Argo (2012)

Director:

Ben Affleck

Writers (WGA):

Chris Terrio (screenplay)
Tony Mendez (based on a selection from "The Master of Disguise" by) ...
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Release Date:

12 October 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Thriller

Tagline:

The movie was fake. The mission was real.

Plot:

A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran.

Plot Keywords:

Canadian | Hostage | CIA | Ambassador | U.S. Embassy

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 62 wins & 64 nominations

Cast

Ben Affleck	...	Tony Mendez
Bryan Cranston	...	Jack O'Donnell
Alan Arkin	...	Lester Siegel
John Goodman	...	John Chambers
Victor Garber	...	Ken Taylor
Tate Donovan	...	Bob Anders
Clea DuVall	...	Cora Lijek
Scoot McNairy	...	Joe Stafford
Rory Cochrane	...	Lee Schatz
Christopher Denham	...	Mark Lijek
Kerry Bishé	...	Kathy Stafford
Kyle Chandler	...	Hamilton Jordan
Chris Messina	...	Malinov
Zeljko Ivanek	...	Robert Pender
Titus Welliver	...	Bates
Keith Szarabajka	...	Adam Engell
Bob Gunton	...	Cyrus Vance
Richard Kind	...	Max Klein
Richard Dillane	...	OSS Officer Nicholls
Omid Abtahi	...	Reza Borhani
Page Leong	...	Pat Taylor
Farshad Farahat	...	Azizi Checkpoint #3
Sheila Vand	...	Sahar
Karina Logue	...	Elizabeth Ann Swift
Ryan Ahern	...	Sgt. Sickmann
Bill Tangradi	...	Alan B. Golacinski
Jamie McShane	...	William J. Daugherty
Matthew Glave	...	Col. Charles W. Scott
Roberto Garcia	...	Sgt. William Gallegos
Christopher Stanley	...	Thomas L. Ahern, Jr.
Jon Woodward Kirby	...	Fred Kupke
Alborz Basiratmand	...	Student with Poster
Ruty Rutenberg	...	Marine #1
Michael Woolston	...	Marine #2
Sharareh Sedghi	...	Lady with Radio
Bobby Zegar	...	Tear Gas Student
Victor McCay	...	Malick
Matt Nolan	...	Peter Genco
J.R. Cacia	...	Brice
Bill Kalmenson	...	Hal Saunders
Rob Brownstein	...	Landon Butler
David Sullivan	...	Jon Titterton
Jean Carol	...	Jordan's Secretary
Michael Cassidy	...	Jordan's Analyst
John Boyd	...	Lamont
Yuri Sardarov	...	Rossi (as Yuriy Sardarov)
Nikka Far	...	Tehran Mary
Aidan Sussman	...	Ian Mendez
Barry Livingston	...	David Marmor
Ali Saam	...	Ali Khalkhali
Araz Vahid Ebrahim Nia	...	Moradi
Scott Anthony Leet	...	The Minotaur
Ashley Wood	...	Space Lab Nurse
Rob Tepper	...	Film Director
Ray Porter	...	First A.D.
Stephen J. Lattanzi	...	PA
Danielle Barbosa	...	Lester's Housekeeper
Michael Parks	...	Jack Kirby
Eric Scott Cooper	...	Publicist
Adrienne Barbeau	...	Nina / Serksi the Gallactic Witch
Tom Lenk	...	Variety Reporter
Nelson Franklin	...	LA Times Reporter
Kelly Curran	...	Princess Aleppa
Mark Rhino Smith	...	Evil Villain
Scott Elrod	...	Achilles Crux
Bill Blair	...	Humanoid Robot
Daston Kalili	...	Green Jacket
Joseph S. Griffo	...	Nestor the Android
Andrew Varenhorst	...	Blue Monster
Amitis Frances Ariano	...	Persian Dancer
Alison Fiori	...	Sci Fi Body Suit Girl
Taies Farzan	...	Middle Class Iranian Woman
Rafi Pitts	...	Iranian Consulate Official
Allegra Carpenter	...	British Airways Flight Attendant
Bobby Naderi	...	Airport Husband
Ray Haratian	...	Immigration Officer
Mehrdad Sarlak	...	Immigration Officer
Soheil Tasbihchi	...	Immigration Officer
Hovik Gharibian	...	Immigration Officer
Dorianne Pahlavan	...	Airport Hysterical Wife
Houshang Touzie	...	Deputy Minister of Islamic Guidance (as Hooshang Tooze)
Peter Henry Schroeder	...	Producer (as Peter-Henry Schroeder)
Ali Farkhonde	...	Tehran Car Rental Man
Sahm McGlynn	...	Bearded Fundamentalist in Bazaar
Muhammed Cangören	...	Bazaar Shopkeeper (as Muhammed Cangoren)
Asghar Allah Veirdi Zadeh	...	Bazaar Angry Man
Leyla Beysulen	...	Angry Woman (as Leyla Beysülen)
Lindsey Ginter	...	Hedley Donovan
Tim Quill	...	Alan Sosa
Larry Sullivan	...	Engell's Secretary
Danilo Di Julio	...	Sgt. Gauthier
Fanshen Cox	...	White House Operator
Tehmina Sunny	...	Swissair Ticketing Agent
Amir K	...	Passport Official (as Amir Kamyab)
Baris Deli	...	Carpet Factory Komiteh
Cas Anvar	...	Revolutionary Guard
Bahram Khosraviani	...	Revolutionary Guard
Sam Sheikholeslami	...	Revolutionary Guard
Saba Sarem	...	Revolutionary Guard
Puya Abbassi	...	Revolutionary Guard
Reza Mir	...	Komiteh Reza
Jozef Fahey	...	Lock Up PA
Annie Little	...	Swissair Gate Agent
Fahim Fazli	...	Komiteh Subordinate
Brandon Tabassi	...	Young Komiteh at Airport
John Hans Tester	...	Swissair Pilot (as Hans Tester)
Alex Schemmer	...	Swissair Co-Pilot
Yan Feldman	...	Air Traffic Controller
Nancy Stelle	...	Swissair Flight Attendant
Maz Siam	...	Iraqi Border Guard
Ken Edling	...	Assistant Secretary of State
Deborah Deimel Bean	...	State Department Official
Michael Chieffo	...	CIA Archives Officer
Taylor Schilling	...	Christine Mendez
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martin Andris	...	Lab Sound Man (uncredited)
Gabriel Aslan	...	Ian's Friend (uncredited)
Koby Azarly	...	Iranian Airport Police (uncredited)
Nima Azizi	...	Mahmoud (uncredited)
Danielle Beckwith	...	Greek Goddess (uncredited)
David Bittick	...	Marine #3 (uncredited)
Michael Blumenstock	...	CIA Officer (uncredited)
