Last month I posted an article about the growing buzz behind Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me follow-up Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?, where our faithful documentary filmmaker goes in search for the most wanted man in the world. A comment from the film’s director of photography, Daniel Marricone added fuel to the fire, telling the press that Spurlock “definitely got the holy grail.” Our article took off to all corners of the internet, linked on MSNBC, and eventually making its way into print publications. Spurlock’s film is probably the biggest hyped movie of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and everyone wants to know:
Did Morgan Spurlock find Osama?
We Have the Answer!
Today I received an anonymous e-mail from someone in Utah claiming to have seen the documentary. While this is not confirmed, everything this spy has told me adds up perfectly with what I have been told about the project thus far.
We’re usually not ones to post end of film spoilers, but I’m confident that this spoiler will be all over the place after the movie premieres next week. So if you want to know the answer, continue after the jump!
The main premise of the film is that Spurlock’s girlfriend is going to give birth to Spurlock’s baby in 8-weeks, and the filmmaker supposedly wants to find Osama and make the world safer for his kid (I’m sure some of this is tounge in cheek). My source tells me that Spurlock could have gotten really close to Bin Laden, but “…it’s hard to say.” In the documentary, Spurlock travels to the middle east and meets with “a lot of people with whom Osama grew up with.”
“At the end of the movie, he is about to go into the Tribal Area of Pakistan, where a huge sign says no outsiders allowed, you will be shot. He thinks about his kid and decided to turn around.”
But just because Spurlock didn’t find Osama doesn’t mean this film is stinker. My source says this movie is worth seeing.
“It’s a funny movie, and it shows crazy footage. He basically goes in the middle east and finds out why everyone hates America. It does offer a interesting look in the middle east, a different view that Americans haven’t seen before. But no Bin Laden.”
So there you have it. Again, this is not confirmed. Expect more on Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? in our Sundance coverage next week.
January 9th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Pretty sure if he actually did film Osama, and kept it a secret, he and everyone close to the production would be charged with withholding evidence.
January 9th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Indeed. He would be in serious trouble.
January 9th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I’m pretty sure Spurlock found Bin Laden working at McDonalds in Pakistan.
January 9th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Its impossible to find someone who is dead…
January 9th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
bin laden is dead…long live the new flesh.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
so uhh what was the holy grail then? Talking to BinLaden’s former childhood friend?
January 10th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Nah, he found this cave, just short of Tora Bora, with an old knight protecting a wooden cup…
January 10th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Darren is right, the answer is already there!
January 10th, 2008 at 8:57 am
If Morgan Spurlock DID fine Osama Bin Laden, how does that reflect on George W. Bush’s competence. The president of a superpower can’t find him, but an indie filmmaker who is famous for eating McDonald’s for 30 days straight did?
January 10th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Are you that retarded, Rick?
January 10th, 2008 at 11:47 am
“He thinks about his kid and decided to turn around.” That’s the difference between the likes of Morgan and our troops. They think about their kids and keep going forward.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
I’m in your pyramids killing your moomies
January 10th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
The reason it’s good is because he has found a premise that will get a lot of dangerous, retarded dickheads into a cinema to learn a more balanced picture of the people of the Middle East. That’s the Holy Grail.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Osama Bin Laden doesn’t exist !! he was made by bush !!BUSH : THE CAUSE OF 9/11 ……
January 10th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Bush is responsible for many of man’s pitfalls.
Oh wait, you’re talking about that president guy?
January 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Bano, Is that why the U.S. and every other major country has been watching him since the 1970’s? Or are you just completely retarded and have no sense of politics and the world you are living in? I know you don’t understand anything just because of that comment you just made. Just get out of here and let the grown-ups talk.
January 17th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
spurlock is a sensationalist. honestly, what kinda pansy pukes after scarfing down a big mcdonalds meal and then tells the doctor that he is losing feeling in his extremities from too much mcdonalds? the guy’s all fluff.
January 17th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
If Spurlock is all fluff, then that includes his balls, and they’re big ones.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Why do people believe this guy is hiding in a cave? Doesn’t that alone show the de-evolution of man? I love when common people think they are wise by quoting Orwell. We are ALL slaves. We are parasites who are addicted to consumption. As long as our masters keep us fed with American Idol, mini malls, and the occasional $600 tax rebate we will continue to exist as zombies. Even those who debate this stuff do so after a long trip to the mall or a day of being overworked… then they go to sleep, wake up, and repeat. None of you people have done ANYTHING to change these circumstances and NONE of you EVER will. The best hope for earth is the extinction of the human race. We are nothing more than barbaric savages.
March 10th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
How the hell did they get in to Pakistan…
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