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Argo

  • 20122012
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  • 2h
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Argo (2012)
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
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Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. ho... Read allActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
IMDb RATING
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    • Ben Affleck
    • Chris Terrio(screenplay by)
    • Tony Mendez(based on a selection from "The Master of Disguise" by)
    • Joshuah Bearman(based on the Wired Magazine article "The Great Escape" by)
  • Stars
    • Ben Affleck
    • Bryan Cranston
    • John Goodman
    • Ben Affleck
    • Chris Terrio(screenplay by)
    • Tony Mendez(based on a selection from "The Master of Disguise" by)
    • Joshuah Bearman(based on the Wired Magazine article "The Great Escape" by)
  • Stars
    • Ben Affleck
    • Bryan Cranston
    • John Goodman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 924User reviews
    • 669Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
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    • Won 3 Oscars

    Videos6

    Winner: Best Picture
    Trailer 2:33
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    No. 1
    Trailer 2:31
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    "Declassified"
    Featurette 28:42
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    Featurette 5:15
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    Video 4:10
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    Photos367

    Ben Affleck, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, and Kerry Bishé in Argo (2012)
    Ben Affleck in Argo (2012)
    Ben Affleck, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, and Page Leong in Argo (2012)
    Ben Affleck in Argo (2012)
    Ben Affleck, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Christopher Denham, and Kerry Bishé in Argo (2012)
    Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Christopher Denham, and Kerry Bishé in Argo (2012)
    Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Chris Messina, and Matt Nolan in Argo (2012)
    Zeljko Ivanek, Matt Nolan, and Titus Welliver in Argo (2012)
    Ben Affleck in Argo (2012)
    Ben Affleck in Argo (2012)
    Ben Affleck in Argo (2012)
    Bryan Cranston and Chris Messina in Argo (2012)

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    Ben Affleck
    Ben Affleck
    • Tony Mendez
    Bryan Cranston
    Bryan Cranston
    • Jack O'Donnell
    John Goodman
    John Goodman
    • John Chambers
    Alan Arkin
    Alan Arkin
    • Lester Siegel
    Victor Garber
    Victor Garber
    • Ken Taylor
    Tate Donovan
    Tate Donovan
    • Bob Anders
    Clea DuVall
    Clea DuVall
    • Cora Lijek
    Scoot McNairy
    Scoot McNairy
    • Joe Stafford
    Rory Cochrane
    Rory Cochrane
    • Lee Schatz
    Christopher Denham
    Christopher Denham
    • Mark Lijek
    Kerry Bishé
    Kerry Bishé
    • Kathy Stafford
    Kyle Chandler
    Kyle Chandler
    • Hamilton Jordan
    Chris Messina
    Chris Messina
    • Malinov
    Zeljko Ivanek
    Zeljko Ivanek
    • Robert Pender
    Titus Welliver
    Titus Welliver
    • Bates
    Keith Szarabajka
    Keith Szarabajka
    • Adam Engell
    Bob Gunton
    Bob Gunton
    • Cyrus Vance
    Richard Kind
    Richard Kind
    • Max Klein
      • Ben Affleck
      • Chris Terrio(screenplay by)
      • Tony Mendez(based on a selection from "The Master of Disguise" by)
      • Joshuah Bearman(based on the Wired Magazine article "The Great Escape" by)
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    • Trivia
      In an interview with Piers Morgan, former President Jimmy Carter said that he believes the film was a "great drama", and it deserved to win an Oscar for best film. However, Carter noted that although "ninety percent of the contributions to the ideas, and the consummation of the plan was Canadian", the film "gives almost full credit to the American C.I.A. With that exception, the movie's very good," Carter said, but "the main hero, in my opinion, was Ken Taylor, who was the Canadian ambassador, who orchestrated the entire process."
    • Goofs
      It is stated that the British and New Zealand embassies refused to help staff from the American embassy. This was not true. Both the British and the New Zealand embassies sheltered the Americans, then helped to pass them on to the Canadians. Britain's Arthur Wyatt was later awarded the Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George for the risks that he took.
    • Quotes

      LA Times Reporter: What does the title refer to?

      Lester Siegel: The Argo. You know, it's the thing.

      LA Times Reporter: Like Jason and the Golden Fleece, or what?

      Lester Siegel: No, no. It's the ship. It's the spaceship. It goes everywhere. It goes all throughout space.

      LA Times Reporter: So, it's Argonaut.

      Lester Siegel: No.

      LA Times Reporter: What does Argo mean?

      Lester Siegel: I don't know.

      LA Times Reporter: You don't know?

      Lester Siegel: It means "Argo fuck yourself."

    • Crazy credits
      Past the photos of cast members and the real people they play, there's audio from an interview with then-President Jimmy Carter talking about the crisis.
    • Alternate versions
      After it screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, the postscript at the end credits was changed because it was felt that it slighted Canada's involvement in the rescue of the American hostages.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.11 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Upside Down
      from In the Valley of Elah (2007)

      Written by Mark Isham

      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc./Summit Entertainment, LLC

    User reviews924

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    8/10
    Quite suspenseful!
    Ben Affleck continues hitting them out of the park. Based on a true story, Argo re-enacts the events that freed American foreign service employees from their hideout in the Canadian Embassy. The setup involves Affleck's character, Mendes, putting together the cover story of a Canadian film crew scouting locations in the Mideast for a sci-fi movie. Alan Arkin & John Goodman are hilarious as Hollywood hotshots producing this surefire scifi hit. The process follows Mendes as he enters Iran and has to BS his way to some skeptical and hostile Iranian theocrats who almost don't know how to respond to the possibility of a scifi movie set in Iran. Mendes must also deal with frightened and reluctant Americans who are being forced out in the open to pose as a movie crew. Affleck does a good job of injecting suspense and dread all through this section.

    But the real nail biter is their exit from Iran. As in other movies of this ilk, the chase heats up with the Iranians on the heels of the Americans. Affleck throws into this chase a huge boulder of an obstacle when President Carter pulls the plug on the film crew ex-filtration & decides to go with Delta soldiers instead. If you want to know what happens, I advise you to see the movie or read the news accounts.

    This just goes to show you that not all CIA covert actions are led by armed fighters like Jason Bourne and launched by the Treadstone department. Affleck's character doesn't even carry a gun--he carries a script instead.
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      • October 12, 2012 (United States)
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