Where They Went

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

A young CIA analyst spends a decade tracking a courier from black sites and the Islamabad station to a walled compound in Abbottabad.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1CIA station
    Islamabad, Pakistan
    ≈ 00:05:00
    Stated on screen

    Maya joins Dan's interrogations and works the courier lead from the station, surviving the Marriott bombing.

  2. 2Tracking the courier's car
    Peshawar, Pakistan
    ≈ 01:20:00
    Stated on screen
  3. 3CIA headquarters
    CIA headquarters, Langley
    ≈ 01:35:00
    Stated on screen
  4. 4Forward base
    Jalalabad, Afghanistan
    ≈ 01:55:00
    Stated on screen
  5. 5The compound
    Bin Laden compound, Abbottabad
    ≈ 02:05:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 6Hangar
    Jalalabad, Afghanistan
    ≈ 02:30:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
34,519 km
Places
5
Countries
3
Stops
6
  • Not shown: 33,858 km
  • Helicopter: 516 km
  • Car: 145 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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