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1. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-21003432Argo: The true story behind Ben Affleck's Globe-winning film

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   Jan 14, 2013 · Ben Affleck's film Argo tells the bizarre story of how in 1980 the CIA - with Canadian help - sprang a group of Americans from Iran after they escaped a US embassy overrun by protestors. The...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Argo_(2012_film)Argo (2012 film) - Wikipedia

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   Plot. On November 4, 1979, Iranian Islamists storm the United States Embassy in Tehran in retaliation for President Jimmy Carter having granted the right of asylum in the U.S. to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi following the Iranian Revolution that overthrew his monarchy.

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   Sep 7, 2024 · Learn how ex-agent Tony Mendez used a fake movie as cover to rescue six American diplomats during the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis. Discover the ingenious blend of espionage and Hollywood that made this covert mission a success.

5. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › argo_2012Argo (2012) - Rotten Tomatoes

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   On Nov. 4, 1979, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking 66 American hostages. Amid the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge with the Canadian ambassador.

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6. www.npr.org › 2012/12/25 › 167537259Fact Checking 'Argo': A Great Escape That Takes Some Leaps

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   Dec 18, 2012 · Ben Affleck's Argo chronicles a covert operation to rescue six Americans during the Iran hostage crisis. Some of it's true, and some is just inspired by real events.

7. slate.com › culture › 2012Argo: True story? The facts and fiction behind the Ben ...

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   Oct 12, 2012 · Argo’s central, nutty storyline—in which the CIA establishes a fake movie production, complete with a full script and ads in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, in order to rescue six ...

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   Is Argo a true story?

   • Argo ’s central, nutty storyline—in which the CIA establishes a fake movie production, complete with a full script and ads in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, in order to rescue six Americans stranded in post-revolutionary Iran—is 100 percent true, and pretty incredible.

   Argo: True story? The facts and fiction behind the Ben Affleck movie

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   Is Argo a good movie?

   • Argo was acclaimed by critics, praising Ben Affleck's direction, the cast (especially Arkin and Goodman), the script, and the editing. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 364 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.4/10.

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   What is the funniest part of Argo?

   • The funniest part of “Argo” (named after the fake science-fiction film the Canadians are supposedly scouting for) involves Mendez going to Hollywood to ensure that that make-believe production is real enough to fool the Iranians. John Goodman is wildly funny as Chambers, and Alan Arkin is even funnier as composite character producer Lester Siegel.

   Review: ‘Argo’ is a Hollywood story with a real-world outcome

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   Does Argo reshape reality into a Hollywood hit?

   • It is after the six Americans slip away from the embassy that Argo becomes a masterclass in reshaping reality into a Hollywood hit. The screenplay has the escapees - Mark and Cora Lijek, Bob Anders, Lee Schatz and Joe and Kathy Stafford - settling down to enforced cohabitation at the residence of the Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor.

   Argo: The true story behind Ben Affleck's Globe-winning film

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   Did Argo ever test the cover story?

   • The truth - which Argo artfully obscures - is that the cover story was never tested and in some ways proved irrelevant to the escape. There is a sequence in the film where the six go on a location scout in Tehran to create the impression they are movie people. According to Mark, the scene is total fiction. "We could never have done that.

   Argo: The true story behind Ben Affleck's Globe-winning film

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   When does Ben Affleck talk about Argo?

   • VIDEO: Ben Affleck talks ‘Argo’ at premiere “Argo’s” story begins in earnest 69 days later when Mendez, estranged from his wife and living in bachelor squalor, is summoned by his tart-tongued boss, CIA assistant deputy director Jack O’Donnell (Cranston), to a key meeting.

   Review: ‘Argo’ is a Hollywood story with a real-world outcome

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9. www.latimes.com › entertainment › moviesReview: ‘Argo’ is a Hollywood story with a real-world outcome

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   Oct 11, 2012 · “Argo” hails from Hollywood, so the movie houseguests endure a whole lot more of all kinds of jeopardy than apparently happened in real life: The closing credit reading “some scenes and ...