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Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

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Spurlock is shown hesitating to enter the area of Pakistan near the Afghan border where bin Laden is at the time, which is closed to foreigners, and deciding not to go there, arguing that it is not worth the risk. He concludes that the people in the countries he visited are ordinary people just like
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The film is intercut with images of Alex Jamieson, Spurlock's then-wife, in the late stages of her pregnancy. Much of Spurlock's commentary is based on the concerns of a new father.
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Spurlock visits Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In Afghanistan, guarded by about 21
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The title of the film is a play on the title of the television game show and computer game series,
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Osama bin Laden had Where in the World is Osama bin Laden in his collection
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Spurlock guesses that bin Laden is likely hiding in tribal lands near
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First Look: Morgan Spurlock's Where In the World is Osama Bin Laden
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Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Morgan Spurlock
The Weinstein Company
Adam Dell
Morgan Spurlock
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
CIA
Osama bin Laden
hideout
Abbottabad
Pakistan
Al-Qaeda
Osama bin Laden
Islamic fundamentalism
war on terror
Afghan Army
Tora Bora
U.S. Army
embedded journalist
Peshawar
Abbottabad
Rotten Tomatoes
sic
Metacritic
List of cultural references of the September 11 attacks
Being Osama
First Look: Morgan Spurlock's Where In the World is Osama Bin Laden
Morgan Spurlock On Finding Osama

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