Argo

During the Iran hostage crisis, a CIA agent devises a plan to rescue six American embassy staff members who seek refuge at the Canadian ambassadors home by creating a cover story of being Canadian filmmakers working on a science-fiction film, successfully providing them with fake identities and passports and managing to escape Iran amidst tensions at the airport. Argo is a 2012 American English-language Action Biography motion picture featuring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan and Carol Watrous. The movie is inspired from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran by Joshuah Bearman. Argo was Produced by Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov. Argo is written by Chris Terrio, Tony Mendez and Joshuah Bearman and it is directed by Ben Affleck. Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Argo was released on 13th November 2012 and takes a screen time of 120 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. Argo was made on a budget of $7 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Chris Terrio. Cinematography was done by Rodrigo Prieto and editing by William Goldenberg. The music was composed by Academy Award Oscar winner Alexandre Desplat. At the 2013 Oscar Awards It won 3 awards including: Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay and Best Achievement in Film Editing. At the 2013 BAFTA Awards It also won an award for Best Director.