New Zealand director Jessica Hobbs is among this year’s Emmy winners, taking home Outstanding Directing For a Drama Series for her work on The Crown.
Hobbs, whose previous credits include episodes of Heartbreak High, Love My Way, All Saints, and Rake, won the award for the “War” episode of the Netflix series at Monday’s ceremony, beating out fellow director from the program, Benjamin Caron, as well as Bridgerton‘s Julie Anne Robinson, The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Liz Garbus, The Mandalorian‘s Jon Favreau, and Pose‘s Steven Canals.
After forging her career in Australia, Hobbs moved to the UK more than seven years ago to work on the second series of crime drama Broadchurch following a meeting with creator Chris Chibnall, and has since been behind the camera on BBC One series’ River, Apple Tree Yard, and The Split.
Hobbs accepted her award at a satellite event in London,...
Hobbs, whose previous credits include episodes of Heartbreak High, Love My Way, All Saints, and Rake, won the award for the “War” episode of the Netflix series at Monday’s ceremony, beating out fellow director from the program, Benjamin Caron, as well as Bridgerton‘s Julie Anne Robinson, The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Liz Garbus, The Mandalorian‘s Jon Favreau, and Pose‘s Steven Canals.
After forging her career in Australia, Hobbs moved to the UK more than seven years ago to work on the second series of crime drama Broadchurch following a meeting with creator Chris Chibnall, and has since been behind the camera on BBC One series’ River, Apple Tree Yard, and The Split.
Hobbs accepted her award at a satellite event in London,...
- 9/20/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Yvonne Strahovski, a trio of title designers, and a South Australian Pdv studio will carry Australian hopes at this year’s Emmy awards, while Nicole Kidman and Joel Edgerton both missed out in Tuesday evening’s nominations announcement.
Strahovski received her second nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, recognising her role as Serena Joy Waterford in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, alongside castmates Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd and Samira Wiley. They will vie against The Crown’s Gillian Anderson, Helena Bonham Carter, and Emerald Fennell; and Lovecraft County‘s Aunjanue Ellis.
Nominated for Outstanding Main Title Design for HBO’s Lovecraft Country are Aussies creative director Patrick Clair, art director and lead compositor Raoul Marks, and illustrator Ken Taylor. They will be up against those who crafted titles for HBO’s Between the World and Me, HBO Max’s Raised by Wolves, Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird,...
Strahovski received her second nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, recognising her role as Serena Joy Waterford in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, alongside castmates Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd and Samira Wiley. They will vie against The Crown’s Gillian Anderson, Helena Bonham Carter, and Emerald Fennell; and Lovecraft County‘s Aunjanue Ellis.
Nominated for Outstanding Main Title Design for HBO’s Lovecraft Country are Aussies creative director Patrick Clair, art director and lead compositor Raoul Marks, and illustrator Ken Taylor. They will be up against those who crafted titles for HBO’s Between the World and Me, HBO Max’s Raised by Wolves, Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Ken Taylor, the former Canadian ambassador who was the hero of the 1979 hostage crisis in Iran, died Thursday. He was 81. Ken Taylor Dies Taylor passed away following a two-month battle with colon cancer, reported CNN. During what has been dubbed the “Canadian Caper,” Taylor helped the Canadian government and the CIA rescue six American diplomats […]
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- 10/16/2015
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Ken Taylor, the Canadian ambassador to Iran who secretly hid Americans at his residence during the 1979 hostage crisis, died Thursday at age 81. Taylor’s heroic actions were depicted in Ben Affleck‘s Oscar-winning 2012 film “Argo,” in which the ambassador was played by Victor Garber. Taylor was diagnosed with colon cancer in August, according to the Associated Press. Also Read: 'Argo' Wins Best Picture Oscar After Iranian militants stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979, six Americans managed to escape the compound and made their way to the Canadian facility. Taylor sheltered them at his home and at that of his deputy,...
- 10/16/2015
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Our Man in Tehran
Written by Drew Taylor & Robert Wright
Directed by Drew Taylor & Larry Weinstein
Canada, 2015
As the esteemed radio host Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story.” From Canada comes a fascinating new documentary about the daring extraction of 6 American Embassy workers from Tehran during the 1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis. While Ben Affleck’s critically-acclaimed espionage thriller, Argo, twisted the facts in pursuit of excitement, Our Man in Tehran uses these facts to capture the real-world drama. Insightful and provocative, this is one history lesson you won’t be sleeping through.
