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Argo

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

Director

Ben Affleck

Year

Genre

drama, thriller

Box Office

$136,025,503

Production

GK Films,Warner Bros. Pictures,Smoke House Pictures

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 94 wins & 156 nominations total

Homepage

http://argothemovie.warnerbros.com/

Tony Mendez

Jack O'Donnell

Lester Siegel

John Chambers

Ken Taylor

Bob Anders

Cora Lijek

Joe Stafford

Lee Schatz

Mark Lijek

Christopher Denham

Kathy Stafford

Hamilton Jordan

Malinov

Robert Pender

Bates

Adam Engell

Keith Szarabajka

Cyrus Vance

Max Klein

OSS Officer Nicholls

Richard Dillane

Reza Borhani

Pat Taylor

Azizi Checkpoint #3

Farshad Farahat

Sahar

Elizabeth Ann Swift

Sgt. Sickmann

Alan B. Golacinski

William J. Daugherty

Col. Charles W. Scott

Sgt. William Gallegos

Thomas L. Ahern, Jr.

Christopher Stanley

Fred Kupke

Jon Woodward Kirby

Student with Poster

Alborz Basiratmand

Marine #1

Marine #2

Michael Woolston

Lady with Radio

Sharareh Sedghi

Tear Gas Student

Malick

Peter Genco

Brice

Hal Saunders

Landon Butler

Jon Titterton

Jordan's Secretary

Jordan's Analyst

Michael Cassidy

Lamont

Rossi

Tehran Mary

Ian Mendez

David Marmor

Barry Livingston

Ali Khalkhali

Moradi

Araz Vahid Ebrahim Nia

The Minotaur

Scott Anthony Leet

Space Lab Nurse

Film Director

First A.D.