Phillip Borghee	...	Iranian Protestor (uncredited)
Ramon Calzada	...	Muslim Cleric (uncredited)
Rita Cannon	...	Protester (uncredited)
Jimmy Carter	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Momo Casablanca	...	Visa Seeker (uncredited)
Victoria Charters	...	Swissair Gate Rep (uncredited)
Jennifer Christopher	...	Peg (uncredited)
Amaru Cloud	...	Iranian Boy (uncredited)
Shaun Daley	...	Chancery Hostage (uncredited)
Matt Doherty	...	Butler (uncredited)
Ehab Elgharabawy	...	Iranian Passenger (uncredited)
Mohamed Ibrahim Elkest	...	Protester (uncredited)
Roberto C Escobar	...	Komiteh Photographer (uncredited)
Kristi Faye	...	Airline Stewardess (uncredited)
Jerald Garner	...	CIA Pit Team (uncredited)
Clark Gilmer	...	Space Nurse (uncredited)
Sepideh Haftgoli	...	Iranian Stewardess (uncredited)
Priyom Haider	...	Protestor (uncredited)
Fouad Hajji	...	Komiteh (uncredited)
Lucas N. Hall	...	Protestor (uncredited)
Philip Baker Hall	...	C.I.A Director Stansfield Turner (uncredited)
Matt Harding	...	Driver (uncredited)
Kevin Hawley	...	Canadian Chancellor (uncredited)
Daniel Hayek	...	Head Table Revolutionary #6 (uncredited)
Jasmin Jandreau	...	Swiss Air Passenger (uncredited)
Eli Jane	...	Swiss Airline Stewardess (uncredited)
Richard Allan Jones	...	Smokehouse Patron (uncredited)
Rocky Kanaka	...	Assistant (uncredited)
Jason Kapraun	...	Argo Staff (uncredited)
Athena Talin Katalaris	...	Persian Child / Refugee (uncredited)
David Dustin Kenyon	...	Argo Staff (uncredited)
Siamak Keyvani	...	Swissair Passenger (uncredited)
Michael Klemp	...	State Department Member (uncredited)
Elena Kolpachikova	...	Hollywood Actress (uncredited)
Michelangelo Kowalski	...	Lab Tech (uncredited)
Michael Kunselman	...	Marine #4 (uncredited)
Veronika Kurshinskaya	...	Air France Stewardess (uncredited)
Mihaela Lacramioara	...	Refugee (uncredited)
Diamond Nicole Landeen	...	Little Girl in Bar (uncredited)
Michael Laren	...	Argo Graphic Designer (uncredited)
Jonathan Levian	...	Komiteh Yoni (uncredited)
Michael Lovern	...	Embassy Senior Staff Member (uncredited)
Chanelle Lyn	...	Iranian Protestor (uncredited)
Amir Malaklou	...	Brother Ali (uncredited)
Seli Marset	...	Pakistani Stewardess (uncredited)
Ayden Mayeri	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Collin McShane	...	Marine (uncredited)
Matt McVay	...	Hollywood Actor (uncredited)
Roman Mitichyan	...	Iranian Comiteh in Truck (uncredited)
Derek Mobraaten	...	Protester (uncredited)
Anthony Narvaez	...	Head Table Revolutionary #7 (uncredited)
Armin Nasseri	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Asal Nazerpour	...	India Air Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Marsad Nikui	...	Chilled Passenger (uncredited)
Randy Oglesby	...	Pat Horan (uncredited)
Francisco Ovalle	...	Protestant #1 (uncredited)
Salomon Passariello	...	Komiteh (uncredited)
Josh Pellerin	...	Iranian Protester (uncredited)
Erin Pickett	...	Liz Taylor Look-alike (uncredited)
Sandra Plazinic	...	Space Girl (uncredited)
Bill Porter	...	Publicist (uncredited)
Tyson Power	...	Canadian Embassy Staffer #2 (uncredited)
Rita Qatami	...	Iranian Visa Seeker (uncredited)
Erick Ramirez	...	Space Armor Pants Guy (uncredited)
Gerry Rand	...	White House Staff (uncredited)
Sean Patrick Reilly	...	Slone (uncredited)
Ray Remillard	...	CIA Staff (uncredited)
Ayanery Reyes	...	Swissair Iranian Passenger (uncredited)
Korrina Rico	...	Hollywood Starlet (uncredited)
Vincent Rivera	...	Cameraman (uncredited)
Abe Rogland	...	CIA Senior Agent (uncredited)
Brendan Rooney	...	Marine Cpl. (uncredited)
Mitchell Salberg	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Nick Santoro	...	Hostage (uncredited)
Christina Sardinas	...	Protester (uncredited)
James Shanklin	...	Mike Touzani (uncredited)
Brandon Slagle	...	Canadian Embassy Staffer #1 (uncredited)
Dawn Sobolewski	...	The Female Space Trooper (uncredited)
Sally Spaide	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Ania Spiering	...	Goddess (uncredited)
Michael Stailey	...	Chancery Staff (uncredited)
Stephen Szibler	...	CIA Agent (uncredited)
Kaveh Taherian	...	Head Table Revolutionary #2 (uncredited)
Teemaree	...	India Air Flight Attendant (uncredited)
John H. Tobin	...	CIA Agent (uncredited)
Fred Toma	...	Bus Driver (uncredited)
Jack Topalian	...	Iran Airline Staff (uncredited)
Sunny Vachher	...	Iranian Protester (uncredited)
Desary Vailencour	...	State Secretary (uncredited)
Ron Vitalia	...	CIA Pit Team (uncredited)
Mike Wallace	...	Himself (uncredited)
Jeremy Gram Weaver	...	Chancery Hostage (uncredited)
Don Whatley	...	CIA Staff (uncredited)
Xavier Wolf	...	Boy in Neighborhood (uncredited)
Rana Yamak	...	Iranian Kid (uncredited)
Yasmeen Yamak	...	Iranian Kid (uncredited)
Omid Zader	...	Komiteh (uncredited)
Rafael Zubizarreta	...	Protestor (uncredited)

Directed by
Ben Affleck

Writing credits (WGA)
Chris Terrio		(screenplay by)
Tony Mendez		based on a selection from "The Master of Disguise" by (as Antonio J. Mendez) and
Joshuah Bearman		based on the Wired Magazine article "The Great Escape" by

