Theatrical feature documentary on the story of Operation Ajax, the CIA/MI6 staged coup in 1953 in Iran that overthrew Prime Minister Mossadegh.
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- 3 wins & 6 nominations.
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Norman Darbyshire
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Walter Murch | ... |
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Winston Churchill | ... |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower | ... |
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Taghi Amirani | ... |
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Allen Dulles | ... |
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David Talbot | ... |
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George McGee | ... |
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Shapour Bakhtiar | ... |
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Kermit Roosevelt | ... |
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Julian Amery | ... |
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Julian Willson | ... |
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Amir Pishdad | ... |
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Ervand Abrahamian | ... |
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Hedayat Matin Daftari | ... |
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Ashraf Pahlavi | ... |
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Stephen Meade | ... |
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Asadollah Aram | ... |
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Hamid Ahmadi | ... |
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Abol Ghasem Kashani | ... |
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Stephen Kinzer | ... |
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Mohammed Mossadegh | ... |
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Esmail Yazdi | ... |
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Mehdi Houmayouni | ... |
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Malcolm Byrne | ... |
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Ardeshir Zahedi | ... |
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Fazlollah Zahedi | ... |
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Mousa Mehran | ... |
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Fereydoun Azarnour | ... |
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Abdolmajid Bayat | ... |
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George Middleton | ... |
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Alireza Saheb | ... |
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Siavush Randjbar-Daemi | ... |
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Directed by
Taghi Amirani |
Written by
Taghi Amirani | ... | () |
Walter Murch | ... | () |
Produced by
Fateme Ahmadi | ... | associate producer |
Ali Amirani | ... | associate producer |
Amir Amirani | ... | co-producer |
Taghi Amirani | ... | producer |
Immy Humes | ... | associate producer |
Ahmad Kiarostami | ... | co-producer |
Paul Zaentz | ... | producer |
Music by
Robert Miller |
Cinematography by
Taghi Amirani | ||
Simon Fanthorpe | ||
Chris Morphet | ||
Claudia Raschke | ||
Ben Richards |
Film Editing by
Walter Murch |
Editorial Department
Silvia Biagioni | ... | assistant editor |
Zoe Davis | ... | associate editor |
Paul Ensby | ... | digital intermediate colourist |
Dan Farrell | ... | associate editor |
Evelyn Franks | ... | Associate Editor |
Leigh Myers | ... | digital intermediate coordinator |
Caite Ni'Ceileachair | ... | post production paperwork |
Shaheen Schleifer | ... | post production (uncredited) |
Production Management
Gisela Evert | ... | post-production supervisor |
Sound Department
Philip Clements | ... | foley recordist |
Jim Goddard | ... | sound designer |
Martin Jensen | ... | re-recording mixer |
Sean O'Neil | ... | sound mixer |
David Sendall | ... | re-recording mixer |
Tom Stewart | ... | foley editor |
Tom Williams | ... | dialogue editor |
Julian Willson | ... | sound recordist |
Anna Wright | ... | foley artist |
Visual Effects by
Angela Gigica | ... | Motion Graphics Designer |
Stunts
Hai Le | ... | stunt coordinator (as Manh Hai Le) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Ali Amirani | ... | Additional cinematography |
Graham Deneen | ... | assistant camera |
Simon Fanthorpe | ... | Additional cinematography |
Vicente Franco | ... | Additional cinematography |
Abbas Kowsari | ... | Additional cinematography |
Ben Richards | ... | Additional cinematography |
Ines Sommer | ... | Additional cinematography |
Moslem Tehrani | ... | Additional cinematography |
Animation Department
Ali Charmi | ... | animator |
Rachel Gold | ... | live action producer |
Robb Hart | ... | compositor |
Kelvin Johnson | ... | animation artist |
Vince Knight | ... | animation cinematographer |
Martyn Pick | ... | animation director |
Sharon Pinsker | ... | lead artist |
Music Department
Loire Cotler | ... | vocal soloist: Lori Colter |
Nick Green | ... | music production assistant |
Additional Crew
Paul Gardner | ... | archive producer |
Caitlin Kelly | ... | production assistant |
Rosemary Rotondi | ... | archive reseacher |
Salome Siavoshi | ... | Archive Researcher |
Declan Smith | ... | archive reseacher |
Thanks
Hilary Davis | ... | special thanks |
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- Fatts (Post Production Script Services)
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The rapid montage of file boxes near the end of the film is each labeled with brief details of US-backed coups and other US regime change attempts since the events of this film: 1953 - Mohammad Mossadegh - Iran; 1954 - Jacobo Árbenz - Guatemala; 1960 - Patrice Lumumba - Congo; 1961 - Rafael Trujillo - Dominican Republic; 1961 - Fidel Castro - Bay of Pigs; 1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem - South Vietnam; 1964 - Joao Goulart - Brazil; 1967 - Sukarno - Indonesia; 1973 - Salvador Allende - Chile; 1976 - Perón - Argentina; 1971 - Juan José Torres - Bolivia; 1983 - Grenada; 1960 - Kong Le - Laos; 1982-1989 - Nicaragua (Iran-Contra); 1980-1992 - El Salvador; 1965-1966 - Dominican Republic; 1988-2002 - Chavez - Venezuela; 1952 - Farouk - Egypt; 1959-present - Iraq. See more » |