Last Days (2014 film)
Last Days is a 2014 animated short documentary film about the decline of African elephant populations and the illegal ivory trade.
It was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, whose other films include" The Hurt Locker"( 2009)," Point Break"( 1991), and" Zero Dark Thirty"( 2012).
Featured in the film is footage of the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, which has been attributed to the militant organization Al- Shabaab.
The film advances the claim that terrorist networks derive much of their income from poached ivory.
These claims, which were similar to ones made by several public officials including former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, were based on a 2013 report by the environmental nonprofit Elephant Action League( EAL).
However, a report published jointly by Interpol and the United Nations Environment Programme described EAL's findings as" highly unreliable".
According to the report, Al- Shabaab's primary income comes from the trade in charcoal, a significant source of deforestation.
Greig Fraser
Greig Fraser, A.S.C., A.C.S.( born 3 October 1975) is an Australian cinematographer.
He is known for his work on films" ViceBright Star"( 2009, directed by Jane Campion) and" Zero Dark Thirty"( 2012, directed by Kathryn Bigelow).
In 2017, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography for his work on the film" Lion".
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal.
The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks.
This search leads to the discovery of his compound in Pakistan and the military raid that resulted in bin Laden's death on May 2, 2011.
Jessica Chastain stars as Maya, a fictional CIA intelligence analyst, with Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, James Gandolfini, Kyle Chandler, Stephen Dillane, Chris Pratt, Édgar Ramírez, Fares Fares, Jennifer Ehle, John Barrowman, Mark Duplass, and Frank Grillo in supporting roles.
It was produced by Boal, Bigelow, and Megan Ellison, and independently financed by Ellison's Annapurna Pictures.
The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 19, 2012 and had its wide release on January 11, 2013.
"Zero Dark Thirty" received acclaim and appeared on 95 critics' top ten lists of 2012.
It was nominated in five categories at the 85th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Chastain, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing, and won the award for Best Sound Editing, shared with "Skyfall".
It also earned Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, with Chastain winning the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.
The depiction of so-called enhanced interrogation generated controversy, with some critics describing it as pro-torture propaganda, as the interrogations are shown producing reliably useful and accurate information.
Acting CIA director Michael Morell felt the film created the false impression that torture was key to finding bin Laden.
Others described it as an anti-torture exposure of interrogation practices.
Republican Congressman Peter T. King charged that the filmmakers were given improper access to classified materials, which they denied.
An unreleased draft IG report published by the Project on Government Oversight, in June 2013, stated that former CIA Director Leon Panetta discussed classified information during an awards ceremony for the SEAL team that carried out the raid on the bin Laden compound.
Unbeknownst to Panetta, screenwriter Boal was among the 1,300 present during the ceremony.
Soul Soldier
Soul Soldier( produced under the working title Men of the Tenth; originally released as The Red, White, and Black; released on home video in the United States as Buffalo Soldier; released on home video in Australia as Black Cavalry; also called Soul Soldiers) is a 1970 blaxploitation Western film.
The film was initially produced by Hirschman- Northern Productions under the working title" Men of the Tenth".
After it was filmed on 16 mm film and released under the title" The Red, White, and Black", producer Stuart Hirschman asked John Cardos to salvage the film, and Cardos, after looking at the existing footage, insisted that the entire film needed to be reshot in 35 mm film.
Cardos directed the reshoot, which was entirely shot on an Arriflex 35 IIC.
Richard Dix's son Robert Dix appears in the film as a Native American warrior.
Isabel Sanford portrays the character Isabel Taylor.
Janee Michelle and Robert Do Qui share nude sex scenes in the film.
Rafer Johnson, who had won medals as a decathlete at the Olympic Games, starred in the film and intended to use all the money he earned from acting in the film to start his own film company.
The financial success of the film led to the production of several other films in the genre.
When the film was released on home video, it was renamed" Buffalo Soldier".