It’s not so much that Our Man in Tehran expands upon the themes and plot threads central to Argo so much as it takes a completely different perspective on them. A decidedly pro-American affair, Argo largely ignores the Canadian contribution to the operation. After all, the Canadians may have put their...
Written by Drew Taylor & Robert Wright
Directed by Drew Taylor & Larry Weinstein
Canada, 2015
As the esteemed radio host Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story.” From Canada comes a fascinating new documentary about the daring extraction of 6 American Embassy workers from Tehran during the 1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis. While Ben Affleck’s critically-acclaimed espionage thriller, Argo, twisted the facts in pursuit of excitement, Our Man in Tehran uses these facts to capture the real-world drama. Insightful and provocative, this is one history lesson you won’t be sleeping through.
It’s not so much that Our Man in Tehran expands upon the themes and plot threads central to Argo so much as it takes a completely different perspective on them. A decidedly pro-American affair, Argo largely ignores the Canadian contribution to the operation. After all, the Canadians may have put their...
- 5/14/2015
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
Informative but tedious talking-head doc Our Man in Tehran is for anyone who watched Argo and then wished to hear a ditzy, history-obsessed uncle ramble about the real-life political stakes of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. Co-directors Drew Taylor and Larry Weinstein inadvertently make well-spoken experts like former National Security Councilman Gary Sick and American Consulate officer Bob Anders look embarrassingly unfocused. They make Sick and Anders talk too much about the Carter administration's fraught attitude toward Ayatollah Khomeini and Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and not enough about Canadian diplomat Ken Taylor, the title subject and the man who sheltered the six American hostages who escaped Tehran during the retroactively named "Canadian Cap...
- 5/13/2015
- Village Voice
The timing couldn't have worked out better for directors Larry Weinstein and Drew Taylor. A year after "Argo" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on its way to Best Picture honours at the Oscars, their documentary "Our Man in Tehran" similarly premiered at Tiff, providing a fitting bookend with the previously under-told story of Canada's involvement in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
Far from being a reaction to Ben Affleck's film, the documentary was actually begun prior to "Argo," and simply aims to tell a fuller, more historically accurate version of the dramatic events in Tehran. This meant not only giving Canada and former Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor their proper due, but also many others who had their stories tweaked for the necessity of dramatic tension -- even Tony Mendez himself.
In advance of the documentary's premiere at Tiff, Moviefone Canada spoke to Weinstein and Taylor about the difference...
Far from being a reaction to Ben Affleck's film, the documentary was actually begun prior to "Argo," and simply aims to tell a fuller, more historically accurate version of the dramatic events in Tehran. This meant not only giving Canada and former Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor their proper due, but also many others who had their stories tweaked for the necessity of dramatic tension -- even Tony Mendez himself.
In advance of the documentary's premiere at Tiff, Moviefone Canada spoke to Weinstein and Taylor about the difference...
- 9/20/2013
- by Rick Mele
- Moviefone
A little over a year ago, Ken Taylor unintentionally become the centre of controversy in absentia, when Ben Affleck's "Argo" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and had many Canadians complaining that Hollywood's version of events didn't give the country or the former Canadian ambassador to Iran enough credit when it came to their involvement in rescuing six Us diplomats from Tehran.
Now, a new documentary called "Our Man in Tehran" from directors Larry Weinstein and Drew Taylor (no relation to Ken), looks to set that record straight by filling in those gaps, as well as uncovering new information that many people in Canada and around the world probably don't know -- like Taylor's heavy involvement with the CIA in attempting to rescue the remaining 52 hostages at the American embassy as well.
Still, Taylor remains, for lack of a better word, diplomatic when discussing what "Argo" missed, and...
Now, a new documentary called "Our Man in Tehran" from directors Larry Weinstein and Drew Taylor (no relation to Ken), looks to set that record straight by filling in those gaps, as well as uncovering new information that many people in Canada and around the world probably don't know -- like Taylor's heavy involvement with the CIA in attempting to rescue the remaining 52 hostages at the American embassy as well.
Still, Taylor remains, for lack of a better word, diplomatic when discussing what "Argo" missed, and...
