Zero Dark Thirty

2012 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow
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Summary

Zero Dark Thirty is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97,861 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4], National Board of Review Award for Best Film[5]
  • Director: Kathryn Bigelow[6]
  • Screenwriter: Mark Boal[7]
  • Composer: Alexandre Desplat[8]
  • Genre: thriller film[9], war film[10], drama film[11], action film[12]
  • Cast member: Jessica Chastain[13], Jason Clarke[14], Joel Edgerton[15], Jennifer Ehle[16], Mark Strong[17], Kyle Chandler[18], Édgar Ramírez[19], Scott Adkins[20], Chris Pratt[21], Taylor Kinney[22], Frank Grillo[23], James Gandolfini[24], Harold Perrineau[25], Mark Duplass[26]
  • Producer: Kathryn Bigelow[27], Megan Ellison[28], Mark Boal[29]
  • Part of the series: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century[30]
  • Production company: Columbia Pictures[31]
  • Director of photography: Greig Fraser[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 8.6/10[35], 91%[36], 95/100[37], 7.4/10[38]
  • Color: color[39]
  • Country of origin: United States[40]
  • Publication date: December 10, 2012[41], January 11, 2013[42], January 31, 2013[43], February 21, 2013[44]
  • Characters: Leon Panetta[45], Robert James O'Neill[46], William H. McRaven[47], Thomas E. Donilon[48], Ammar al-Baluchi[49], Hassan Ghul[50], Abu Faraj al-Libbi[51], Osama bin Laden[52]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[53], Netflix[54]

Why It Matters

Zero Dark Thirty has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

FAQs

What awards did Zero Dark Thirty receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Sound Editing[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4], and National Board of Review Award for Best Film[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . filmering.at. Retrieved . filmering.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . AdoroCinema. Retrieved . film-o-holic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . AdoroCinema. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . AdoroCinema. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . AdoroCinema. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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