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Argo

Turkish title: Operasyon: Argo

“The movie was fake. The mission was real.”

2012 · 2 h
Directed by Ben Affleck
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Cast

Ben Affleck Bryan Cranston Alan Arkin

Credits

Written by: Chris Terrio

Plot

In 1979, during the Iran hostage crisis, six American diplomats escape and hide in the Canadian ambassador's home in Tehran. The CIA agent Tony Mendez plans to rescue them by posing as a Canadian film crew scouting locations for a fake science-fiction movie. Ben Affleck's 2012 thriller, based on a true story, won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Sinekatalog’s take

Ben Affleck directs the story of a fake movie used as cover to rescue hostages in Tehran in 1979–80. Tense and funny in turns, though it takes liberties with history in its climax.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (674,368 votes)
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