Produced by
Ben Affleck	....	producer
Chris Brigham	....	executive producer
Chay Carter	....	executive producer
George Clooney	....	producer
Tim Headington	....	executive producer
Amy Herman	....	co-producer
Grant Heslov	....	producer
Graham King	....	executive producer
David Klawans	....	executive producer
Alex Sutherland	....	line producer: Turkey
Nina Wolarsky	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Rodrigo Prieto		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Goldenberg

Casting by
Lora Kennedy

Production Design by
Sharon Seymour

Art Direction by
Peter Borck

Set Decoration by
Jan Pascale

Costume Design by
Jacqueline West

Makeup Department
Trish Almeida	....	key hair stylist
Barbara Augustus	....	key makeup artist (as Barbara Augustus-Johnson)
Kate Biscoe	....	makeup department head
Kimberly Carlson	....	hair stylist
Jamie Kelman	....	prosthetic designer
Jamie Kelman	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Ebru Kizilta	....	makeup artist: Turkey (as Ebru Kiziltan)
Cathrine A. Marcotte	....	assistant hair department head (as Catherine A. Marcotte)
Kelvin R. Trahan	....	hair department head
Gigi Williams	....	assistant makeup department head
Donna J. Anderson	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Aurora Bergere	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
George Black	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Belinda Bryant	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Amanda Carroll	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Erdinc Celik	....	hair stylist: Turkey (uncredited)
Carol S. Federman	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Sahin Gul	....	hair stylist: Turkey (uncredited)
Cynthia Hernandez	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Joe Matke	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Cheryl Ann Nick	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Rhonda O'Neal	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Deborah Rutherford	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Don Rutherford	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Judy Staats	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Robert Wilson	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Tina Anderson	....	post-production supervisor
Sean Garrett Fogel	....	production supervisor: Washington DC (as Sean Fogel)
Amy Herman	....	unit production manager
Zeynep Santiroglu	....	production manager: Turkey (as Zeynep Santiroglu)
Kelley Smith-Wait	....	executive in charge of production
Katherine Tibbetts	....	production supervisor: Turkey

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dennis Burrell	....	additional second assistant director
Ian Calip	....	second assistant director
Clark Credle	....	second second assistant director
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	....	second unit director
Gavin Kleintop	....	second second assistant director
Alison C. Rosa	....	second assistant director: second unit, Washington DC (as Alison Rosa)
Sunday Stevens	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mark Trapenberg	....	second assistant director: second unit
Belkis Turan	....	first assistant director: Turkey
David J. Webb	....	first assistant director (as David Webb)
Sinan Cevik	....	trainee assistant director: Turkey (uncredited)
Fatih Hilmi Haciosmanoglu	....	trainee assistant director: Turkey (uncredited)
Lance W. Lanfear	....	second second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Aysecan Ozturan	....	second assistant director: Turkey (uncredited)
Stephanie Tull	....	assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)
Sedat Turkantoz	....	third assistant director: Turkey (uncredited)

Art Department
Tim Ackers	....	stand-by painter (as Timothy D. Ackers)
Alejandro Aguilar	....	labor foreman
Nicole Balzarini	....	art department assistant
Heidi Baumgarten	....	set decorator buyer
Alan Burg	....	set dresser (as F. Alan Burg)
David Craig	....	set dresser
Max Daly	....	art department researcher
Louise Del Araujo	....	leadman
Tunc Erguden	....	construction manager: Turkey (as Tunc Ergüden)
Connie Gackenbach	....	set dresser
Neil Gahm	....	propmaker foreman
Bryan Gettman	....	set decorator gang boss
Deniz Göktürk	....	art director: Turkey (as Deniz Göktürk Kobanbay)
Deborah Harman	....	set dresser
Alex Hill	....	illustrator (as Alex Hillkurtz)
Guy Hoffner	....	propmaker foreman
Daniel R. Jennings	....	set designer (as Daniel Jennings)
Guliz Kaymaksüt	....	assistant art director: Turkey
Terry Kempf	....	propmaker
Richard Lepore	....	stand-by greens
Anthony Liberatore	....	storyboard artist: opening sequence
David B. Long	....	propmaker foreman
Mike Maher	....	artwork: Jack Kirby's (as Michael Maher)
Mike Maher	....	graphic designer (as Michael Maher)
Sophia Male	....	art department assistant
Michael V. Maurice	....	set dresser
Bryan McBrien	....	greens foreman (as Bryan A. McBrien)
Brett McKenzie	....	art department coordinator
Jeffrey McMahon	....	construction foreman
Gordon McVay	....	set dresser
Barbara Mesney	....	set designer
Michael Mikita Jr.	....	painter
Len Morganti	....	artwork: Jack Kirby's (as Leonard Morganti)
Ken Murphy	....	propmaker
Cynthia C. Rebman	....	on-set dresser
Andrea Rennard	....	art department assistant
John H. Samson	....	construction coordinator (as John Samson)
Dicle Sarman	....	second assistant art director: Turkey
Michael Sexton	....	property master (as Mike Sexton)
Kevin Shaw	....	assistant property master
David Smith	....	additional set decorator
R. Lucas Stewart	....	propmaker foreman
Gary Warshaw	....	assistant art director
Michael Keith Aleshire-Rezendez	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Richard Alonso	....	computer graphics artist (uncredited)
Aykut Ayaztuna	....	scenic artist: Turkey (uncredited)
Dilek Aydin	....	set decorator: Turkey (uncredited)
Nail Aydin	....	property master (uncredited)
Serdar Bayrak	....	props: Turkey (uncredited)
Andrew Campbell	....	graphic designer (uncredited)
Nazli Celebi	....	assistant construction manager (uncredited)
Tevfik Celebi	....	props: Turkey (uncredited)
Eunha Choi	....	designer: main and end title, Prologue Films (uncredited)
Doug Crawford	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Andres Cubillan	....	assistant art director: additional photography (uncredited)
Benjamin Dell	....	art department researcher (uncredited)
Murat Demirtas	....	scenic artist: Turkey (uncredited)
Doug Devine	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Ayberk Dorukhan Erdogdu	....	picture car coordinator: Turkey (uncredited)
Francesco Ferrara	....	painter (uncredited)
Giovanni Ferrara	....	painter (uncredited)
Chela Fiorini	....	swing gang (uncredited)
Eva Firshein	....	buyer (uncredited)
Justin Freibrun	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Erim Gayretli	....	prop buyer: Turkey (uncredited)
Allison Gross	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Enver Gumus	....	props: Turkey (uncredited)
Eric Hunsaker	....	greens: Washington DC (uncredited)
Ayse Ilkorur	....	art department accountant (uncredited)
Erkan Karahan	....	scenic artist: Turkey (uncredited)
Taner Karakulak	....	props: Turkey (uncredited)
Emre Kilicoglu	....	props: Turkey (uncredited)
Ali Kursun	....	props: Turkey (uncredited)
Melike Kurt	....	assistant set decorator: Turkey (uncredited)
Mark Kwiatkowski	....	set dresser: Detroit (uncredited)
Thierry Labbe	....	leadman: additional photography (uncredited)
Rick Newsome	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Sezgin Oltulu	....	props: Turkey (uncredited)
Celal Parlak	....	plasterer foreman: Turkey (uncredited)
Mehdi Sabouni	....	graphic designer (uncredited)
Gulriz Sansoy	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)
Emre Selcik	....	props: Turkey (uncredited)
Tommy Tomlinson	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Tina Tottis	....	buyer: Detroit (uncredited)
Michael A. Watt	....	set dresser: Detroit (uncredited)
Tamer Yigit	....	props: Turkey (uncredited)