PA

Stephen J. Lattanzi

Lester's Housekeeper

Danielle Barbosa

Jack Kirby

Publicist

Eric Scott Cooper

Nina

Adrienne Barbeau

Variety Reporter

LA Times Reporter

Nelson Franklin

Princess Aleppa

Evil Villain

Mark Rhino Smith

Achilles Crux

Humanoid Robot

Green Jacket

Nestor the Android

Joseph S. Griffo

Blue Monster

Andrew Varenhorst

Persian Dancer

Amitis Frances Ariano

Sci Fi Body Suit Girl

Middle Class Iranian Woman

Iranian Consulate Official

British Airways Flight Attendant

Allegra Carpenter

Airport Husband

Immigration Officer

Immigration Officer

Immigration Officer

Soheil Tasbihchi

Immigration Officer

Hovik Gharibian

Airport Hysterical Wife

Dorianne Pahlavan

Deputy Minister of Islamic Guidance

Houshang Touzie

Producer

Peter Henry Schroeder

Tehran Car Rental Man

Bearded Fundamentalist in Bazaar

Bazaar Shopkeeper

Muhammed Cangören

Bazaar Angry Man

Asghar Allah Veirdi Zadeh

Angry Woman

Hedley Donovan

Alan Sosa

Engell's Secretary

Sgt. Gauthier

Danilo Di Julio

White House Operator

Swissair Ticketing Agent

Passport Official

Carpet Factory Komiteh

Revolutionary Guard

Revolutionary Guard

Bahram Khosraviani

Revolutionary Guard

Sam Sheikholeslami

Revolutionary Guard

Revolutionary Guard

Komiteh Reza

Lock Up PA

Swissair Gate Agent

Komiteh Subordinate

Young Komiteh at Airport

Brandon Tabassi

Swissair Pilot

John Hans Tester

Swissair Co-Pilot

Air Traffic Controller

Swissair Flight Attendant

Iraqi Border Guard

Assistant Secretary of State

State Department Official

Deborah Deimel Bean

CIA Archives Officer

Michael Chieffo

Christine Mendez

Taylor Schilling

Restaurant Patron

Tradesman

State Dept

Lab Sound Man

Cleric at Airport

Refugee

Extra

Iranian Protestor

Ian's Friend

Iranian Airport Police

Mahmoud

Driver

Greek Goddess

Danielle Beckwith

Marine #3

CIA Officer

Michael Blumenstock

Iranian Protestor

Phillip Borghee

Hollywood Crew Member

Muslim Cleric

Protester

Self

Visa Seeker

Momo Casablanca

Swissair Gate Rep

Victoria Charters

Peg

Jennifer Christopher

Iranian Boy

Chancery Hostage

Swissair Passenger

Leader of the Firing Squad

State Department Official

Patricia DiZebba

Butler

Camera Operator - Warner Sci-Fi Scene

Mark Casimir Dyniewicz Jr.

Iranian Passenger

Ehab Elgharabawy

CIA Officer

Airline Stewardess

CIA Pit Team

Space Nurse

Iranian Stewardess

Sepideh Haftgoli

Protestor

Bellhop

Dariush Hajirnia

Komiteh

Protestor

C.I.A Director Stansfield Turner

Philip Baker Hall

Driver

Canadian Chancellor

Head Table Revolutionary #6

Swiss Air Passenger

CIA Agent

James A. Howard

Swissair Passenger

Swissair Stewardess

Smokehouse Patron

Richard Allan Jones

Protester

Abraham Justice

Assistant

Argo Staff

Persian Child

Athena Talin Katalaris

Argo Staff

David Dustin Kenyon

Swissair Passenger

State Department Member

Hollywood Actress

Elena Kolpachikova

Lab Tech

Michelangelo Kowalski

Revolutionary

Germano Kuerten

Marine #4

Michael Kunselman

Air France Stewardess

Veronika Kurshinskaya

Camera News Reporter Crew (1970's boardcast reenactment)

Refugee

Mihaela Lacramioara

Little Girl in Bar

Diamond Nicole Landeen

Argo Graphic Designer

Komiteh Yoni

Jonathan Levian

Embassy Senior Staff Member

Iranian Protestor

Iranian Ambassador

Oscar Magana Jr.

Brother Ali

Chilled Passenger

Flight Attendant

Hollywood Actor

Coleman McClary

Fighting movie star

Traveler on Plane

Hollywood Actor

Make-Up #1

Vincent Mikolay

Iranian Comiteh in Truck

Roman Mitichyan

Protester

Derek Mobraaten

US Diplomat

Head Table Revolutionary #7

Anthony Narvaez

Reporter

India Air Flight Attendant

Pat Horan

Protestant #1

Francisco Ovalle

Iranian Protester

Liz Taylor Look-alike

Space Girl

Sandra Plazinic

Publicist

Canadian Embassy Staffer #2

Iranian Visa Seeker

Space Armor Pants Guy

White House Staff

CIA Staff

Swissair Iranian Passenger

Hollywood Starlet

Cameraman

Protestor

CIA Senior Agent

Marine Cpl.

Pakistani Stewardess

Media Reporter

Photographer

Mitchell Salberg

Hostage

Protester

Christina Sardinas

Mike Touzani

Canadian Embassy Staffer #1

The Female Space Trooper

Dawn Sobolewski

Flight Attendant

Goddess

Chancery Staff

Michael Stailey

Sound Guy

Steven T Stanton

1st A.D.

Stewart Strauss

CIA Agent

Stephen Szibler

Head Table Revolutionary #2

India Air Flight Attendant

Waiter

Anthony Terracciano

CIA Agent

Bus Driver

Iran Airline Staff

Iranian Protester

State Secretary

Desary Vailencour

Iranian Protestor

CIA Pit Team

Self

Iranian Passenger

Chancery Hostage

Jeremy Gram Weaver

CIA Staff

Boy in Neighborhood

Iranian Kid

Iranian Kid

Komiteh

Protestor

Rafael Zubizarreta

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In 1950 the people of Iran elected Mohammad Mosaddegha secular democrat as prime ministerHe nationalized British and US petroleum holdingsreturning Iran s oil to its peopleBut in 1953the US and Great Britain engineered a coup d etatthat deposed Mosaddegh - Argo

In 1950 the people of Iran elected Mohammad Mosaddegha...

