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Argo is a 2012 American historical political espionage drama thriller film directed by, produced by, and starring Ben Affleck. The screenplay, written by Chris Terrio, was adapted from the 1999 memoir The Master of Disguise by U.S. C.I.A. operative Tony Mendez and the 2007 Wired article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" written by Joshuah Bearman. The film deals…
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Image Ben Affleck produced one of the best directorial and lead actor efforts of the decade with Argo, a clever hybrid of political thriller and old-fashioned Hollywood caper that gripped from the first frame to the last. Based on true events, Affleck raises the tension to visceral heights when CIA ‘exfiltration’ expert Tony Mendez devises an almost impossible plan to extract six US embassy workers stranded i…
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Argo tells the story of a rather unconventional rescue operation carried out by a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency exfiltration specialist who goes by the name of Tony Mendez. It’s based off of real life events in 1979 when sixty staff of the US embassy in Tehran were taken hostage by Iranian Islamists. The total number of hostages was sixty six, but six of them had escaped unknown to the Islamists and it was around…More
Argo is a gem. Even though many know the ending, it’s got some genuine edge of your seat moments, just-right details, excellent acting, and a screenplay that never insults the audience intelligence. Ben Affleck is the director and this time the critical praise is deserved. Argo is based on a true story. It’s about a daring rescue attempt of 6 people from Iran during the 1979/80 hostage crisis. Affleck stars as CIA o…More