Sound Department
Erik Aadahl	....	sound designer
Erik Aadahl	....	supervising sound editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Douglas Axtell	....	sound mixer: second unit
David Bach	....	supervising adr and dialogue editor
Eric Bautista	....	sound utility (as Eric A. Bautista)
Jason Brooks	....	boom operator: second unit
David V. Butler	....	dialogue/adr editor
Greg Cosh	....	boom operator: second unit
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Richard Duarte	....	foley mixer
Joel Erickson	....	assistant sound editor
Jonathan Fuh	....	boom operator (as Jonathan Lee-Ger Fuh)
José Antonio García	....	sound mixer (as Jose Antonio Garcia)
John Guentner	....	foley mixer
P.K. Hooker	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Klein	....	foley editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Unsun Song	....	mix technician
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Greg ten Bosch	....	sound effects editor (as Greg Ten Bosh)
Ethan Van der Ryn	....	sound designer
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
David Alvarez	....	utility sound (uncredited)
Blake Collins	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Edward Tise	....	sound mixer (uncredited)
Onur Yavuz	....	sound assistant: Turkey (uncredited)
Ryan Young	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Barry McQueary	....	special effects
R. Bruce Steinheimer	....	special effects supervisor
Roland Blancaflor	....	special makeup effects technician (uncredited)
Garth Steinheimer	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Richard Stutsman	....	special effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Sandro Blattner	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Jeremy Burns	....	compositing supervisor
Bernard O. Ceguerra	....	visual effects: Method Studios (as Bernard Ceguerra)
Jon Chesson	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Craig Crawford	....	compositor
Matt Dessero	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Michael Sean Foley	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Alex Gitler	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Geoffrey Hancock	....	visual effects: Method Studios (as Goeffrey Hancock)
Michael S. Harbour	....	visual effects: Method Studios (as Michael Harbour)
Vijay Kadapatti	....	visual effects coordinator
Jeremy Lei	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Justin Lloyd	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Gregory L. McMurry	....	additional visual effects supervisor (as Greg McMurry)
Rachel McPherson	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Kama Moiha	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Eric Pender	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Chris Perkowitz	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Alfredo Ramirez	....	visual effects: Method Studios
James Rogers	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Rasha Shalaby	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Thomas J. Smith	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Michele C. Vallillo	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Aaron Vest	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Jason Wardle	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Wei Zheng	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Ryan Andersen	....	visual effects editorial coordinator: Shade vfx (uncredited)
Brett Angelillis	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Erubeth Avila	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Ethan Ayer	....	matte painter (uncredited)
Krista Benson	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Jason Bond	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Jamie Bowers	....	texture artist: Method Studios LA (uncredited)
Peter Bowmar	....	head of 3D and technology: Method Studios Vancouver (uncredited)
Korey J. Cauchon	....	visual effects producer: Method Studios (uncredited)
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals (uncredited)
Chad E. Collier	....	data technician: Method Studios (uncredited)
Janice Barlow Collier	....	technical administrator: Method Studios (uncredited)
Dustin Colson	....	lighter: Method Studios (uncredited)
Michelle Cornwall	....	data i/o render wrangler: Method Studios Vancouver (uncredited)
Erin M. Cullen	....	roto artist: Furious FX (uncredited)
Alejandro De La Garza	....	visual effects artist: Method Studios (uncredited)
Brian Delmonico	....	compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
Ivy Depies	....	digital compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
Daniel Erickson	....	camera matchmove artist (uncredited)
Bill Gilman	....	digital artist: Prologue (uncredited)
Bryan Godwin	....	visual effects supervisor: Shade VFX (uncredited)
Pam Gonzales	....	paint artist (uncredited)
Lauren Guerard	....	visual effects coordinator: Method Studios (uncredited)
Rachel Faith Hanson	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Ian Holland	....	flame artist: Method Studios (uncredited)
Lubo Hristov	....	visual effects supervisor: Christov Effects (uncredited)
Neviana Hristov	....	visual effects producer: Christov Effects (uncredited)
Travis Wade Ivy	....	compositor (uncredited)
Mike James	....	digital matte painter (uncredited)
Jeff A. Johnson	....	crowds lead (uncredited)
Raechel Kasprzak	....	digital production manager (uncredited)
Harimander Singh Khalsa	....	compositing supervisor: Shade VFX (uncredited)
James Kirk	....	visual effects artist: Method Studios (uncredited)
Nha Hoan Le	....	digital tracking/matchmove artist (uncredited)
Alexander Lee	....	visual effects artist: Method Studios (uncredited)
Cory Lee	....	compositor: Pixel Playground, Inc. (uncredited)
Don Lee	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Playground (uncredited)
Kim Lee	....	visual effects producer: Pixel Playground (uncredited)
David Lingenfelser	....	executive visual effects supervisor: Furious Fx (uncredited)
Philippe Majdalani	....	digital intermediate assistant producer (uncredited)
Shawn Monaghan	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Andy Mower	....	compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
Ross Newton	....	cg supervisor: Pixel Playground (uncredited)
Leon Nowlin	....	compositor (uncredited)
Brian Nugent	....	compositor (uncredited)
Adam Wong Perez	....	paint and roto artist (uncredited)
Chi Pham	....	visual effects systems administrator (uncredited)
Brett Reyenger	....	compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
John Riddle	....	technical director: Shade VFX (uncredited)
Renato M. Ruiz	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Diganta Saha	....	systems administrator: Prologue (uncredited)
Frida Sahono	....	texture artist: Method Studios (uncredited)
Marc-Andre Samson	....	lead matte painter (uncredited)
Nabil Schiantarelli	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Den Serras	....	roto/paint supervisor: Deluxe (uncredited)
Doug Spilatro	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
John Stewart	....	senior compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
Shane Strickman	....	senior visual effects coordinator: Shade VFX (uncredited)
Donald Strubler Jr.	....	compositor (uncredited)
Jonathan Taranto	....	digital matte painter (uncredited)
Ryan Urban	....	compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
Henry van der Beek	....	technical director (uncredited)
David Van Dyke	....	visual effects executive producer: Shade VFX (uncredited)
Mark Van Ee	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Matt Wilson	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
