| Argo | |
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| 7 Nominations / 3 Wins | |
| Year | 2012 |
| Director | Ben Affleck |
| Writer | Chris Terrio |
| Starring | Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman |
| 85th Academy Awards | |
Argo is a 2012 thriller drama film directed by Ben Affleck. It is a dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran.
Wins
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Chris Terrio
- Best Film Editing — William Goldenberg
- Best Picture — Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Nominations
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Chris Terrio
- Best Film Editing — William Goldenberg
- Best Original Score — Alexandre Desplat
- Best Picture — Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
- Best Sound Editing — Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn
- Best Sound Mixing — John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Jose Antonio Garcia
- Best Supporting Actor — Alan Arkin
Plot[]
Based on true events, Argo chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis--the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA "exfiltration" specialist named Tony Mendez comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.
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