We witnessed "the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man" in 2012 and now, we get to own a piece of that very land where the whole account of Osama bin Laden's capture was replicated.
Yes, the war-torn sets used to film the 2012 history drama thriller 'Zero Dark Thirty' has hit the listing market for $7.5 million, according to sources. The 'Blue Cloud Movie Ranch', which is one of the many privately owned film-purpose ranches in California, is now up for sale.
While several ranches in and around the Santa Clarita Valley provide diverse locations for shooting, the Blue Cloud Ranch specializes in 'military settings', according to the Los Angeles Times. The property features an Afghani town set and also has a full-scale army camp and comes with about 50 military vehicles.
Public records at Realtor.com state that the place is a 18.3 acre lot. The listing description reads:
Movie Ranch, Approximately 94 Acres, includes FOUR Assessor Parcels APN 2813-010-14/15/16 abd 2813-012-001, in the process of being annexed into the City of Santa Clarita and the Movie Overlay Zone. Well Test completed on June 12,2013 at that time the well produced 8.27 gallons per minute. The land use is classified as Non-Urban II. Currently operated under a CUP issued in 2000. there are multiple motion picture sets on the property.
One look at the pictures of the ranch will take you back to the thrilling movie. Check out the photos, here. Also see the famous bomb scene below, which has some ample shots of the base camp:
The movie was shot in many other locations like parts of Chandigarh, which substituted as Lahore and Abbottabad in Pakistan. One scene was also shot in Poland.
Zero Dark Thirty Trivia
Zero Dark Thirty chronicled the hunt and kill of Osama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader who masterminded the Sep. 2001 attacks. The initial screenplay of the movie depicted the struggles of finding bin Laden. However, just as they were beginning to film, news broke that bin Laden was killed.
They went back to their screenplay and decided to shift focus on his assassination. That is when Screenwriter Mark Boal found that women had a great hand in tracing down the terrorist.
"...through the grapevine that women played a big role in the CIA in general and in this team. I heard that a woman was there on the night of the raid as one of the CIA's liaison officers on the ground - and that was the start of it."
That is where Boal drew his inspiration for the character of 'Maya'.
However, a memo obtained by Gawker.com revealed that the CIA had a big hand in shaping the final cut of the film.
The documents include a 2012 memo-initially classified "SECRET"-summarizing five conference calls between Boal and the CIA's Office of Public Affairs in late 2011. "The purpose for these discussions was for OPA officers to help promote an appropriate portrayal of the Agency and the Bin Ladin operation," according to the memo.
The film went on to receive several Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. It won the Oscar for Best Sound Editing and a Golden Globe for Best Actress.