- 9/19/2013
- by Rick Mele
- Moviefone
A year after Ben Affleck’s “Argo” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in a triumphant early stop on a road that would lead it to the stage of the Academy Awards, Tiff has taken the opportunity to point out that Affleck didn’t really get the story right. Drew Taylor’s and Larry Weinstein’s film “Our Man in Tehran,” which premiered on Thursday followed by a conversation with the former Canadian ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor, and former prime minister Joe Clark, never actually mentions “Argo” or Affleck by name. But as a documentary about the Canadian-assisted rescue mission that smuggled six.
- 9/12/2013
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Festival organisers announced the Discovery, Mavericks and Masters sections, details of the David Cronenberg: Transformation exhibition, a tenth Midnight Madness entry and introduced the Glenn Gould Studio to the festival’s stable of venues.
The programming strands feature new work from Catherine Breillat and on-stage conversations with Spike Jones, Irrfan Khan, Harvey Weinstein and Ron Howard.
The final entry in Midnight Madness will be the world premiere of Alex de la Iglesia’s Witching & Bitching (Las brujas De Zugarramurdi) (Spain-France).
The Glenn Gould Studio will serve as a venue for various public and industry programming during the festival and will function as a main location for the Tiff Industry Conference, set to run from Sept 6-12.
Programming will include the industry conference keynote session, Master Class, Moguls, Mavericks, Telefilm Canada Pitch This! on Sept 9 and the Doc Conference from Sept 10-11.
“As the jewel of the Canadian Broadcast Centre, Glenn Gould Studio...
The programming strands feature new work from Catherine Breillat and on-stage conversations with Spike Jones, Irrfan Khan, Harvey Weinstein and Ron Howard.
The final entry in Midnight Madness will be the world premiere of Alex de la Iglesia’s Witching & Bitching (Las brujas De Zugarramurdi) (Spain-France).
The Glenn Gould Studio will serve as a venue for various public and industry programming during the festival and will function as a main location for the Tiff Industry Conference, set to run from Sept 6-12.
Programming will include the industry conference keynote session, Master Class, Moguls, Mavericks, Telefilm Canada Pitch This! on Sept 9 and the Doc Conference from Sept 10-11.
“As the jewel of the Canadian Broadcast Centre, Glenn Gould Studio...
- 8/20/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Notebook belonging to Richard Sewell suggests country's close involvement with Us plot to rescue American hostages from Iran
It has caused anger in countries as far flung as Canada, Britain and Iran. Now Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning Argo must face up to a new challenge from diplomats in New Zealand who say they can prove that the Iran hostage crisis-set historical drama wrongly ignored their country's contribution to events shown in the film.
Chris Terrio's Oscar-winning screenplay for Argo depicts New Zealand's embassy as unwilling to help with an ambitious plan to fly six Us diplomats out of the country. The film implies that CIA fixer Tony Mendez, played by Affleck, is the main mover and shaker in a largely Us-planned scheme to rescue the six under the guise that they are Canadian film producers returning from a scouting trip for a Hollywood fantasy film.
New Zealand's parliament has...
It has caused anger in countries as far flung as Canada, Britain and Iran. Now Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning Argo must face up to a new challenge from diplomats in New Zealand who say they can prove that the Iran hostage crisis-set historical drama wrongly ignored their country's contribution to events shown in the film.
Chris Terrio's Oscar-winning screenplay for Argo depicts New Zealand's embassy as unwilling to help with an ambitious plan to fly six Us diplomats out of the country. The film implies that CIA fixer Tony Mendez, played by Affleck, is the main mover and shaker in a largely Us-planned scheme to rescue the six under the guise that they are Canadian film producers returning from a scouting trip for a Hollywood fantasy film.
New Zealand's parliament has...
- 4/5/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Argo could be subject to a lawsuit from Iran over what it alleges is an "unrealistic portrayal" of the country, according to reports.
The Oscar-winning movie - directed by and starring Ben Affleck - is a dramatisation of the so-called 'Canadian Caper' in which CIA operative Tony Mendez and the Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor helped six Us diplomats to escape Iran following the hostage crisis, using the cover story that they were working on a big-budget Hollywood movie.
The AP reports that lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in the country to advise Iranian officials in what jurisdiction and under what grounds they could file suit against Argo.
Coutant-Peyre is quoted as telling the Mehr news agency: "We will be able to block distributors of the movie, force them to apologise and challenge them to confess that the movie is nothing but a sheer lie."
The movie has been banned from Iranian cinemas,...
