investigation after reports…
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