Argo
Summary: 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.
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Director:
Ben Affleck
Runtime: 2 h 00 min
MPAA: R
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 44,500,000
Domestic: $ 136,025,503
International: $ 96,300,000
Cast
Stars:
Supporting cast:
Other Cast, Production
Other cast:
Production:
Representation
Tags / Keywords
1953 iranian coup d'etat1970s444 daysactor shares first name with characterair traffic controlairline ticketairplaneairportambassadoramerican abroadamerican canadian relationsamerican propagandaangry mobanimated prologuearchival photographarchive footageassumed identityaudio begins before videoawakened by a phonebag over headbare chested malebased on magazine articlebased on true storybazaarbilingualismblindfoldedboeing 747bolt cutterbreak inbritish airwaysburbank californiaburning a documentburning an american flagcanadiancanadian accentcanadian embassycanadian flag lapel pincar firechampagnecharacter repeats someone else's dialoguechild laborcia agentcia central intelligence agencyclimbing a fencecorpse hanging by the neck in publiccover identitycover storycraneday 87deceptiondictatorshipdiplomatdirected by stardriving through a crowdends with historical notesescapeexecutionexfiltrationextractionf wordfake film directorfake movie dealfake passportfalse identityfascismfather son relationshipfictional science fiction filmfilm crewfilm industryfilm producerfilm scriptfilm setfilm studiofilm within a filmfinger gunfiring squadflash forwardfundamentalismgas maskgovernmenthanged manhiding placehiding place under floorhiding under floorboardshistorical dramahollywood californiahollywood signhostagehusband wife relationshipincineratorintelligence agentintelligence stariraniran hostage crisisiranianiranian revolutionislamic fundamentalismislamic revolutionistanbul turkeykentucky fried chickenlangley virginialens flarelocation scoutlos angeles californiamarketplacemassacreminotaur charactermock executionmovie postermovie scriptmovie setname in titlenarrow escapenews footageone word titlepaper shredderparrotpassportperilous escapepolaroidpolaroid camerapress conferenceprologueprotestradical islamreassembling a shredded documentreference bani sadrreference to ayatollah kohmenireference to karl marxreference to led zeppelinreference to mohammad reza shah pahlavireference to muhammadreference to warren beattyrescue missionretro version of studio logorevisionist historyrevolutionright wing extremistriotsavakscript readingsecret agentsecret missionshot in the chestshot to deathshredded documentshredding a documentsoviet invasion of afghanistanstate terrorismstoryboardsubtitled scenesweatshopswissairtear gastehran iranteletypeterrorismthe white housetheocracytimeframe 1970stitle appears in texttitle appears in writingtitle spoken by charactertotalitarianismtraffic jamturkey the countryu.s. embassyvariety the newspapervisavolkswagen buswalkie talkiewashington d.c.wedding ringwhat happened to epilogueyear 1979year 1980year 1981year 2001
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