The Oscar-winning movie - directed by and starring Ben Affleck - is a dramatisation of the so-called 'Canadian Caper' in which CIA operative Tony Mendez and the Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor helped six Us diplomats to escape Iran following the hostage crisis, using the cover story that they were working on a big-budget Hollywood movie.
The AP reports that lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in the country to advise Iranian officials in what jurisdiction and under what grounds they could file suit against Argo.
Coutant-Peyre is quoted as telling the Mehr news agency: "We will be able to block distributors of the movie, force them to apologise and challenge them to confess that the movie is nothing but a sheer lie."
The movie has been banned from Iranian cinemas,...
- 3/13/2013
- Digital Spy
Director: Ben Affleck. Review: Adam Wing.You couldn’t make it up if you tried. Ben Affleck’s movie career that is, not the plot of this genre defying award winner. The fact that both tales are based on fact only adds to the intrigue, with the star of Gigli and Forces of Nature (remember that?) taking his self-proclaimed ‘second act’ to brand new heights. If Gone Baby Gone and The Town suggested a desire to follow in the footsteps of Eastwood and Clooney, Argo provides proof that one day he might well surpass them. Based on real events, Argo kicks off in 1979 with the Iranian revolution reaching boiling point. In a nail biting opener, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 hostages alive. Six Americans escape the chaos and take refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor. It’s only a matter of time before...
- 3/5/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a very light week this week, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, March 4th 2013.
Pick Of The Week
Sleep Tight (DVD/Blu-ray)
Spanish psychological horror from director Jaume Balagueró. The film follows César (Luis Tosar), the concierge to the residents at a wealthy apartment building. César seems extraordinarily helpful and polite and is consequently adored by the residents, but little do they know that he is in fact a man so incapable of happiness and human feeling that he makes it his goal in life to make others as miserable as he is. He focuses much of his attention on Clara (Martra Etura), a beautiful young...
Pick Of The Week
Sleep Tight (DVD/Blu-ray)
Spanish psychological horror from director Jaume Balagueró. The film follows César (Luis Tosar), the concierge to the residents at a wealthy apartment building. César seems extraordinarily helpful and polite and is consequently adored by the residents, but little do they know that he is in fact a man so incapable of happiness and human feeling that he makes it his goal in life to make others as miserable as he is. He focuses much of his attention on Clara (Martra Etura), a beautiful young...
- 3/4/2013
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Hollywood and high-stakes espionage collide with the BAFTA® Best Film winner Argo arriving onto Blu-ray™ and DVD on 4th March – pre-order your copy here: http://j.mp/ArgoDVD
Based on the declassified true story which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six American Embassy personnel focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played.
Se a behind the scenes clip from the movie below:
On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor (Garber). Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, the Canadian and American governments ask the CIA to intervene.
Based on the declassified true story which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six American Embassy personnel focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played.
Se a behind the scenes clip from the movie below:
On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor (Garber). Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, the Canadian and American governments ask the CIA to intervene.
- 2/26/2013
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis said Monday it was good to hear Ben Affleck finally thank Canada after Affleck's film Argo won the Oscar for best picture.
Argo came under criticism from some Canadians, including former ambassador Ken Taylor, who said he felt slighted by the movie because it makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics. Taylor says it minimizes Canada's role in the Americans' rescue.
Taylor criticized Affleck on Friday and said he hoped Affleck would acknowledge Canada's role. Affleck briefly thanked Canada in his acceptance speech Sunday.
"Finally, he mentioned Canada," Taylor said. "Under the circumstances, I think that was fine. It certainly acknowledged Canada. I think certainly the movie was about CIA agent Tony Mendez. I think that President Carter's remarks put everything in proportion."...
Argo came under criticism from some Canadians, including former ambassador Ken Taylor, who said he felt slighted by the movie because it makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics. Taylor says it minimizes Canada's role in the Americans' rescue.
Taylor criticized Affleck on Friday and said he hoped Affleck would acknowledge Canada's role. Affleck briefly thanked Canada in his acceptance speech Sunday.
"Finally, he mentioned Canada," Taylor said. "Under the circumstances, I think that was fine. It certainly acknowledged Canada. I think certainly the movie was about CIA agent Tony Mendez. I think that President Carter's remarks put everything in proportion."...
- 2/25/2013
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
Toronto — The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis said Monday it was good to hear Ben Affleck finally thank Canada after Affleck's film "Argo" won the Oscar for best picture.
