Oscar winner ben affleck good will hunting, the town directs and stars in this reallife political intelligence dramedy based on a true story. From the teenage concubine who ruled china for 47 years and the gorilla who lived most of his life in a shopping mall to the borden axe murders, here are 21 of the best books. Tony mendez, clandestine cia hero of ben afflecks argo. Jan 20, 2019 tony mendez, the real cia spy in argo. Newly crowned best picture argo is about a fake science fiction movie that was created as a ruse to bring home six american diplomats who were hiding out during the 1979 hostage crisis in iran. Excanada pm says real iran hostage story is better than argo. Starring ben affleck, bryan cranston, john goodman, alan arkin based on the book the master of disguise by antonio j. Bryan cranston, left, and ben affleck star in argo, based on the reallife story of an attempt to rescue americans trapped in iran during the 1979 hostage crisis. The cia finally sets the record straight on the true story behind argo quartz skip to navigation skip to content. In response to the news of mendezs death, affleck paid tribute to the true american hero.
Argo is an entertaining, inspirational story with a real life political backdrop. Afflecks argo is a reallife thriller bryan cranston, left, and ben affleck star in argo, a rescue thriller about the 1979 iranian hostage crisis. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious. The true story behind operation argo to rescue americans from iran the true story behind operation argo to rescue americans from iran an excerpt from antonio mendez and matt baglios new book. Crossroads with joshua philipp recommended for you. What really happened is more intriguing, more thrilling and more revealing than the fiction. While the argonauts bent their backs to their oars, orpheus would sing to them, making them forget their aches and pains, while fish would fly out of the water on either side of the argo to. Ben affleck, center, with his argo inspiration tony mendez, far left, and reallife house guests kathleen stafford, bob anders and. For history buffs and affleck fans, argo the book, provides added insight into a wild, if not widely known, incident in the history of american foreign policy and the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Ben afflecks argo tells the true story of cia agent tony mendez, who posed as the producer of a fake sciencefiction movie to rescue six americans.
Experts say it gets most of the story right but two men who were actually there say the end of the story was more complicated than hollywood might think. He invented a fake scifi film called argo from the actual name of the cia mission, a reference to jason and the argonauts. Each story is brought to life with enthralling dramatic reconstruction and archive footage of the actual events. Nov 10, 2014 read how the argo mission really went down. After that production attempt failed, the screenplay was renamed argo and used by the cia. Moreover, it calls attention to how the film could have been something quite different. The closest fargo comes to being a true story is that one might fairly say it was inspired by some reallife incidents, primarily the disappearance of helle crafts, a danish flight.
Afflecks argo is a reallife thriller the buffalo news. Books based on true stories are ideal for when facts leave off and a little imagination and outright speculation is needed to fill the gaps in a story or a reading list. Spy wars with damian lewis to air episode on the real. Im sure the original argo screenplay was a brilliant, underappreciated work. The author of the master of disguise and spy dust, mendez lives with his family in rural washington county. She was an sao beta tester and is one of the 10,000 players who were trapped in sword art online, where she worked as an information broker and was known by the nickname argo the rat, nezumi no argo due to. I was fourteen at the timebut of course the events depicted in argo were classified and the real story was not revealed until many years later. Written the real ben affleck tony mendez, you can hear about the role of the canadians british and the real world politics of a crisis that affects the world to this day. Spy wars with damian lewis to air episode on the reallife. The cia finally sets the record straight on the true story behind argo. Feb 28, 20 1st documentary movie on the origin of ccp virus, tracking down the origin of the wuhan coronavirus duration. Feb, 20 see an exclusive clip from the coming argo bluraydvd, in which the real life house guests describe their ordeal as they escaped the u.
The screenplay used by the cia to create their cover story was an adaptation of roger zelaznys 1967 novel lord of light. Jack kirbys art for the fake movie in argo goes up for auction. Jan 14, 20 argo recreates the storming of the us embassy in tehran in november 1979. The real story of the argo mission clip 4m 9s one of the rescued americans at the heart of the academyaward winning thriller argo, mark lijek, joins ed arnold and maria hallbrown to tell the. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history by mendez, antonio, baglio, matt isbn. Optimism about selfdriving cars is giving way to tougher questions about how expensive automotive artificial intelligence will ever. Excanada pm says real iran hostage story is better than argo new documentary our man in tehran offers a very true look at the rescue of six us citizens during the 1979 crisis.
John sheardowns house had an interior courtyard with a garden and we. Argo takes different road to skirt selfdriving challenges. Argo, the new movie from actordirector ben affleck, has mostly been getting ravesincluding a qualified but fairly strong endorsement from slates own dana stevens, who calls it a rollicking yarn and easily the most cohesive and technically accomplished of afflecks three films so far. Argo is a 2012 american historical drama thriller film directed by ben affleck. Real story of argo in what reporters didnt say the. Argo recreates the storming of the us embassy in tehran in november 1979. While it has an r rating, many pg movies seem to have as much questionable material for children as this movie does. Argo recounts a fascinating bit of historythe rescue of six americans from iran during the hostage crisis of 1980. Learn more about the zookeepers wife true story by watching the documentaries below. Produced by george clooney and grant heslovs smokehouse pictures ides of march, this hostage rescue picture follows cia exfiltration operative and master of disguise tony mendez affleck, who sets out to rescue a handful of american diplomats. It won the best picture award from the academy awards, afi awards, british academy film awards, and the golden globes, among others.
