Argo

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Argo is a 2012 historical drama thriller film directed by Ben Affleck. This dramatization is adapted from the book The Master of Disguise by CIA operative Tony Mendez, and Joshuah Berman's 2007 Wired article "The Great Escape" about the "Canadian Caper", in which Mendez led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, Iran, during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.

The film stars Affleck as Mendez with Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman in supporting roles, and was released in North America to critical and commercial success on October 12, 2012. The film was produced by Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney. The story of this rescue was also told in the 1981 television movie Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper, directed by Lamont Johnson.

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• George Clooney returning to TV with adaptation of 'Catch-22'
• Michael Parks, 'Twin Peaks' and 'Kill Bill' star, dead at age 77
• Ben Affleck announces he's completed treatment for alcohol addiction
• Ben Affleck on career during Jennifer Lopez romance: 'I was like the lowest rung of cool'

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