Scott Adkins
Scott Edward Adkins( born 17 June 1976) is a British actor, producer, screenwriter and martial artist.
He has played Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the 2006 film and it s two sequels,( 2010) and( 2016); Casey Bowman in the 2009 film" Ninja" and its 2013 sequel; and has appeared in," Doctor Strange The Bourne Ultimatum The Expendables 2" and" Zero Dark Thirty".
Taylor Kinney
Taylor Jacks Kinney( born July 15, 1981) is an American actor and model.
He is known for playing Mason Lockwood in" The Vampire Diaries", Jared in" Zero Dark Thirty", Phil in" The Other Woman", and Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant Kelly Severide in" Chicago FireChicago P.D." and" Chicago Med".
Zero Dark Thirty (disambiguation)
Zero Dark Thirty is a film directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Zero Dark Thirty may also refer to:
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2012
The 16th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2012, were given on December 18, 2012.
Through a naming rights sponsorship with Rogers the Best Canadian Film Award prize money was raised to C$ 100,000 from$ 15,000 in 2010 and$ 10,000 prior to that, while the two runners- up took$ 5,000 each.
It is now the largest film prize in Canada.
Runners- Up: Daniel Day-Lewis –" Lincoln" and Joaquin Phoenix –" The Master" Runners- Up: Jessica Chastain –" Zero Dark Thirty" and Emmanuelle Riva –" Amour" Runners- Up:" Brave" and" Frankenweenie" Runners- Up: Kathryn Bigelow –" Zero Dark Thirty" and Leos Carax –" Holy Motors" Runners- Up:" The Queen of Versailles" and" Searching for Sugar Man" Runners- Up:" Amour" and" Zero Dark Thirty" Runner- Up:" The Cabin in the Woods" Runners- Up:" Holy Motors" • France/ Germany and" Tabu" • Portugal Runners- Up:" Lincoln" – Tony Kushner and" Zero Dark Thirty" – Mark Boal Runners- Up: Javier Bardem –" Skyfall" and Tommy Lee Jones –" Lincoln" Runners- Up: Amy Adams –" The Master", Ann Dowd –" Compliance" and Anne Hathaway –" Les Misérables" Runners- Up:
Denis Côté-" Bestiaire", Michael Dowse-" Goon"
List of accolades received by Zero Dark Thirty
" Zero Dark Thirty" is a 2012 American action thriller directed and co-produced by Kathryn Bigelow with screenplay by Mark Boal.
The film was released in the United States on December 19, 2012, with a limited release at five theaters in Los Angeles and New York City.
It made$ 124,848 in its limited release weekend, making it one of the biggest limited mid-week openings ever.
As of March 6, 2013," Zero Dark Thirty" has grossed a worldwide total of$ 106.8 million.
" Zero Dark Thirty" also received a high critical acclaim, accumulating an approval rating of 93% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
" Zero Dark Thirty" earned various awards and nominations, with the nominations in categories ranging from recognition of the screenplay to its direction and editing to the cast's acting performance.
It was nominated for five Academy Awards at the 85th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and won for Best Sound Editing( tied with Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers for" Skyfall").
It was also nominated for four Golden Globes at the 70th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and won Best Actress – Drama for Jessica Chastain.
The Washington DC Area Film Critics award for Best Director was given to Kathryn Bigelow, the second time the honor has gone to a woman( the first also being Bigelow for" The Hurt Locker").
The film swept critics groups awards for Best Director and Best Picture including Washington DC, New York, Chicago and Boston film critics associations.
Paul N. J. Ottosson
Paul N. J. Ottosson( born 25 February 1966) is a Swedish sound designer.
He won a total of three Academy Awards.
Two for the film" The Hurt Locker", one for" Zero Dark Thirty", and was nominated for a fourth for" Spider- Man 2".
He has worked on more than 100 films since 1995.

Question: Are both Soul Soldier and Zero Dark Thirty from the same country?
Answer: yes