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* CaliforniaDoubling: Jordan and India for Pakistan, which results in some strange things, such as extras speaking Arabic instead of Urdu and more people in traditional dress than you might normally see in Islamabad.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Two years earlier, in the miniseries ''Carlos'', Creator/EdgarRamirez played the title character, one of the world's most notorious terrorists. In this film, he plays one of the CIA agents trying to hunt down Bin Laden.
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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/ChrisPratt lost a lot of weight and buffed up for this movie after having gained weight to play Andy on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' '''after''' having lost a lot of weight and buffed up for ''Film/{{Moneyball}}''.
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* FakeAmerican: Joel Edgerton (Patrick) and Jason Clarke (Dan) are Australians playing Americans. Clarke in particular does a flawless accent. Mark Strong (British) and John Barrowman (Scottish born but American-raised) also play CIA Agents.

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* FakeAmerican: Joel Edgerton (Patrick) and Jason Clarke (Dan) are Australians playing Americans. Clarke in particular does a flawless accent. Stephen Dillane (British) plays the American National Security Advisor while Mark Strong (British) and John Barrowman (Scottish born but American-raised) also play CIA Agents.
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* ActorAllusion:
** This is Stephen Dillane's third gig as a government official. He was also the [[{{Film/SpyGame}} CIA Deputy Director]], but his most famous position was that of [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Master of Ships.]]
** Nora Dunn also played a reporter in Film/ThreeKings.
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** Nora Dunn also played a reporter in ThreeKings.

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** Nora Dunn also played a reporter in ThreeKings.Film/ThreeKings.
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* ContentLeak: Screeners for ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty'' got leaked about 2 weeks before this film was released.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheHelp Celia]] [[Creator/JessicaChastain Foote]], [[Series/{{Brotherhood}} Tommy Caffee]], [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lord]] [[Creator/MarkStrong Blackwood]], [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Andy Dwyer, aka Burt Macklin, FBI]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], [[{{Series/Torchwood}} Captain]] [[Creator/JohnBarrowman Jack Harkness]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Stannis]] [[Creator/StephenDillane Baratheon]], [[MadMen Betty Draper's second husband]], [[{{Film/Super 8}} Jackson Lamb]], [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Azazel]], and [[{{Film/Warrior}} Brendan Conlon]] are all looking for Osama bin Laden.
** So are [[Film/TheBourneSeries Paz]], [[Film/TheKingsSpeech Myrtle Logue]] and [[Series/{{Lost}} Michael Dawson]]. And it's [[Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy not the first time]] that Mark Strong plays the part of a spy.
** Both [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Star-]][[Creator/ChrisPratt Lord]] and [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Crossbones]] are part of the final attack on the compound.
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** Initially focusing on an unsuccessful attempt to kill Osama bin Laden, the film was rewritten upon his death.

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* ActorAllusion: This is Stephen Dillane's third gig as a government official. He was also the [[{{Film/SpyGame}} CIA Deputy Director]], but his most famous position was that of [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Master of Ships.]]

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This is Stephen Dillane's third gig as a government official. He was also the [[{{Film/SpyGame}} CIA Deputy Director]], but his most famous position was that of [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Master of Ships.]]]]
** Nora Dunn also played a reporter in ThreeKings.
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* DuelingMovies: With ''Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden'', made for The NationalGeographic channel.

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* DuelingMovies: With ''Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden'', made for The NationalGeographic Magazine/NationalGeographic channel.
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* ApprovalOfGod: [[http://www.esquire.com/features/man-who-shot-osama-bin-laden-0313-7 In an interview with Esquire Magazine]], the purported then-anonymous shooter[[note]]later revealing himself as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_O'Neill_(Navy_SEAL) Robert O'Neill]][[/note]] of Bin Laden had complaints about several technical details of the raid but praised the film for its depiction of Maya, saying it showed her as the tough lady that she really is.

