What are the real names of the characters in zero dark thirty. Osama bin laden is dead, which everybody knows, and the principal facts leading up to that are also wellknown. The movie zero dark thirty is a fictional account, loosely based on the finding and killing of osama bin laden and his associates. Zero dark thirty 2012 trailers and clips moviefone.
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