David B. Wolgemuth II	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Mike Woodhead	....	data wrangler (uncredited)
Jose Yapor	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Awat A. Ahmed	....	stunts
Daniel Arrias	....	stunts
Zafer Aydin	....	stunts
Ergun Ayer	....	stunts
Koby Azarly	....	stunts
Ahmet Ali Basoglu	....	stunts
Chino Binamo	....	stunts
Ben Bray	....	stunts
Refik Buldi	....	stunts
Anis Cheurfa	....	stunts
Max Daniels	....	stunts
Eyad Elbitar	....	stunts
Mohamed Ibrahim Elkest	....	stunts
Eddie J. Fernandez	....	stunts (as Eddie Fernandez)
Serkan Gunçikis	....	stunts
Thayr Harris	....	stunts
Mark Henson	....	stunt coordinator: Turkey
Michael Hilow	....	stunts
Turgay Ince	....	stunts
Engin Karabacak	....	stunts
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunts: driving sequence
Matt McColm	....	stunts
Roman Mitichyan	....	stunts
Norman Mora	....	stunts
Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom	....	stunts (as Anthony Nanakornpanom)
Marque Ohmes	....	stunts
J.J. Perry	....	stunt coordinator
Freddie Poole	....	stunts (as Fareburz Poole)
Crystal Santos	....	stunts
Sener Sirbudak	....	stunts
Mehmet Tatar	....	stunts
Ayhan Tongadur	....	stunts
Sedat Toprak	....	stunts
Mehmet Turan	....	stunts
Hamdi Yolcu	....	stunts
Omid Zader	....	stunts
Rocky Abou-Sakher	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Zoli Dora	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steve Hassenpflug	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Gary Hymes	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
David Dustin Kenyon	....	precision driver (uncredited)
Lauren Mary Kim	....	stunts (uncredited)
Allan Padelford	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Salomon Passariello	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Jason Rodriguez	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Shaheen Shokoofandeh	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Josh Tessier	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bobby Zegar	....	stunt player (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Colin Anderson	....	"b" camera operator
Colin Anderson	....	steadicam operator
Russell Ayer	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Justin Babin	....	best boy rigging grip
Craig Bauer	....	"a" camera second assistant (as Craig M. Bauer)
Robby Baumgartner	....	director of photography: second unit (as Robert Baumgartner)
Keith Bernstein	....	still photographer: Turkey
Berto	....	"c" camera operator: Turkey (as Gilbert Berto Lecluyse)
Richard Boyle	....	best boy grip (as Richard J. Boyle)
Darwin Montana Browne	....	key grip: second unit (as Darwin Browne)
David J. Butkovich	....	edge crane operator: second unit
Patrick Capone	....	director of photography: second unit, Washington DC
Charles Crivier	....	"a" dolly grip
Steven Cueva	....	"a" camera first assistant: second unit
James 'Spud' Danicic	....	edge head technician: second unit (as James Danicic)
Anthony Desanto	....	video assist operator: second unit (as Anthony Kit DiSanto)
Joseph Dianda	....	key grip
Matt Floyd	....	best boy rigging grip
Claire Folger	....	still photographer
Olivier Fortin	....	"c" camera first assistant: Turkey
Josh Friz	....	"b" camera second assistant
Tom Gilmour	....	digital imaging technician: Washington DC (as Thomas Gilmour)
Tony Graham	....	rigging assistant lighting technician
Carl Hamilton	....	"b" dolly grip: Washington DC
Orlando Hernandez	....	chief lighting technician: second unit
Steve Irwin	....	video playback supervisor
Simon Jayes	....	"b" camera operator: second unit
Dora Krolikowska	....	"b" camera second assistant: Turkey
Brian T. Leach	....	key grip: Washington DC
Chris Leidholdt	....	key rigging grip
Sam Liotta	....	best boy grip: second unit
Robert Mancuso	....	"b" camera first assistant: Washington DC
Marc Marino	....	rigging chief lighting technician
Peter Marsden	....	digital imaging technician: Turkey
Dave Mikutsky	....	assistant chief lighting technician: Washington DC
Matthew Thomas Moles	....	grip
Luis Moreno	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Nino Neuboeck	....	"b" camera first assistant
David Noble	....	"a" dolly grip: Washington DC
David B. Nowell	....	aerial director of photography: second unit
Mike Panczenko Jr.	....	camera loader: Washington DC (as Michael Panczenko Jr.)
Lionel Pedro	....	"c" camera second assistant: Turkey
Bradford Ralston	....	video assist operator
Bradley Richard	....	"b" camera first assistant: second unit (as Bradley V. Richard)
Jose Santiago	....	"b" dolly grip (as Jose A. Santiago)
Shan Siddiqi	....	remote focus technician: second unit
Charles Simons	....	dolly grip: second unit
Alex Sinclair	....	assistant chief lighting technician: second unit
Wes Sullivan	....	key rigging lighting technician: Washington DC (as Wesley Sullivan)
Andrew Sych	....	spacecam technician: second unit
Olly Tellett	....	"b" camera first assistant: Turkey
Scott Tinsley	....	"b" camera second assistant: Washington DC
Diana Ulzheimer	....	camera loader
Zoran Veselic	....	"a" camera first assistant
Bob Waybright	....	chief lighting technician: Washington DC (as Robert Waybright)
Chloe Weaver	....	camera loader: second unit
Randy Woodside	....	chief lighting technician
Michael Yoder	....	key rigging grip: Washington DC
Jozo Zovko	....	"a" camera second assistant: second unit
Murat Akyildiz	....	rigging grip: Turkey (uncredited)
Adem Ayas	....	rigging lighting gaffer: Turkey (uncredited)
Ulgen Baglar	....	grip: Turkey (uncredited)
Mustafa Bayraktar	....	lighting: Turkey (uncredited)
Alejandro J. Castillo	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Arda Celikel	....	lighting: Turkey (uncredited)
Christopher Crivier	....	grip (uncredited)
Ali Kaptan Demirci	....	rigging grip: Turkey (uncredited)
Durmus Demirezen	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Umut Ekinci	....	rigging grip: Turkey (uncredited)
James R. Ellis	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Ersin Gok	....	grip: Turkey (uncredited)
John Grillo	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Erdogan Gundogdu	....	grip: Turkey (uncredited)
Arif Kanber	....	lighting: Turkey (uncredited)
Zelfi Elcin Kirca Gokce	....	video assist/cable: Turkey (uncredited)
Seda Kisacik	....	additional camera loader: Turkey (uncredited)
Huseyin Koc	....	lighting: Turkey (uncredited)
Steve Koster	....	edge head operator (uncredited)
Jonathan Leary	....	grip (uncredited)
David Leite	....	grip: second unit (uncredited)
Tom Lembcke	....	grip (uncredited)
Damon Marcellino	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Chuck May	....	additional rigging grip (uncredited)
Jim McComas	....	electrician (uncredited)
Kenneth Morton	....	grip (uncredited)
Ahmet Murat	....	lighting: Turkey (uncredited)
Shawn A. Mutchler	....	grip (uncredited)
Megan Ogilvie	....	central loader: Turkey (uncredited)
Hasan Ormanlar	....	grip: Turkey (uncredited)
Mehmet Parlak	....	lighting: Turkey (uncredited)
Richard Rasmussen	....	lighting console programmer (uncredited)
Leigh Rathner	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
James A. Ray	....	set lighting technician: Washington DC (uncredited)
Tony Rivetti	....	first assistant camera: "b"camera, additional photography (uncredited)
Michael J. Schwartz	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Kayhan Sen	....	lighting: Turkey (uncredited)
Michael Tolochko	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Feramuz Tuna	....	rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Hamit Uzun	....	rigging lighting gaffer: Turkey (uncredited)
Michael Woodside	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Serkan Yilmaz	....	rigging lighting gaffer: Turkey (uncredited)