The carnival is a little bigger today, huh? - Argo

The carnival is a little bigger today, huh?

We need some security. - Argo

We need some security.

My God! - Argo

Lets get a cart over here. - Argo

Lets get a cart over here.

Don’t fucking shoot anybody. - Argo

Don’t fucking shoot anybody.

I’m telling you if we’re going to go, we need to go now! - Argo

I’m telling you if we’re going to go, we need to go now!

In here, we are in America right now, outside of these doors, we are in Iran! - Argo

In here, we are in America right now, outside of these...

I’m going outside. - Argo

I’m going outside.

Open the door! - Argo

— Burn it all, come on! - Argo

— Burn it all, come on!

All four drawers, I want them shredded, right now! - Argo

All four drawers, I want them shredded, right now!

— Okay. - Argo

These fucks hit us, we can’t hit ‘em back? - Argo

These fucks hit us, we can’t hit ‘em back?

They re claiming the Embassy was a den of espionageWe wish it was a fucking den of espionageCIA s got three people over there they don t see a revolution comingCall it something other then intelligence - Argo

They re claiming the Embassy was a den of espionageWe wish...

We leave the six where they are. - Argo

We leave the six where they are.

What? To begin with, of course, we wanted to learn about the hostages held in the American Embassy c - Argo

What? To begin with, of course, we wanted to learn about the...

What about the White HouseCarter s shitting enough bricks to build the pyramids - Argo

What about the White HouseCarter s shitting enough bricks to...

And they'll know what they look like - Argo

And they'll know what they look like

Sir if these people can read or addpretty soon they re gonna figure out they re six short of a full deckIt s winter You can t afford to wait around until springso it s nice enough to take a bike rideThey only way out of that city is the airportYou build - Argo

Sir if these people can read or addpretty soon they re gonna...

Hold on Sir do you have this newspaper in front of youWould you mind taking a look at itWhat s in this pictureTehranRight What s on the groundSnow RightSo what crops are the do gooders inspecting under frosting - Argo

Hold on Sir do you have this newspaper in front of youWould...

SirExfils are like abortionsYou don t wanna need oneBut when you do you don t do it yourself - Argo

SirExfils are like abortionsYou don t wanna need oneBut when...

You have a better plan? - Argo

You have a better plan?

Send him back just to be tortured and killed - Argo

Send him back just to be tortured and killed

.. Get out of here! At one point the mob cornered one of Iranians. When he tried to protect himself, - Argo

.. Get out of here! At one point the mob cornered one of...

Hello? My man! I’ll get mom. I’m calling for you. Did you do your homework tonight? Yeah it was easy - Argo

Hello? My man! I’ll get mom. I’m calling for you. Did you do...

Alright. - Argo

Ok you know those science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, they need an exotic location to shoot, Moonscape, Mars, desert, you know… Now image this. - Argo

Ok you know those science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars,...

I went outside for thirty seconds. - Argo

I went outside for thirty seconds.

Some Americans are missing. - Argo

Some Americans are missing.

We want you to go to LA. - Argo

We want you to go to LA.

The whole country is watching youThey just don t know it - Argo

The whole country is watching youThey just don t know it

My creation… My creation! - Argo

My creation… My creation!

Chambers! - Argo

He says the minotaur prosthetic is too tight so he can’t act. - Argo

He says the minotaur prosthetic is too tight so he can’t...

Mr. Chambers… Kevin Arkins. Hey Tony. - Argo

Mr. Chambers… Kevin Arkins. Hey Tony.

What are you shooting? - Argo

What are you shooting?

Target audience will hate itWho s the target audiencePeople with eyes - Argo

Target audience will hate itWho s the target audiencePeople...

