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Osama bin Laden on Screen in Movies and Film

Several feature films about Osama bin Laden have been plodding along for years. With the al Qaeda leader’s demise, there are calls for rewrites. In this week's Newsweek, Chris Lee reports on the fate of Kathryn Bigelow’s movie and more.

Chris Lee
Chris Lee
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Larry Thomas as Osama bin Laden, and Brent Mendenhall as George W. Bush, in POSTAL. (Courtesy Everett Collection)
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