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Argo is a 2012 American biographical thriller film directed by Ben Affleck. The screenplay was written by Chris Terrio and Tony Mendez, with Alexandre Desplat composing the score. The cast includes Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman. Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney served as producers, while Graham King was an executive producer. The film was produced by GK Films, Smokehouse Pictures, and Warner Bros. Entertainment, and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix.
The narrative is set in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Tehran, and Istanbul, focusing on the Iran hostage crisis and the Canadian Caper. Filming took place in Istanbul, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. The original languages are English and Persian. With a runtime of 120 minutes, the film had a budget of 44,500,000 and generated revenue of 232,300,000.
Argo received the Academy Award for Best Picture, the César Award for Best Foreign Film, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Sound Editing. The film holds an IMDb rating of 7.7 based on 668,054 votes and a TMDb vote average of 7.286 from 8,942 votes.
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Film · TMDB
7.3As 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.
Cast
- Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez
- Bryan Cranston as Jack O'Donnell
- Alan Arkin as Lester Siegel
- John Goodman as John Chambers
- Victor Garber as Ken Taylor
- Tate Donovan as Bob Anders
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- husband wife relationship
- revolution
- press conference
- biography
- american abroad
- extraction
- iran hostage crisis
- intelligence agent
- langley virginia
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Persian
- Director
- Ben Affleck
- Screenwriter
- Tony Mendez
- Cast member
- Omid Abtahi
- Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Producer
- Grant Heslov
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Rodrigo Prieto
- Narrative location
- Virginia
- Filming location
- Virginia
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 917469
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/argo
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- film editor
- William Goldenberg
- publication date
- 2012-11-22
- title
- Argo
- nominated for
- BAFTA Award for Best Film
- distributed by
- Netflix
- box office
- 232300000
- capital cost
- 44500000
- Commons category
- Argo (2012 film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 3.7/5
- characters
- Stansfield Turner
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『アルゴ』(ARGO)は、1979年から1980年にかけて発生した在イランアメリカ大使館人質事件を題材とした、ベン・アフレック監督・製作・主演による2012年のアメリカ映画である。第85回アカデミー賞作品賞受賞作品。
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