Talk to meIt s an exfilFrom whereWorst place you can think ofUniversal StudioHow are you gonna get in the EmbassyThey re not in the EmbassyDuring the takeover six people escapedThey re hiding out in Tehranand that s who I m gonna go get - Argo

Talk to meIt s an exfilFrom whereWorst place you can think...

How are you gonna get in the Embassy? - Argo

How are you gonna get in the Embassy?

I need you to help me make a fake movieWell you re in the right place - Argo

I need you to help me make a fake movieWell you re in the...

So you wanna come to Hollywood and act like a big shotYeahwithout actually doing anything NoYou ll fit right in - Argo

So you wanna come to Hollywood and act like a big...

Let’s see. - Argo

Can you teach somebody to be a director in a dayYou teach a recess monkey to be a director in a day - Argo

Can you teach somebody to be a director in a dayYou teach a...

Look if you re gonna do this you gotta do itThe Kominiacs are fruit loops but they got cousinswho sell prayer rugs and A tracks on Le BreaYou can t build cover stories around a movie that doesn t existYou need a script you need a producerMake me a - Argo

Look if you re gonna do this you gotta do itThe Kominiacs...

You re gonna do a 20 million dollars Star Wars rip offYou need somebody who s a somebody to put their name on itSomebody respectablewith creditswho you can trust with classified informationwho d produce a fake moviefor free - Argo

You re gonna do a 20 million dollars Star Wars rip offYou...

Hi, I only got a couple of minutes. - Argo

Hi, I only got a couple of minutes.

You ever think, Lester, this is all for the cameras? - Argo

You ever think, Lester, this is all for the cameras?

We re going to need a script - Argo

We re going to need a script

Sahar, how are you doing? - Argo

Sahar, how are you doing?

How about ‘The Horses of Achilles’? - Argo

How about ‘The Horses of Achilles’?

If it s got horses in it it s a western - Argo

If it s got horses in it it s a western

It doesn t matterIt s a fake movieIf I m doing a fake movie it s going to be a fake hit - Argo

It doesn t matterIt s a fake movieIf I m doing a fake movie...

If I m doing a fake movie it s going to be a fake hit - Argo

If I m doing a fake movie it s going to be a fake hit

Sahar knows - Argo

Fade in on a starship landingAn exotic Middle Eastern vibeWomen gather offering ecstatic libations to the sky godsArgoA Science Fantasy AdventureIt s a turnaround it s dog shitIt s a space movie in the Middle East Does it matter ifCould we get the - Argo

Fade in on a starship landingAn exotic Middle Eastern...

It s a turnaround it s dog shitIt s a space movie in the Middle East Does it matter if - Argo

It s a turnaround it s dog shitIt s a space movie in the...

You want me to be honest with you LesNo I would like you to bullshit me MaxAlrightI enjoyed your films the early onesI took this meeting out of respect because I wanted to say no to your faceThank you Very respectfulYou re finished LesterGet your - Argo

You want me to be honest with you LesNo I would like you to...

You really know Warren Beatty? - Argo

You really know Warren Beatty?

Got any kids LesterYeah I have two daughtersSee em muchI talk to em once a yearmaybeWhy is thatI was a terrible fatherThe bullshit businessit s like coal mining you you come home to your wife and kidsyou can t you can t wash it off - Argo

Got any kids LesterYeah I have two daughtersSee em muchI...

I was a terrible father. - Argo

I was a terrible father.

You’re divorced? - Argo

You’re divorced?

They caught the Shah’s chief of security trying to get on a plane to Paris. - Argo

They caught the Shah’s chief of security trying to get on a...

I need another week JackYou don t have it - Argo

I need another week JackYou don t have it

We got an officewe got business cardswe got a posterIf I m the Revolutionary Guard there s nothing we couldn t have made at homeSix people s lives depend on thisIt s not enoughIf we re gonna fool these people it has to be bigand it has to have something - Argo

We got an officewe got business cardswe got a posterIf I m...

