Events

ARGO (2012) - the Oscar winning film starring and directed by Ben Affleck

Monday, October 7 at 7pm in MS0.1

Introduced by Trevor McCrisken

Linked to PO107 Introduction to Politics and PO131 World Politics.

In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was seized by Iranian revolutionaries and more than 60 Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and headed to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648/ 

See the trailer here: http://youtu.be/w918Eh3fij0