Argo [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with GK Films ; a Smokehouse Pictures production ; produced by Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney ; screenplay by Chris Terrio ; directed by Ben Affleck.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Title from container. Includes feature on Blu-ray disc and DVD. Special features: eyewitness account; featurette Rescued from Tehran : we were there; Argo : absolute authenticity; Argo : the CIA and Hollywood connection; escape from Iran; commentary. Based on a selection from The master of disguise by Antonio J. Mendez, and the Wired magazine article "The great escape" by Joshuah Bearman. Alan Arkin, Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Tate Donovan, Victor Garber, Bryan Cranston.
Summary:
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics still felt today. But there's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a mid-level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
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