Ben Affleck’s film ‘Argo’

Official trailer for Argo (2012). Teheran 1979 : “You have 72 hours to get them out” –

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Six trapped American diplomats must be exfiltrated from Revolutionary Iran, and thus is born the State Department’s “Canadian Caper” : “You can’t build cover stories around a movie that doesn’t exist” –

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“. . . a C.I.A. agent named Tony Mendez hatched an insane rescue plan : he would fly them out of Teheran posing as a film crew . . .”

Declassified C.I.A. files made the film possible (profile on “Nightline” from ABC News) –

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Affleck takes Argo to the Toronto International Film Festival –

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Toronto revisited : Argo actor Tate Donovan discusses the true story of the State Department personnel who escaped the U.S. Embassy siege in Teheran –

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Beyond the Hollywood glitter, Affleck’s serious intent and pragmatic politics (brief interview with Bill O’Reilly) –

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Tippi & Hitch (film ‘The Girl’)

 

“There’s a very, very good message in The Girl: Can you really look in the mirror and be proud? That’s what you want to do—always.”                                                          
                                                              – Tippi Hedren

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Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren, Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock –

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“You’re not cold, are you? You seem to be trembling.”

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“The bird attack was impossible for her to deal with . . .”

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