Argo (2012)

Academy Awards, USA 2013

Won Oscar	Best Motion Picture of the Year Grant Heslov Ben Affleck George Clooney
	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Chris Terrio
	Best Achievement in Film Editing William Goldenberg
Nominated Oscar	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Arkin
	Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Alexandre Desplat
	Best Achievement in Sound Mixing John T. Reitz Gregg Rudloff José Antonio García
	Best Achievement in Sound Editing Erik Aadahl Ethan Van der Ryn

Warner Bros.
Directed by Ben Affleck
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Warner Bros.)

Ben Affleck is a CIA agent who comes up with an audacious idea to rescue 6 Americans hiding out in the Canadian embassy in Tehran during the hostage crisis of 1979. A fake movie is created as a cover story, the Americans given Canadian passports and try to pass themselves off as the film crew on a location scout. Affleck must convince the skeptical Americans, the politicians in Washington and, most of all, the Iranian guards at the airport. Tension builds to the breaking point, but, unfortunately, the pay off is typical Hollywood: an impossible last second escape all dressed up in CGI. Based on a true story, so I'm not sure how much liberty was taken with the airport scenes, but I'd be surprised if police cars were feet away from the wheels of a jet during take-off.