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Jason Clarke. Actor: Zero Dark Thirty. Jason Clarke is an Australian actor, known for often being cast in antagonist roles in feature films. In 1969, Clarke was born in Winton, Queensland, a small town where the main industries are sheep and cattle raising.
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Dec 12, 2012 · Follow @TIMECulture. Zero Dark Thirty is, on a visceral level, a difficult movie to watch—waterboarding is just the tip of the iceberg—and a lot of audience squeamishness may be due to the work of Australian actor Jason Clarke, who plays Dan, a CIA interrogator. In a series of no-holds-barred torture scenes, Clarke brings to life a man who ...
Clarke’s work in Zero Dark Thirty strikes a balance between emotionless and emotional in way that morally ambiguous actions could allow. A true challenge for the actor, who gets a moment of rest ...
- The Film Exaggerates The Government's Use of Torture
- The Film's Depiction of Jennifer Matthews Was Not Accurate
- The Detainees Did Not Reveal Any Useful Information in The Capture of Bin Laden
- The Film Gives Too Much Credit to One Individual
- The Changes Were Controversial But The Movie Was Still A Hit
The U.S. Government Claims These Methods Were Not Normal
From the beginning of Zero Dark Thirty, which is included among the most brutal torture scenes in movies, the American government is shown to have no issue with using extreme interrogation methods on its prisoners. Audiences are immediately introduced to Jason Clarke's character, Dan, through a hard to watch torture sequence, in which he attempts to extract important information from a potential terrorist associate by waterboarding him. However, this isn't exactly how the military operated. S...
Those Close To Matthews Rejected The Movie's Portrayal Of Her
Although her name wasn't used in Zero Dark Thirty, Jennifer Ehle's character, Jessica, was based on a real-life CIA Agent named Jennifer Matthews, whose work in the Osama bin Laden investigation eventually led to her death in a suicide bombing. In the movie, she only appears briefly to work with Jessica Chastain's character, Maya, when setting up a meeting in the camp. It's a small role, and it serves mostly to prove just how dangerous the terrorists are. However, many people who knew Jennife...
The Way The Americans Found Bin Laden Was Not Truthful In The Movie
It's immediately clear in Zero Dark Thirty that the American military intends to extract information from terrorist detainees. In the end, that's exactly how they track down Osama bin Laden, through his associates. However, this is not actually how the capture went down in reality.The detainees weren't that useful to the CIA — most of them refused to say anything at all, and for the very few who did speak, their information turned out to be useless. It was the investigative work of the CIA th...
Jessica Chastain's Character Didn't Do It Alone
Although Zero Dark Thirty is one of Jessica Chastain's best movies, her character is given too much credit for what occurs. The search for Osama bin Laden and his associates was one of the largest and highest-effort pursuits ever practiced by American forces. Thousands of CIA operatives dedicated several years of their lives to this cause. Zero Dark Thirty suggests Chastain's character, Maya, was solely responsible for tracking down the terrorist. Naturally, several government officials felt...
The Movie Won Critical Awards
While there have been complaints about Zero Dark Thirty's historical accuracy, the movie was still a huge success. Critically, it has a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is certified fresh. It wasn't just critics who loved it, as the audience score has a high 85% positive rating as well. That paid off at the box office, where the historical war biopic made $132.8 million on a $52 million budget (via Box Office Mojo), making it a minor success. Zero Dark Thirty was also popular at the year-end...
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Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American political action thriller film directed and produced by Kathryn Bigelow, ... with Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Reda Kateb, ...
Jan 8, 2013 · Jason Clarke's character, a CIA operative named Dan, is at the center of the film's controversy; Clarke is set to have a big year, with 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'The Great Gatsby' and 'White House Down'
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Jan 11, 2013 · Zero Dark Thirty: Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. With Jason Clarke, Reda Kateb, Jessica Chastain, Kyle Chandler. A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
