Argo Plot
Based on true events, Argo chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis-the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA "exfiltration" specialist named Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies. -- (C) Warner Bros.
Box Office
Budget :
$44.5 mn
Box Office :
$232.3 mn
Argo Cast
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as John Chambers
Argo Latest Trailers
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2012 trailer
User Review
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Argo is by far one of the best films I have seen this year. Ben Affleck has proven himself to be a director who has a unique sense of storytelling such that you could almost feel the nerve gripping mortal terror of the life and death hostage situation. Argo is the story of Tony Mendez who rescues US diplomats form Iran who are hiding in the Canadian Embassy from the Iranian revolutionaries. While no one in the CIA had a clue how that could be done, he successfully executes an exfilteration by the virtue of a fake movie "Argo", the story of a alien ship that lands on earth. The cinematography is smart, giving the movie a retro look and hence correctly capturing the Iranian... |
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