Film
903: Zero Dark Thirty
Trivia: Rooney Mara was originally cast but had to drop out and
was replaced by Jessica Chastain.
"Zero
Dark Thirty" in military terms means 12:30 AM. Zero Dark is midnight,
00:00 on a 24 hour clock, 30 being added to connote 30 minutes past. In the
scene during the raid you can see Maya look at the clock being shown as 00:30.
This is Jeremy Hindle 's first feature-film work as production
designer. Hindle previously collaborated with Australian cinematographer Greig Fraser on numerous TV commercial shoots. Director
Bigelow lauded Hindle for his remarkably precise re-creation of the huge bin
Laden compound - built from scratch in the Jordanian desert - in less than
three months.