Abolhassan banisadr, foreign minister and then president during the incident, argued. Spy wars spotlights the real argo through interviews and reenactments, spy wars tells the true story of how american operatives accomplished their unparalleled rescue mission in the. Argo iii chapter 1, a percy jackson and the olympians fanfic. See an exclusive clip from the coming argo bluraydvd, in which the reallife house guests describe their ordeal as they escaped the u. Tony mendez, clandestine cia hero of ben afflecks argo, reveals the real story behind film smash. Oct 19, 2012 the real story of the fake movie in argo. Apr, 2020 spy wars spotlights the real argo through interviews and reenactments, spy wars tells the true story of how american operatives accomplished their unparalleled rescue mission in the. The canadian caper was the joint covert rescue by the canadian government and the cia of six american diplomats who had evaded capture during the seizure of the united states embassy in tehran, iran, on november 4, 1979, after the iranian revolution, when islamist students took most of the american embassy personnel hostage, demanding the return of the usbacked shah for trial. The true story behind ben afflecks globewinning film.
The real story of the argo mission real orange pbs. Argo is a 2012 film classified under the genre of biography, drama, history according to. Screenwriter chris terrio adapted the screenplay from the book by the u. Antonio joseph tony mendez born november 15, 1940 is an american cia technical operations officer, now retired, who specialized in support. An excerpt from antonio mendez and matt baglios new book, argo.
Strangerthanfiction mission snuck six americans out of khomeinis iran. The true story behind ben afflecks globewinning film bbc. After announcing the production to the movie industry, mendez put together a team of real 1970s hollywood actors, directors and producers along with covert cia officers. Argo author tells story of real life breaking bad the mary sue. This spanish teacher was a real life walter white decades before breaking bad. But the story of the movie argothe real fictional movieis based on true events. The true story behind operation argo to rescue americans from. In the movie, as in real life, the cover story or the six americans was that they were part of a canadian film crew scouting locations in the. Argo, ben afflecks new movie about the rescue of six americans from iran, is a terrific thriller, even if you know the ending. Jack kirbys art for the fake movie in argo goes up. I left the theater sweatingjust as when i exited the airport bus. The facts and fiction behind the ben affleck movie. About real story of this series unpicks fact from fiction with interviews from the real people behind these extraordinary events. Argo movie true story meet the real tony mendez and the 6.
For history buffs and affleck fans, argo the book, provides added insight into a wild, if not widely known, incident in the history of american foreign policy and. Oct 12, 2012 afflecks argo is a reallife thriller bryan cranston, left, and ben affleck star in argo, a rescue thriller about the 1979 iranian hostage crisis. A cia agent remembers the political drama argo is based on the real story of a ciaplanned rescue in revolutionary iran. The political drama argo is based on the real story of a ciaplanned rescue in revolutionary iran. Militant students stormed the american embassy and held sixty americans captive for a gruelling 444 days. Find out which details of the 20 best picture winner were true, and which were hollywood fabrications. As is this movie about that fake movie and the real story that surrounded it. His story is outlined beautifully in a gq article by argo author joshuah bearman. We were all gathered in the big house around the ping pong table for our usual meeting. Antonio mendez served in the cia for twentyfive years and is a highly decorated cia officer, one of the top 50 officers in its first 50 years and a recipient of the intelligence star for valor for the argo operation. San diegobased authors new novel merges fictional suspense with reallife intrigue.
Sep 14, 20 excanada pm says real iran hostage story is better than argo new documentary our man in tehran offers a very true look at the rescue of six us citizens during the 1979 crisis. Producer barry geller had spearheaded an earlier attempt to produce the film using the original title. There was me, nico, annabeth, clarisse, leo, jason, the stolls, katie gardner, both piper and drew were both here from aphrodites cabin, which was weird. You get the explosive title track the book of love and with it an interesting background story in the sleeve notes. The cia and hollywood in cahoots, a painter turned spy, an impossible rescue mission with no guns and only one chance at successargo has everything. The videos are filled with footage and images chronicling the german invasion of poland, the creation of the warsaw ghetto, the role the warsaw zoo played, and the ghetto uprising. The cia finally sets the record straight on the true story. Whats interesting is that argo also had potential to offer a different perspective on the filmmaking process, seeing how in real life colorful personalities such as ray bradbury, jack kirby, and buckminster fuller were among those recruited to help the titular script which was actually based on a novel by roger zelazny, titled lord of light seem legit. Excanada pm says real iran hostage story is better than. Ben afflecks film argo tells the bizarre story of how in 1980 the cia with canadian help sprang a group of americans. Oct 10, 2012 tony mendez, clandestine cia hero of ben afflecks argo, reveals the real story behind film smash. Various pieces of concept art for the film still exist today and have appeared on display in spy related exhibits around the us. And what are the white lies and dramatic whoppers the movie indulges in. The zookeepers wife movie vs the true story of antonina zabinski.
If you enjoyed the oscar winning argo but wanted to really under stand what the operation to save the house guests was really like, this is where to start. Oct 15, 2012 a postscript during the films end titles citing the argo incident as a model of international cooperation makes much more sense when you keep those facts in mind. The true story behind the new movie argo about how cia operatives posing as a hollywood production team rescued six americans hiding in iran during the. The true story behind operation argo to rescue americans. The true account of the 1979 rescue of six american hostages from iranon. Jul 14, 2017 the true story behind the new movie argo about how cia operatives posing as a hollywood production team rescued six americans hiding in iran during the 1979 embassy crisis. Apr 05, 2015 antonio joseph tony mendez born november 15, 1940 is an american cia technical operations officer, now retired, who specialized in support of clandestine and covert cia operations. Argo by antonio mendez and matt baglio the declassified cia story behind the oscarwinning film winner of best picture at the academy awards, the baftas and the golden globes tehran, november 1979. Former cia deputy director michael morell also tweeted that mendez was one of the best. Yes, the storyboards were created, but the real story behind argo reveals that tony mendez never gave them to the officers at the airport argo. This is a thrilling tale, full of secrets and spies. Argo won three academy awards, including best picture.
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