Argo

Titolo originale: Argo
Regia: Ben Affleck |
Anno: 2012
Origine: United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Thriller
Tag: central intelligence agency (cia) | husband wife relationship | revolution | press conference | biography | american abroad | extraction | iran hostage crisis | intelligence agent | langley virginia | 1980s | political thriller | factual |
Cast: Ben Affleck | Bryan Cranston | Alan Arkin | John Goodman | Victor Garber | Tate Donovan | Clea DuVall | Scoot McNairy | Rory Cochrane | Christopher Denham | Kerry Bishé | Kyle Chandler | Chris Messina | Željko Ivanek | Titus Welliver | Keith Szarabajka | Bob Gunton | Richard Kind | Richard Dillane | Omid Abtahi | Page Leong | Farshad Farahat | Sheila Vand | Karina Logue | Ryan Ahern | Bill Tangradi | Jamie McShane | Matthew Glave | Roberto Garcia | Christopher Stanley | Jon Woodward Kirby | Alborz Basiratmand | Ruty Rutenberg | Michael Woolston | Sharareh Sedghi | Bobby Zegar | Victor McCay | Matt Nolan | J.R. Cacia | Bill Kalmenson | Rob Brownstein | David Sullivan | Jean Carol | Michael Cassidy | John Boyd | Yuriy Sardarov | Nikka Far | Aidan Sussman | Barry Livingston | Ali Saam | Araz Vahid Ebrahim Nia | Scott Anthony Leet | Ashley Wood | Rob Tepper | Ray Porter | Stephen J. Lattanzi | Danielle Barbosa | Michael Parks | Eric Scott Cooper | Adrienne Barbeau | Tom Lenk | Nelson Franklin | Kelly Curran | Mark Rhino Smith | Scott Elrod | Bill Blair | Daston Kalili | Joseph S. Griffo | Andrew Varenhorst | Amitis Frances Ariano | Ali Fiori | Taies Farzan | Florans Atlantis | Rafi Pitts | Allegra Carpenter | Bobby Naderi | Ray Haratian | Mehrdad Sarlak | Soheil Tasbihchi | Hovik Gharibian | Dorianne Pahlavan | Houshang Touzie | Peter Henry Schroeder | Ali Farkhonde | Sahm McGlynn | Muhammed Cangören | Asghar Allah Veirdi Zadeh | Leyla Beysulen | Lindsey Ginter | Tim Quill | Larry Sullivan | Danilo Di Julio | Fanshen Cox | Tehmina Sunny | Amir K | Baris Deli | Cas Anvar | Bahram Khosraviani | Sam Sheikholeslami | Saba Sarem | Puya Abbassi | Reza Mir | Jozef Fahey | Annie Little | Fahim Fazli | Brandon Tabassi | John Hans Tester | Alex Schemmer | Yan Feldman | Nancy Stelle | Maz Siam | Ken Edling | Deborah Deimel Bean | Michael Chieffo | Taylor Schilling | Philip Baker Hall | Eli Jane | Lucas N. Hall | Jimmy Carter |

Il 4 novembre 1979, mentre la rivoluzione iraniana raggiungeva l’apice, un gruppo di militanti entra nell’Ambasciata USA in Tehran e porta via 52 ostaggi. In mezzo al caos, sei americani riescono a fuggire e si rifugiano a casa dell’Ambasciatore del Canada. Ben sapendo che si tratta solo di questione di tempo prima che i sei vangano rintracciati e molto probabilmente uccisi, Tony Mendez, un agente della CIA specialista in azioni d’infiltrazione, mette in piedi un piano rischioso per farli scappare dal paese. Per riuscire nell'operazione queste sei persone vennero fatte passare per una troupe di Hollywood impegnata a svolgere delle ricerche per un film chiamato Argo. Così riuscirono a uscire dal Paese.