Casting Department
Safak Binay	....	casting: Turkey
Arlene Kiyabu	....	casting associate
Morgue N. Marcus	....	extras casting
Pamela Pearl	....	casting associate
Sande Alessi	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Kristan Berona	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Carlyn Davis	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Jacque Lawson	....	extras coordinator: on set (uncredited)
Michael James Lazar	....	extras coordinator: on set (uncredited)
Hamzah Saman	....	casting associate (uncredited)
Eric Shackelford	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jeeda Barford	....	costume supervisor: Turkey (as Jeeda Barford-Guven)
Melissa Binder	....	ager/dyer (as Melissa F. Binder)
Alison Gail Bixby	....	key costumer
Maria Bradley	....	costumer
Naomi Gathmann	....	costumer
Sean Haley	....	costumer
J.R. Hawbaker	....	assistant costume designer
Monica Haynes-Nino	....	key costumer
Brad Holtzman	....	costumer
Nadide Kutlu	....	costume assistant
Tom Macdonald	....	key costumer
Hilal Sezer	....	assistant costume designer: Turkey
Sanford Slepak	....	key costumer
Ann L. Thomas	....	tailor
Pamela Wise	....	costume supervisor
Ezgi Acar	....	costume assistant: Turkey (uncredited)
Pinar Daglayan	....	costume assistant: Turkey (uncredited)
Deb Dalton	....	costume supervisor: Washington DC (uncredited)
Safa Demirkan	....	costumer: Turkey (uncredited)
Katie Howard	....	costumer: Washington DC (uncredited)
Ezgi Inal	....	costume assistant: Turkey (uncredited)
Juan Lopez	....	costumer (uncredited)
Scott Maple	....	costumer: 'robot' costumes (uncredited)
Beril Sinan	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Keith M. Wegner	....	costumer (uncredited)
Christi Work	....	costumer (uncredited)
Gilbert Zamorano	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
George Chavez	....	color timer
Ben Estrada	....	cinemascan colorist
Joe Galdo	....	first assistant editor
Maria Paula Galdo	....	apprentice editor
Parker Laramie	....	post-production assistant
Yvan Lucas	....	digital intermediate colorist
Devon Miller	....	digital intermediate editor
Loan Phan	....	digital intermediate producer
Brett Reed	....	additional editor (as Brett M. Reed)
Tom Reiser	....	digital intermediate colorist
David Thomas	....	digital cinema producer
Bruce Goodman	....	colorist (uncredited)
Afnahn Khan	....	post-production executive (uncredited)
Anthony Motta	....	dailies operator (uncredited)
Luis Silva	....	colorist assist (uncredited)
Tim Weyers	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
Romain Allender	....	programming
Jean-Pascal Beintus	....	orchestrator
Bijan Chemirani	....	musician: ethnic percussion
Linda Cohen	....	music supervisor
Alexandre Desplat	....	orchestrator
Sussan Deyhim	....	vocalist
Greg Ellis	....	musician: ethnic percussion
Kudsi Ergüner	....	musician: ney (as Kudsi Erguner)
Richard Ford	....	music editor
Joel Iwataki	....	score recordist
T.J. Lindgren	....	programming
Dimitris Mahlis	....	musician: oud
Dimitris Mahlis	....	musician: qud
Dan Marocco	....	programming
David Metzner	....	additional music editor
Lewis Morison	....	programming
Bill Newlin	....	orchestrator
Adam Olmsted	....	ProTools operator
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
Dennis S. Sands	....	score mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Dennis S. Sands	....	score recordist (as Dennis Sands)
Nan Schwartz	....	orchestrator
Clifford J. Tasner	....	orchestrator
Derya Turkan	....	musician: kemenche
Jay Duerr	....	auricle operator (uncredited)
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation (uncredited)
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Rick Chouinard	....	transportation captain (as Richard Chouinard)
Rick Chouinard	....	transportation captain: second unit (as Richard Chouinard)
Cliff Fleming	....	helicopter pilot
Bilge Sabri Isil	....	transport coordinator: Turkey
Marc Lipman	....	production driver
Joel Marrow	....	transportation coordinator
Ted Moser	....	picture car coordinator
Marvin LaRoy Sanders	....	principal transportation (as Marvin Sanders)
Odessa Whitmire	....	picture car assistant
Chris Basso	....	production van operator (uncredited)
Anthony Detiege	....	set decoration driver (uncredited)
Cody Lies	....	driver (uncredited)
Yvette Peterson	....	driver (uncredited)
John F. Teeple	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Cagdas Agun	....	security: Turkey
Serdar Atik	....	production accountant: Turkey
Fiona Baldwin	....	assistant production office coordinator: Turkey
Chris Baugh	....	location manager
Joshuah Bearman	....	consultant
Spencer Beighley	....	assistant: Ben Affleck
Bruce Benson	....	aerial ground coordinator: second unit
Ashley Berlanga	....	assistant accountant
Philipp Besa	....	assistant accountant
Michael Betz	....	key assistant location manager
Amanda Brand	....	unit publicist
Luke Brigham	....	set staff assistant
Danika Brysha	....	set staff assistant
Tom Carson	....	production office coordinator
Richard Cody	....	craft service
Rita Colimon	....	assistant accountant
Kyle Cooper	....	main and end titles designer
Tony Didio Jr.	....	armorer: second unit (as Tony Didio)
Justin Duncan	....	key assistant location manager
Antonio Evans	....	medic
Aaron Fairley	....	set staff assistant
Carey Field	....	set staff assistant
Holly Field	....	set staff assistant
John Funk	....	stand-in for Alan Arkin
Wilma Garscadden-Gahret	....	script supervisor: second unit
Jordan Gilbert	....	assistant production office coordinator
Steve Goldstein	....	assistant accountant
Ashley Gressen	....	set staff assistant
Jason Habelow	....	production secretary
Les Harris	....	archival footage provided by: Canamedia Productions
Justin Harrold	....	key assistant location manager
Jean Hodges	....	food stylist (uncredited)
Pinar Isbilen	....	production accountant: Turkey
Jennifer K. Jacobs	....	assistant accountant
Brian E. James	....	set staff assistant
Richard Keeshan	....	production office coordinator: Washington DC (as Richard P. Keeshan)
Olgu Baran Kubilay	....	assistant to the producers: Turkey
Roxann Langlois	....	travel coordinator
C.J. Laursen	....	environmental steward
Anthony Liberatore	....	storyboard artist: opening sequence
Alexa Song Lindenthaler	....	first assistant accountant
