What it’s about
In 1979, amidst strong anti-Western sentiment, the American Embassy in Iran is stormed and hostages are taken. Six staffers escape and take refuge in the home of Canadian AmbassadorKen Taylor (Garber). CIA extraction expert Tony Mendez (Affleck) then concocts an unlikelyscheme to enter Iran as a movie producer scouting locations for a film shoot. Hollywoodproducer Lester Siegel (Arkin) and makeup artist John Chambers (Goodman) are enlisted to helphim set up an elaborate fake production. Once in Tehran, Mendez coaches his charges to play the parts of a Canadian film crew. Finally, they attempt their daring escape.
Why we love it
Afflecks third time behind the camera yields a nail-biting political thriller, based on a truestory. And lets not forget comedy, ably provided by Goodman and Arkin as two larger thanlife Hollywood characters you wouldnt normally find in a movie like this. Director Affleck paces the film skillfully, shifting seamlessly between tense scenes in Tehran and lighter momentsstateside. Nominated for seven Oscars, the film won three, including Best Picture. On a quietnight, its Argo to the rescue!
Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bish, Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina, eljko Ivanek, Titus Welliver, Richard Kind, Mark Rhino Smith, Taylor Schilling, Keith Szarabajka, Bob Gunton, Page Leong, Omid Abtahi, Sheila Vand, Karina Logue, Ryan Ahern, Bill Tangradi, Jamie McShane, Roberto Garcia, Christopher Stanley, Jon Woodward Kirby, Victor McCay, Matt Nolan, J.R. Cacia, Bill Kalmenson, Rob Brownstein, David Sullivan, John Boyd, Yuriy Sardarov, Nikka Far, Aidan Sussman, Barry Livingston, Ali Saam, Araz Vahid Ebrahim Nia, Scott Anthony Leet, Michael Parks, Mehrdad Sarlak, Ray Haratian, Matthew Glave, Nancy Stelle Ben Affleck