"Argo" came under criticism from some Canadians, including former ambassador Ken Taylor, who said he felt slighted by the movie because it makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics. Taylor says it minimizes Canada's role in the Americans' rescue.
Taylor criticized Affleck on Friday and said he hoped Affleck would acknowledge Canada's role. Affleck briefly thanked Canada in his acceptance speech Sunday.
"Finally, he mentioned Canada," Taylor said. "Under the circumstances, I think that was fine. It certainly acknowledged Canada. I think certainly the movie was about CIA agent Tony Mendez. I think that President Carter's remarks put everything in proportion."
Carter appeared on television last week and said,...
"Argo" came under criticism from some Canadians, including former ambassador Ken Taylor, who said he felt slighted by the movie because it makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics. Taylor says it minimizes Canada's role in the Americans' rescue.
Taylor criticized Affleck on Friday and said he hoped Affleck would acknowledge Canada's role. Affleck briefly thanked Canada in his acceptance speech Sunday.
"Finally, he mentioned Canada," Taylor said. "Under the circumstances, I think that was fine. It certainly acknowledged Canada. I think certainly the movie was about CIA agent Tony Mendez. I think that President Carter's remarks put everything in proportion."
Carter appeared on television last week and said,...
- 2/25/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Ken Taylor, the former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected a group of Americans who fled their embassy in 1979, thinks that Argo downplayed the role he and his countrymen played in the crisis. Taylor, who is played by Victor Garber (left) in Oscar-nominated film, told Toronto's Cp 24 that Argo "makes it seem like the Canadians were just along for the ride. The Canadians were brave. Period." In Taylor's opinion, Ben Affleck hogged all the glory for his own character, CIA agent Tony Mendez, who apparently was in Iran for less than two days. He added that Jimmy Carter, who oversaw the Iranian hostage crisis, agrees with him: "I think Jimmy Carter has it about right, it was about 90 per cent Canada, 10 per cent the CIA," Taylor said in reference to comments the former president made to CNN earlier this week.Affleck responded in a statement saying, "I admire Ken...
- 2/23/2013
- by Andre Tartar
- Vulture
After listening to the Dick Gordon podcast of one of the houseguests in Iran (they weren’t hostages) only then did I realize the role that Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor...
- 2/23/2013
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
After Argo debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, Ben Affleck tweaked the ending to add a postscript emphasizing that the freeing of six hostages in Iran was a complementary effort between the CIA and the Canadian embassy. That credit wasn't enough for the former Canadian ambassador who played a role in those 1979 events. Story: The Painstaking Work of Making 'Argo' Authentic In interviews with multiple news outlets, former ambassador Ken Taylor stated that his countrymen aren't receiving their due in the Hollywood adaptation -- and he hopes Affleck mentions Canada if he gives an Oscar acceptance speech this Sunday. "I would
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- 2/23/2013
- by Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's a little late to hurt Argo's Oscar chances at this point, but Ken Taylor doesn't intend to let the Ben Affleck-directed film win Best Picture in peace this Sunday. Pinpointing historical inaccuracies in this year's crop of Oscar nominees has been quite the sport these days, be it the wrong senator voting against the 13th Amendment in Lincoln or the major uproar from Washington, D.C., over the torture depicted in Zero Dark Thirty. And, albeit somewhat more quietly and politely, Taylor—the former Canadian ambassador to Iran played by Victor Garber in the film—has been banging the drum for what he perceived to be a huge slight toward his role (and his country's) in the...
- 2/23/2013
- E! Online
Toronto — Canada's former ambassador to Iran, who protected Americans at great personal risk during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979, said Friday if "Argo" wins the Oscar for best picture there would be something wrong with director Ben Affleck if he didn't mention Canada.
Ken Taylor said he continues to feel slighted by a movie that he says makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics in the rescue of six U.S. citizens caught in the crisis. Taylor said if Affleck doesn't say something in his acceptance speech "then it's a further reflection" on him.
"I would hope he would," Taylor said. "But given the events of the last while I'm not necessarily anticipating anything."
Taylor kept the Americans hidden at the embassy in Tehran and facilitated the escape by getting passports and plane tickets for them. He became a hero in Canada and the United States after.
Ken Taylor said he continues to feel slighted by a movie that he says makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics in the rescue of six U.S. citizens caught in the crisis. Taylor said if Affleck doesn't say something in his acceptance speech "then it's a further reflection" on him.