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* ApprovalOfGod: [[http://www.esquire.com/features/man-who-shot-osama-bin-laden-0313-7 In an interview with Esquire Magazine]], the purported then-anonymous shooter[[note]]later revealing himself as [[https://en.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_O'Neill_(Navy_SEAL) org/wiki/Robert_O%27Neill_(Navy_SEAL) Robert O'Neill]][[/note]] of Bin Laden had complaints about several technical details of the raid but praised the film for its depiction of Maya, saying it showed her as the tough lady that she really is.
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* HilariousInHindsight: John Barrowman's presence became somewhat funnier after [[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/DoctorWhoAided.png this headline in the papers]] could be misread as a certain Time Lord having helped from his cell.
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* ApprovalOfGod: [[http://www.esquire.com/features/man-who-shot-osama-bin-laden-0313-7 In an interview with Esquire Magazine]], the purported (anonymous) shooter[[note]](according to his version of events, the point man missed when bin Laden peeked out of his bedroom -- in the movie, he doesn't miss)[[/note]] of Bin Laden had complaints about several technical details of the raid but praised the film for its depiction of Maya, saying it showed her as the tough lady that she really is.

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* ApprovalOfGod: [[http://www.esquire.com/features/man-who-shot-osama-bin-laden-0313-7 In an interview with Esquire Magazine]], the purported (anonymous) shooter[[note]](according to his version of events, the point man missed when bin Laden peeked out of his bedroom -- in the movie, he doesn't miss)[[/note]] then-anonymous shooter[[note]]later revealing himself as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_O'Neill_(Navy_SEAL) Robert O'Neill]][[/note]] of Bin Laden had complaints about several technical details of the raid but praised the film for its depiction of Maya, saying it showed her as the tough lady that she really is.
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* FakeAmerican: Joel Edgerton (Patrick) and Jason Clarke (Dan) are Australian playing Americans. Clarke in particular does a flawless accent. Mark Strong (British) and John Barrowman (Scottish born but American-raised) also play CIA Agents.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheHelp Celia]] [[Creator/JessicaChastain Foote]], [[Series/{{Brotherhood}} Tommy Caffee]], [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lord Blackwood]], [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Andy Dwyer, aka Burt Macklin, FBI]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], [[{{Series/Torchwood}} Captain]] [[Creator/JohnBarrowman Jack Harkness]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Stannis]] [[Creator/StephenDillane Baratheon]], [[MadMen Betty Draper's second husband]], [[{{Film/Super 8}} Jackson Lamb]], [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Azazel]], and [[{{Film/Warrior}} Brendan Conlon]] are all looking for Osama bin Laden.

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* FakeAmerican: Joel Edgerton (Patrick) and Jason Clarke (Dan) are Australian Australians playing Americans. Clarke in particular does a flawless accent. Mark Strong (British) and John Barrowman (Scottish born but American-raised) also play CIA Agents.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheHelp Celia]] [[Creator/JessicaChastain Foote]], [[Series/{{Brotherhood}} Tommy Caffee]], [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lord Lord]] [[Creator/MarkStrong Blackwood]], [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Andy Dwyer, aka Burt Macklin, FBI]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], [[{{Series/Torchwood}} Captain]] [[Creator/JohnBarrowman Jack Harkness]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Stannis]] [[Creator/StephenDillane Baratheon]], [[MadMen Betty Draper's second husband]], [[{{Film/Super 8}} Jackson Lamb]], [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Azazel]], and [[{{Film/Warrior}} Brendan Conlon]] are all looking for Osama bin Laden.



** Both [[GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Starlord]] and [[CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Brock Rumlow]] are part of the final attack on the compound.