Johnny Lowe	....	set medic
Sahm McGlynn	....	set staff assistant
Tony Mendez	....	consultant (as Antonio J. Mendez)
Ryan Neary	....	key assistant location manager
Walter Norton Jr.	....	health and fitness
Tara Oslin	....	assistant: Grant Heslov
Casey Pond	....	craft service (as Casey J. Pond)
Peggy Pridemore	....	location manager: Washington DC
Eddie Quintana	....	staff assistant
Kevin Reeves	....	assistant: Nina Wolarsky
Deborah Ricketts	....	stock footage researcher
Duane Rieder	....	still photographs provided by
Marissa Rosado	....	staff assistant
Saygin Saral	....	location manager: Turkey
Mohsen Shandiz	....	still photographs provided by
Michael Soleau	....	key assistant location manager (as Michael J. Soleau)
Emine Soydanyavas	....	production office coordinator: Turkey
Andrew Stahl	....	set staff assistant
Madison Steigerwald	....	staff assistant
Jack Story	....	staff assistant
Mary Sunshine	....	production accountant
May Tam	....	assistant production office coordinator: Washington DC
Ken Taylor	....	still photographs provided by
Stratton Ingram Taylor	....	staff assistant
Nick Tolmasov	....	medic
Sheila Waldron	....	script supervisor (as Sheila G. Waldron)
Leah Williams	....	assistant: Graham King
Kevin Zelman	....	set staff assistant
Mark Abraham	....	production assistant: rushes (uncredited)
Joe Achard	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Sara Akhteh	....	interpreter (uncredited)
Gregory Alpert	....	location manager: additional photography, Los Angeles (uncredited)
Erik Altstadt	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Lori A. Balton	....	location scout (uncredited)
Jessica Baroody	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Jeanne Bernhard	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Ardy Brent Carlson	....	key production assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
Jacquelyn Carr	....	studio production team (uncredited)
Marc Carusiello	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Ryan Celli	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Cem Chaban	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Lee Christian	....	extras coordinator (uncredited)
Lee Christian	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Ashleigh Coffelt	....	production assistant: Washington DC (uncredited)
Dana Curt	....	medic (uncredited)
Rustin Davis	....	set production assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
Ken Espinosa	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Jeanie Farnam	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
D.R. Farquharson	....	project manager: Deluxe Digital Cinema (uncredited)
Taryn Feingold	....	assistant: Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
Cliff Fleming	....	aerial coordinator (uncredited)
Stephanie M. Flores	....	office production assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
Moe Friday	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Nicholas Glekas	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Christian Glymph	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Christian Glymph	....	production assistant (uncredited)
David Godbout	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Matt Goldstein	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
David Goodin	....	first assistant accountant: location (uncredited)
Halil Gulduren	....	locations: Turkey (uncredited)
Ibrahim Gulduren	....	locations: Turkey (uncredited)
Hakan Gulenoglu	....	locations: Turkey (uncredited)
Alfred 'Fred' Gundry	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Nazli Hamamcioglu	....	locations: Turkey (uncredited)
Jimmy Hang	....	production assistant: Washington DC (uncredited)
Ari Joffe	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Stephen Jones	....	technical consultant (uncredited)
Bavand Karim	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Bavand Karim	....	researcher (uncredited)
David Dustin Kenyon	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Alice S. Kim	....	production coordinator: additional photography (uncredited)
Mehmet Kokuoz	....	locations: Turkey (uncredited)
Richard Kroll	....	researcher: stock footage (uncredited)
Kunter Kulu	....	locations: Turkey (uncredited)
Christian Labarta	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Josh Land	....	production office intern (uncredited)
Michael James Lazar	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Sarah Lorenz	....	assistant production office coordinator: additional photography (uncredited)
Naomi Motohashi	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Matthew Dillon Noonan	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Onder Ozkan	....	locations: Turkey (uncredited)
Carlo Pratto	....	location accountant (uncredited)
Rafael Sanz	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Bridget Shaw	....	production assistant: Washington, DC (uncredited)
Emma Siegel	....	office production assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
Desmond Smith	....	craft service assistant (uncredited)
Joss Spry	....	rushes runner (uncredited)
Chuck J. Stone	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Danny Sullivan	....	office production assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
Mert Sus	....	locations: Turkey (uncredited)
Berivan Tokem	....	set & locations coordinator (uncredited)
Mustafa Unal	....	locations: Turkey (uncredited)
Joshua David Vaile	....	set production assistant: Washington, D.C. (uncredited)
David Vogel	....	set production assistant: Washington DC (uncredited)
Judith Walder	....	payroll accountant: location (uncredited)
Denizcan Ünal	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Huma Abedin	....	special thanks
Samuel Garner Affleck	....	dedicatee: Ben Affleck (as Sam)
Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck	....	dedicatee: Ben Affleck (as Sera)
Violet Affleck	....	dedicatee: Ben Affleck (as Violet)
Jennifer Garner	....	dedicatee: Ben Affleck (as Jennifer)
Ian Mendez	....	in memory of
Rafi Pitts	....	special thanks
Douglas A. Smith	....	special thanks: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Whitney Williams	....	special thanks
Adrienne Wong	....	special thanks: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Production Companies

