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On November 4, 1979, Iranian Islamists storm the United States Embassy in Tehran in retaliation for President Jimmy Carter giving the Shah, an absolute monarch who was supported by Western powers, asylum in the U.S. during the Iranian Revolution, for cancer treatment.
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A CIA agent devises a plan to rescue six Americans who escaped from the US embassy in Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis. He creates a fake Canadian film project to smuggle them out of Iran, but faces many challenges and dangers along the way.
Jan 14, 2013 · Ben Affleck's film Argo tells the bizarre story of how in 1980 the CIA - with Canadian help - sprang a group of Americans from Iran after they escaped a US embassy overrun by protestors. The...
Argo is a 2012 thriller based on a true story of a CIA operation to rescue six Americans from Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis. The film stars Ben Affleck as the extractor who poses as a Hollywood producer and features Alan Arkin, John Goodman, and Bryan Cranston.
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Based on real events, the dramatic thriller "Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
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Apr 13, 2024 · Academy Award (2013) Argo, American political thriller, released in 2012, that was based on events that took place during the 1979–81 Iran hostage crisis. It centres on several U.S. embassy workers who escaped the hostage takers, took refuge with Canadian diplomats, and were able to escape the country disguised as a Canadian film crew.