"I would hope he would," Taylor said. "But given the events of the last while I'm not necessarily anticipating anything."
Taylor kept the Americans hidden at the embassy in Tehran and facilitated the escape by getting passports and plane tickets for them. He became a hero in Canada and the United States after.
- 2/23/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
It's brilliantly tense and exciting, but despite a lot of authentic touches this film doesn't hold true to the real events of 1979
• Read Reel History's analysis of other Oscar contenders: Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, Les Mis and The Impossible
Argo (2012)
Director: Ben Affleck
Entertainment grade: A–
History grade: C
On 4 November 1979, Iranian revolutionaries occupied the Us embassy in Tehran and took more than 50 hostages. Six diplomats escaped. Canadian officials and the CIA launched a secret joint operation to get them out.
Politics
In 1953, the CIA and MI6 engineered a coup to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh, the democratically elected president of Iran, and replace him with a military-backed absolute monarchy. By 1979, opposition to the shah hardened into revolutionary fervour and democrats found themselves, fatefully, on the same side as Islamic fundamentalism. Argo presents this context imaginatively, though fleetingly and perhaps too vaguely. The sequence in which revolutionaries storm the Us embassy is brilliantly realised,...
• Read Reel History's analysis of other Oscar contenders: Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, Les Mis and The Impossible
Argo (2012)
Director: Ben Affleck
Entertainment grade: A–
History grade: C
On 4 November 1979, Iranian revolutionaries occupied the Us embassy in Tehran and took more than 50 hostages. Six diplomats escaped. Canadian officials and the CIA launched a secret joint operation to get them out.
Politics
In 1953, the CIA and MI6 engineered a coup to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh, the democratically elected president of Iran, and replace him with a military-backed absolute monarchy. By 1979, opposition to the shah hardened into revolutionary fervour and democrats found themselves, fatefully, on the same side as Islamic fundamentalism. Argo presents this context imaginatively, though fleetingly and perhaps too vaguely. The sequence in which revolutionaries storm the Us embassy is brilliantly realised,...
- 2/22/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
New York — The scene: Tehran's Mehrabad airport, January 1980. Six U.S. diplomats, disguised as a fake sci-fi film crew, are about to fly to freedom with their CIA escorts. But suddenly there's a moment of panic in what had been a smooth trip through the airport.
The plane has mechanical difficulties and will be delayed. Will the Americans be discovered, arrested, even killed? CIA officer Tony Mendez, also in disguise, tries to calm them. Luckily, the flight leaves about an hour later.
If you saw the film "Argo," no, you didn't miss this development, which is recounted in Mendez's book about the real-life operation. It wasn't there because director Ben Affleck and screenwriter Chris Terrio replaced it with an even more dramatic scenario, involving canceled flight reservations, suspicious Iranian officials who call the Hollywood office of the fake film crew (a call answered just in time), and finally a heart-pounding...
The plane has mechanical difficulties and will be delayed. Will the Americans be discovered, arrested, even killed? CIA officer Tony Mendez, also in disguise, tries to calm them. Luckily, the flight leaves about an hour later.
If you saw the film "Argo," no, you didn't miss this development, which is recounted in Mendez's book about the real-life operation. It wasn't there because director Ben Affleck and screenwriter Chris Terrio replaced it with an even more dramatic scenario, involving canceled flight reservations, suspicious Iranian officials who call the Hollywood office of the fake film crew (a call answered just in time), and finally a heart-pounding...
- 2/20/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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Based on real events the dramatic thriller “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played-information that was not declassified until many years after the event. On November 4 1979 as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran taking 52 Americans hostage. But...
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Based on real events the dramatic thriller “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played-information that was not declassified until many years after the event. On November 4 1979 as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran taking 52 Americans hostage. But...
- 2/19/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Can’t wait until 2/19 to get your Argo fix? Here is a 28-minute special in-depth look at the real events that inspired the Academy Award nominated film, Argo.
Own Argo on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download 2/19.
Synopsis courtesy Warner Home Video:
On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, the Canadian and American governments ask the CIA to intervene. The CIA turns to their top “exfiltration” specialist, Tony Mendez, to come up with a plan to get the six Americans safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.
Own Argo on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download 2/19.
Synopsis courtesy Warner Home Video:
On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, the Canadian and American governments ask the CIA to intervene. The CIA turns to their top “exfiltration” specialist, Tony Mendez, to come up with a plan to get the six Americans safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.
