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Argo
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Web site | www.youtube.com |
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Release date | USA |
Directors | Ben Affleck |
Based on | Antonio J. Mendez |
The Great Escape | |
Joshuah Bearman | |
Producers | Ben Affleck |
George Clooney | |
Grant Heslov | |
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ID | 601360 |
BAFTA Award for Best Film
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
César Award for Best Foreign Film
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA Award for Best Direction
BAFTA Award for Best Editing
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture
Satellite Award for Best Original Score
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director
AFI Movies of the Year
Robert Award for Best American Film
About Argo
On Nov. 4, 1979, militants storm the U. S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking 66 American hostages. Amid the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge with the Canadian ambassador. Knowing that it's just a matter of time before the refugees are found and likely executed, the U. S. government calls on extractor Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) to rescue them. Mendez's plan is to pose as a Hollywood producer scouting locations in Iran and train the refugees to act as his "film" crew.
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