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** Both [[GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Starlord]] [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Star-]][[Creator/ChrisPratt Lord]] and [[CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Brock Rumlow]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Crossbones]] are part of the final attack on the compound.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheHelp Celia]] [[JessicaChastain Foote]], [[Series/{{Brotherhood}} Tommy Caffee]], [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lord Blackwood]], [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Andy Dwyer, aka Burt Macklin, FBI]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], [[{{Series/Torchwood}} Captain]] [[Creator/JohnBarrowman Jack Harkness]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Stannis]] [[Creator/StephenDillane Baratheon]], [[MadMen Betty Draper's second husband]], [[{{Film/Super 8}} Jackson Lamb]], [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Azazel]], and [[{{Film/Warrior}} Brendan Conlon]] are all looking for Osama bin Laden.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheHelp Celia]] [[JessicaChastain [[Creator/JessicaChastain Foote]], [[Series/{{Brotherhood}} Tommy Caffee]], [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lord Blackwood]], [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Andy Dwyer, aka Burt Macklin, FBI]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], [[{{Series/Torchwood}} Captain]] [[Creator/JohnBarrowman Jack Harkness]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Stannis]] [[Creator/StephenDillane Baratheon]], [[MadMen Betty Draper's second husband]], [[{{Film/Super 8}} Jackson Lamb]], [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Azazel]], and [[{{Film/Warrior}} Brendan Conlon]] are all looking for Osama bin Laden.
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* BannedInChina: The Pakistani government is not happy about their portrayal in this movie. Officially, no one in the country has seen it. [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch Which raises a conundrum....]]

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* BannedInChina: The Pakistani government is not happy about their portrayal in this movie. Officially, no one in the country has seen it. [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch Which raises a conundrum....]]

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* [[BannedInChina Banned In Pakistan]]: The Pakistani government is not happy about their portrayal in this movie. Officially, no one in the country has seen it. [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch Which raises a conundrum....]]

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* [[BannedInChina Banned In Pakistan]]: BannedInChina: The Pakistani government is not happy about their portrayal in this movie. Officially, no one in the country has seen it. [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch Which raises a conundrum....]]]]
* BeamMeUpScotty: Some have quoted Maya as saying "I'm the motherfucker who found Bin Laden" when she instead says "I'm the motherfucker who found this place".
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheHelp Celia]] [[JessicaChastain Foote]], [[Series/{{Brotherhood}} Tommy Caffee]], [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lord Blackwood]], [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Andy Dwyer, aka Burt Macklin, FBI]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], [[{{Series/Torchwood}} Captain]] [[Creator/JohnBarrowman Jack Harkness]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Stannis]] [[StephenDillane Baratheon]], [[MadMen Betty Draper's second husband]], [[{{Film/Super 8}} Jackson Lamb]], [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Azazel]], and [[{{Film/Warrior}} Brendan Conlon]] are all looking for Osama bin Laden.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheHelp Celia]] [[JessicaChastain Foote]], [[Series/{{Brotherhood}} Tommy Caffee]], [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lord Blackwood]], [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Andy Dwyer, aka Burt Macklin, FBI]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], [[{{Series/Torchwood}} Captain]] [[Creator/JohnBarrowman Jack Harkness]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Stannis]] [[StephenDillane [[Creator/StephenDillane Baratheon]], [[MadMen Betty Draper's second husband]], [[{{Film/Super 8}} Jackson Lamb]], [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Azazel]], and [[{{Film/Warrior}} Brendan Conlon]] are all looking for Osama bin Laden.
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** RooneyMara was attached to the Maya role, but later turned it down due to the ''[[Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo]]'' press tour.
** TomHardy was supposed to play Mark Strong's role, but dropped out due to similar scheduling conflicts.

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** RooneyMara Creator/RooneyMara was attached to the Maya role, but later turned it down due to the ''[[Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo]]'' press tour.
** TomHardy Creator/TomHardy was supposed to play Mark Strong's role, but dropped out due to similar scheduling conflicts.
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** Both [[GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Starlord]] and [[CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Brock Rumlow]] are part of the final attack on the compound.
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* HilariousInHindsight: John Barrowman's presence became somewhat funnier after [[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/DoctorWhoAided.png this headline in the papers]] could be misread as a certain Time Lord having helped from his cell.
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** Creator/JohnBarrowman has a jarring cameo towards the end of the movie, especially in the UK where he's better known as himself than as an actor.
** [[GameOfThrones Stannis Baratheon]] is the National Security Advisor.

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