- 2/10/2013
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Name: Argo
Release date: Oct. 12, 2012
DVD release date: Feb. 19, 2013
Run time: 1 hour, 20 mins.
Box office: Opening weekend: $19.5 million; Total domestic box office: $118.2 milliob
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
Argo movie math: Munich + Get Shorty + Ocean’s Eleven – onscreen George Clooney
Tweetable description: CIA agent helps 6 Americans pose as film crew to safely exit Iran during hostage crisis. Spoiler? Won’t matter. Still tense. #ArgoFYourself
What Owen said: “This is the kind of filmmaking that elevates suspense to a perception — of how a single frothing spasm of confrontation changed the relationship between America and the increasingly radicalized Muslim world. Having proved, with...
Release date: Oct. 12, 2012
DVD release date: Feb. 19, 2013
Run time: 1 hour, 20 mins.
Box office: Opening weekend: $19.5 million; Total domestic box office: $118.2 milliob
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
Argo movie math: Munich + Get Shorty + Ocean’s Eleven – onscreen George Clooney
Tweetable description: CIA agent helps 6 Americans pose as film crew to safely exit Iran during hostage crisis. Spoiler? Won’t matter. Still tense. #ArgoFYourself
What Owen said: “This is the kind of filmmaking that elevates suspense to a perception — of how a single frothing spasm of confrontation changed the relationship between America and the increasingly radicalized Muslim world. Having proved, with...
- 2/6/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
The Actor® for a motion picture cast performance went this year to Argo at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
SAG-AFTRA presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2012 at the “19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
Honored with individual awards were Daniel Day-Lewis, Anne Hathaway, Tommy Lee Jones and Jennifer Lawrence for performances in motion pictures and Alec Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Kevin Costner, Claire Danes, Tina Fey and Julianne Moore for performances in television. The Screen Actors Guild Awards® originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles. The Actors® for television drama and comedy ensemble performances went this year to “Downton Abbey” and “Modern Family.” The honors for outstanding action...
SAG-AFTRA presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2012 at the “19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
Honored with individual awards were Daniel Day-Lewis, Anne Hathaway, Tommy Lee Jones and Jennifer Lawrence for performances in motion pictures and Alec Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Kevin Costner, Claire Danes, Tina Fey and Julianne Moore for performances in television. The Screen Actors Guild Awards® originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles. The Actors® for television drama and comedy ensemble performances went this year to “Downton Abbey” and “Modern Family.” The honors for outstanding action...
- 1/28/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ben Affleck's "Argo" continues its march as the Oscar front-runner this awards season. Yesterday, the film was the big winner at the 2013 Producers Guild Awards, and tonight, it won the big prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards taking home the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture trophy.
As predicted, Daniel Day-Lewis won the Lead Actor award for "Lincoln" while Jennifer Lawrence won the Lead Actress award for "Silver Linings Playbook."
Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Supporting Actor award for "Lincoln," and my fave, the lovely Anne Hathaway won the Best Supporting Actress award for "Les Miserables."
In the television category, "Downton Abbey" won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and "Modern Family" took home the Comedy Series award.
Here's the complete 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Winners (bolded and highlighted); for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Theatrical...
As predicted, Daniel Day-Lewis won the Lead Actor award for "Lincoln" while Jennifer Lawrence won the Lead Actress award for "Silver Linings Playbook."
Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Supporting Actor award for "Lincoln," and my fave, the lovely Anne Hathaway won the Best Supporting Actress award for "Les Miserables."
In the television category, "Downton Abbey" won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and "Modern Family" took home the Comedy Series award.
Here's the complete 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Winners (bolded and highlighted); for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Theatrical...
- 1/28/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and Alan Arkin talk Warner Bros. Pictures' Argo - Press Conference Coverage With his first two directorial efforts, “Gone Baby Gone” and “The Town,” Ben Affleck received rousing critical success. Now the Oscar winner is receiving plenty of award buzz with “Argo,” the stranger-then-fiction true story that opens in theaters Friday. Affleck not only directs, but stars in the film as CIA “exfiltration specialist” Tony Mendez, who in 1979 comes up with a crazy plan to get six Americans safely out of Iran after 52 Americans are help hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The Americans find a haven in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor, but knowing they will probably be discovered and possibly executed, the CIA comes to the rescue with a little help from Hollywood.
- 10/11/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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