I did a movie with Rock Hudson one timeIf you want to sell a lieget the press to sell it for you - Argo

I did a movie with Rock Hudson one timeIf you want to sell a...

LesterNina you look fabulousYou doing the readingI m playing Serksi the Galactic WitchGreat I ll call yaKeep that fucking space witch away from meYou know herI was married to her - Argo

LesterNina you look fabulousYou doing the readingI m playing...

What does the title refer toThe ArgoThe thingLike Jason and the Golden Fleece or whatNo no it s the ship it s the the spaceship it goesit goes everywhere it goes allall throughout spaceSo it s the ArgonautNoWhat what does Argo meanI don t knowYou don t - Argo

What does the title refer toThe ArgoThe thingLike Jason and...

The ship is turning aroundFire the thrustersHe says a gravitational field that strong will kill any - Argo

The ship is turning aroundFire the thrustersHe says a...

We’ll find her ship, we will find our chance. - Argo

We’ll find her ship, we will find our chance.

.. We go outside of the ship now, holding on a single red flower as it goes to the ruins of the star - Argo

.. We go outside of the ship now, holding on a single red...

Here it is. - Argo

“Argo, fuck yourself.‟ Argo, fuck yourself. - Argo

“Argo, fuck yourself.‟ Argo, fuck yourself.

Argo fuck yourself - Argo

Argo fuck yourself

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 25, 1980 - Argo

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 25, 1980

Brace yourself. - Argo

Brace yourself.

What s wrong with the bikes againWe tried to get the message upstairs sirYou think you think this is more plausible than teachersYes we do One there are no more foreign teachers in IranAnd we think everybody knows Hollywood peopleand everybody knows they - Argo

What s wrong with the bikes againWe tried to get the message...

There are only bad optionsit s about finding the best oneYou don t have a better bad idea than thisThis is the best bad idea we have sirBy farThe United States Government has just sanctioned your Science Fiction movie - Argo

There are only bad optionsit s about finding the best oneYou...

The United States Government has just sanctioned your Science Fiction movie. - Argo

The United States Government has just sanctioned your...

I’m required to remind you that if you are detained, the agency will not claim you. - Argo

I’m required to remind you that if you are detained, the...

I should have brought some books to read in prisonNoThey ll kill you long before prison - Argo

I should have brought some books to read in prisonNoThey ll...

— Studio 6. - Argo

Your attention please, this is the final calling for British Airways flight 87. - Argo

Your attention please, this is the final calling for British...

We are a nation of 35 millions, and many of these people are looking for to murder them. - Argo

We are a nation of 35 millions, and many of these people are...

She pleaded with me. - Argo

She pleaded with me.

I can’t believe I put Kathy in this position. - Argo

I can’t believe I put Kathy in this position.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY JANUARY 27, 1980 - Argo

ISTANBUL, TURKEY JANUARY 27, 1980

The Shah escaped on the 747 so laden with gold barsthat they didn t make it off the runwayBut you kept busyFairing out the torture apparatus of our friends fallen dictationIt s getting worseAnyone that lands at Mehrabad now fills in one of theseThis strip - Argo

The Shah escaped on the 747 so laden with gold barsthat they...

When you land you should go straight to the Ministry of Culture andIslamic Guidance kiss the ringGet on record as having applied for film permitIf they catch you later at least they ll be confused while they re torturing you - Argo

When you land you should go straight to the Ministry of...

What will be the purpose of your visit to Iran? - Argo

What will be the purpose of your visit to Iran?

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As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

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Director: Ben Affleck

Writer: Chris Terrio, Tony Mendez, Joshuah Bearman

Production: GK Films,Warner Bros. Pictures,Smoke House Pictures

Genre: drama, thriller

Year: 2012

MetaScore: 86/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: $136,025,503

Released: 12 Oct 2012

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 94 wins & 156 nominations total

Homepage: http://argothemovie.warnerbros.com/