Approfondimenti

Ashley Wood Garcia's debut. D
The Iranian official seen on archive footage at the end of the film issuing dire threats against Can [...] D
In the movie, it was stated that both the British and New Zealand embassies in Tehran turned away th [...] D
In a news report in the film, someone refers to Quinto potere (1976). Bryan Cranston, one of Argo's [...] D
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Ben Affleck and Alan Arkin; and one Oscar nominee: Bryan C [...] D
When the film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, it drew criticism in that it [...] D
The shot, used for the postscript text, features Tony's son's shelf of science fiction toys and coll [...] D
While Chris Terrio was writing the script, he imagined Tony Mendez being played by George Clooney. D
The Iranian chief guard who questions Tony Mendez and his group when they're about to leave Iran is [...] D
Several family members of the real Tony Mendez appear as bus passenger extras after the group is all [...] D
Ben Affleck and Rory Cochrane appeared in La vita è un sogno (1993). D
Ben Affleck received praise for his performance, particularly in that it showed a much more realisti [...] D
None of the scenes in the film were actually shot in Iran. D
John Goodman walks with a limp throughout the movie because he had just had knee surgery, but after [...] D
Tied with Gigi (1958) for being the shortest-titled Best Picture Academy Award winner, at four lette [...] D
A lot of the confidential material seized in the storming of the American Embassy can now be seen in [...] D
In addition to playing Sahar, the Canadian ambassador's housekeeper, Sheila Vand narrates the prolog [...] D
The silver robot costume used in the Hollywood script read-through of Argo also appears as the chara [...] D
The first film directed by Ben Affleck in which he did not play a part in writing the screenplay. D
Alan Arkin was the first actor cast in the film. D
Ben Affleck has stated that the production was granted unprecedented access to CIA Headquarters, bot [...] D
In an interview with Piers Morgan, former President Jimmy Carter said that he believes the film was [...] D
The rifles carried by the Iranian revolutionary guards in the movie, are accurately selected fixed-s [...] D
The Best Picture Academy Award win was announced live via satellite from the White House by First La [...] D
Tony Mendez, 78, passed away on 19 January 2019, of complications from Parkinson's disease. D
First movie in seven years to win the Oscar for Best Picture without winning the Oscar for Best Dire [...] D
Ben Affleck and screenwriter Chris Terrio reunited in the DC Extended Universe. Scoot McNairy appear [...] D
Tony Mendez: Passing by behind Ben Affleck with his family, when Tony is dropped off at the airport [...] D
Rafi Pitts: Appears as the Iranian Consulate Official. He was also Ben Affleck 's personal consultan [...] D
For the opening scene, the director of photography gave 8mm cameras out to certain people in the cro [...] D
Bob Anders: At the ceremony in Canada to welcome the house guests back home, the real Bob Anders can [...] D
Ben Affleck requested that the actors playing the embassy refugees live together for a week in a hou [...] D
Despite playing Iranian characters, Fouad Hajji is of Moroccan descent and Yuri Sardarov is of Armen [...] D
While John Chambers, Tony Mendez, and Lester Siegel are trying to figure out how to make their fake [...] D
The film is produced by two Batman actors: George Clooney and Ben Affleck. With this film, both men [...] D
During one of the many promotions for this film, Alan Arkin didn't realize that Bryan Cranston was i [...] D
The script used for the fake film project was based on the 1967 science fiction novel "Lord of Light [...] D
At his Best Director Academy Award snub, Ben Affleck joked that he didn't feel particularly aggrieve [...] D
Contains several Kaiju Monsterverse stars: John Goodman was in Kong: Skull Island (2017), Bryan Cran [...] D
The character of Jack Kirby (played by Michael Parks), shown briefly as the artist of the storyboard [...] D
Alan Arkin and John Goodman appeared in Confessione finale (1996) and Natale all'improvviso (2015). D
Ben Affleck and Philip Baker Hall previously appeared in Al vertice della tensione (2002). Affleck p [...] D
The first Best Motion Picture winner at the Oscars since Grand Hotel (1932) not to have been also no [...] D
Alan Arkin has admitted that, although his Lester Siegel is a composite character, he based his char [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
In the film, Tony Mendez hits upon the idea of the fake movie while watching Anno 2670 - Ultimo atto [...] D
The stock footage of the Iranian-American getting attacked by angry American protesters was filmed i [...] D
Scoot McNairy (Joe Stafford) and Kerry Bishé (Kathy Stafford) played characters that are husband [...] D
In a curious coincidence, the Swissair airliner that flew the six "houseguests" from Tehran to Zuric [...] D
Costars Kyle Chandler and Bryan Cranston were both nominated for the 2010 Emmy for Outstanding Perfo [...] D
The script originally began by jumping directly into the protests outside the U.S. Embassy. However, [...] D
All the Super 8 footage that is used in the opening sequence of the storming of the embassy was comp [...] D
Ben Affleck and Zeljko Ivanek previously appeared in Scuola d'onore (1992). D
The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2010 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade s [...] D
In Greek mythology, Jason's ship "The Argo" was named after its builder, a man named Argus. Those wh [...] D
In reality, Tony Mendez was only in Teheran for a day and a half. D
Ben Affleck, a longtime Led Zeppelin fan, admits he was desperate to use the track "When the Levee B [...] D
The film has enjoyed great success in bootleg format in Iran, where the full facts of the "Canadian [...] D
The fake film poster created for the real Argo mission was rather plain, and black-and-white. In the [...] D
In what very likely could be an intentional in-joke, Tony asks Chambers: "Can you teach somebody to [...] D
Lester Siegel (played by Alan Arkin) is said to be a composite character. However, in real life, mak [...] D
Tony Mendez was 5"7 in real life. Ben Affleck, who portrays him in the film, is 6"4, making him nine [...] D
Ben Affleck was criticized by some viewers for casting himself (a European-American) as Tony Mendez, [...] D
Director Philippe Mora has the distinction of directing several actors who have won or been nominate [...] D
The real John Chambers worked with director Alan Arkin on Twigs (1975). D
Third collaboration between Ben Affleck and Titus Welliver, following their work on this film, The T [...] D
In order to make the movie feel like the 1970s, Ben Affleck shot on regular 35mm film but using the [...] D
Zsa Zsa Gabor's Beverly Hills estate exteriors doubled for the house of Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin). [...] D
After the film was released, Iran hired a radical lawyer in France to pursue a lawsuit against the f [...] D
Victor Garber is the second cast member from Toronto's legendary 1972 stage production of "Godspell" [...] D
John Goodman appeared in two consecutive Oscar-winning Best Pictures: The Artist (2011) and this fil [...] D
The first film directed by Ben Affleck not to be set in his hometown of Boston. D
The film features one hundred twenty speaking parts. D
In keeping with the period in which the film is set (around 1979), Warner Brothers used their "Big W [...] D
Comic book artist Jim Lee owns some of the storyboards from the fake film. He stated on Twitter when [...] D
As shown in this movie, by the late 1970s, the Hollywood sign (which had first been erected in 1923 [...] D
The story of the rescue was first filmed in 1981 as Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981) by d [...] D
Ben Affleck met former C.I.A. operative Tony Mendez for the first time in March 2011 to discuss his [...] D
The main person who pushed the story to be published was former C.I.A. Director George Tenet (tenure [...] D
Hamilton Jordan and Kyle Chandler, who plays him in the film, graduated from the University of Georg [...] D
The first three films Ben Affleck has directed, were recognized for a Best Actor or Actress in a Sup [...] D
The movie was film critic Roger Ebert's pick for the best film of the year, and was the last film he [...] D
The dramatic flight from the airport, with a last-minute chase by the Republican Guard, is entirely [...] D