Argo2012

[Tony Mendez and the six embassy escapees talk about their cover stories]

Tony Mendez:
You. Where was your passport issued?

Bob Anders:
Vancouver.

Mendez:
Where were you born?

Anders:
Toronto.

Mendez:
"Torono", Canadians don't pronounce the T.

Lee Schatz:
Some Komiteh guard is actually going to know that?

Mendez:
If you are detained for questioning they will bring in someone who knows that, yes ... Mary, who are the last three prime ministers of Canada?

Cora Lijek:
Uh, Trudeau, Pearson and Diefenbaker.

Mendez:
What's your father's name?

Lijek:
Howard.

Mendez:
What's his occupation?

Lijek:
Fisherman.

Mendez:
Where were you born?

Lijek:
Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Mendez:
What's your date of birth?

Lijek:
February 21, 1952.

Mendez:
Good. [to Stafford] What's your job on the movie?

Joe Stafford:
Producer.

Mendez:
Associate producer. What's the last movie you produced?

Stafford:
High and Dry.

Mendez:
Who paid for that?

Stafford:
The CFDC.

Mendez:
What's your middle name? [Stafford stammers] What's your middle name? What's your middle name?

Stafford:
Leon.

Mendez:
Shoot him. He's an American spy ... Look, they're going to try to break you, OK, by trying to get you agitated. You have to know your resume back to front.

Stafford:
You really believe your little story's gonna make a difference when there's a gun to our heads?

Mendez:
I think my story's the only thing between you and a gun to your head.