• Warner Bros (presents)
• GK Films (in association with)
• Smokehouse Pictures

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2012) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2012) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• InterCom (2012) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2013) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2013) (Argentina) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2013) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2013) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Village (2013) (Greece) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group (2013) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group (2013) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2013) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2013) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2013) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2013) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2013) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Method Studios (visual effects)
• Christov Effects and Design (uncredited)
• Furious FX (visual effects)
• Pixel Playground (uncredited)
• Shade VFX (visual effects) (uncredited)

Other Companies

• Alessi/Berona Casting  extras casting
• Tony's Food Service  caterer
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• AZ Celtic Films  production services: Turkey
• Carlyn Davis Casting  extras casting: Washington DC
• WaterTower Music  soundtrack
• Carter Center, The  special thanks
• Department of Homeland Security  special thanks (as US Department Homeland of Security)
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  special thanks (as The Central Intelligence Agency)
• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority  special thanks
• General Directorate for Cultural Assets and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey  special thanks (as Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism Directorate of Cultural Assets and Museums)
• Directorate of Ayasofya Museum  special thanks
• Grand Bazzar, Istanbul  special thanks
• Fatih Municipality  special thanks
• Twentieth Century Fox  footage: Battle for the Planet of the Apes 1973
• Twentieth Century Fox  provider: Planet of the Apes 1968 poster
• Twentieth Century Fox  provider: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 1972 poster
• Universal Studios Licensing  courtesy of: Battlestar Gallatica
• Universal Studios Licensing  courtesy of: Brandon Tartikoff photo
• CBS Television Studios  provider: Love Boat still photos
• Columbia Pictures  courtesy of: Ravagers 1979
• CBS Television Studios  provider: Star Trek
• Time Magazine  used with permission: 1980 Time
• ABC News Video Source  archival footage provided by (as ABC News Videosource)
• AP Archive  archival footage provided by
• Canamedia Productions  archival footage provided by
• Jimmy Carter Library  archival footage provided by
• CBS News  archival footage provided by
• Corbis  archival footage provided by
• F.I.L.M. Archives  archival footage provided by
• NBC Universal Archive  archival footage provided by
• Thought Equity Motion  archival footage provided by
• Abbas/Magnum Photos  still photographs provided by
• Bettmann/Corbis/AP Images  still photographs provided by
• Bettmann/Corbis  still photographs provided by
• Getty Images  still photographs provided by
• Thomas Hoepker/Magnum Photos  still photographs provided by
• Los Angeles Public Library  still photographs provided by
• Mazdak/SIPA  still photographs provided by
• Jahangir Razmi/Magnum Photos  still photographs provided by
• Christine Spengler/Sygma/Corbis  still photographs provided by
• Variety  still photographs provided by
• Vantage Film  HAWK anamorphic lenses provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies
• Clairmont Camera  camera systems
• State of California  special thanks
• California Film Commission  special thanks
• Deluxe  color by
• Kodak Motion Picture Film  film stock (as Kodak Motion Picture Products)
• Dolby Digital  in selected theatres
• Datasat Digital Entertainment  in selected theatres (as Datasat Digital Sound)
• SDDS Sony Dynamic Digital Sound  in selected theatres
• Allan Padelford Camera Cars  camera equipment provided by (uncredited)
• Codex Digital  digital recording equipment (uncredited)
• Concept Arts Studios  poster design (uncredited)
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables (uncredited)
• Illumination Dynamics  lighting (uncredited)
• Motion Picture Merchandise (MPM)  crew gift: Turkey (uncredited)
• Movie Movers  cast trailers (uncredited)
• Movie Movers  office trailer (uncredited)
• PJF Productions  subtitles (uncredited)
• Red Rhino Trailers  hair and make-up trailers (uncredited)
• STM  grip and lighting equipment (uncredited)
• Scenechronize  production management software (uncredited)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violent images

Runtime:

120 min | 130 min (Extended Version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Persian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Datasat | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hungary:12 | USA:R (certificate #46118) | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG13 | Japan:G | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:12 | Sweden:15 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Denmark:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | India:A | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Argentina:13 | Canada:PG (British Columbia)

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

While Chris Terrio was writing the script he imagined Tony Mendez being played by George Clooney.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: As a ruse to make certain he would be patched through to speak with President Carter's Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan, CIA Agent Jack O'Donnell asks one of his aides where Malinov's children go to school. She answers, Pace Academy, Buckhead, Georgia. The city of Buckhead is 75 miles from Pace Academy. The school is in Atlanta, in a neighborhood known locally as Buckhead.

Quotes:

Lester Siegel:We're gonna need a script.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.11" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Here Comes the Blues

Affleck delivers another amazing film

After years of being one of those actors that was hit and miss with people, who would have thought he would become one of the most sought after great directors in the industry. After his last film The Town received so much acclaim and award nominations everyone was wondering if it was just a fluke. His latest film Argo takes on the actual events during the Iran Hostage Crisis finds him once again taking on double duties with directing and starring, but can he bring these events to life and create another great film along with it?

Argo follows the unbelievable true story of six Americans that have found shelter with the Canadian ambassador in Iran when the revolution reaches a boiling point. The CIA works alongside some heavy hitters in Hollywood to create a fake film production to concoct a risky plan to try and get them out of the country. For a movie that focuses on a situation that was so dire and heavy, this film comes off a bit lighter than expected. Ben Affleck has crafted a brilliantly entertaining film on numerous levels. The story alone is intriguing watching their unbelievable plan come to life. During this time of the film it delivers some really funny moments, without falling to far off track and confusing the kind of film this is. The acting here is top notch with everyone involved, including Affleck himself delivering some awesome performances. The dynamic between Affleck and Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston is perfect creating a duo that both entertain as well as keep this story on track. The biggest treat in this film are brilliant and a lot of time funny performances from John Goodman and Alan Arkin. These guys really bring all the Hollywood aspect to the film to life while delivering Oscar worthy performances that will hopefully be recognized. The gritty look to this film really helps to capture the vibe and tone of the film while combined with the attention to detail, helps take you into the time period it takes place.

Brilliant directing, acting, story and some fun sci-fi references throughout takes Argo into the realm of one of the best films to come along in some time. Affleck proves once again of his talent as a director and that The Town was no fluke. This is a must see film that will no doubt be all-the buzz when award season comes around and deserves every bit of it.