Argo

Argo2012

Director: Ben Affleck
Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 120 minutes

Argo is a 2012 film about a covert mission to extract six US Embassy employees out of Iran in what is now known as the Canadian Caper, in which parts of an unmade film project for Lord of Light which they had renamed Argo, were used as cover by CIA … more »



Stansfield Turner:
You're telling me there's a movie office in Hollywood right now that's funded by the CIA.

Tony Mendez:
Yes, sir.

Cyrus Vance:
What's wrong with the bikes again?

Jack O'Donnell:
We tried to get the message upstairs.

Turner:
You think... You think this is more plausible than teachers?

O'Donnell:
Yes we do. One, there are no more foreign teachers in Iran.

Mendez:
And, we think everybody knows Hollywood people. And everybody knows they would shoot in Stalingrad with Pol Pot directing if it'd sell tickets. There are only bad options. It's about finding the best one.

Turner:
You don't have a better bad idea than this?

O'Donnell:
This is the best bad idea we have, sir. By far.

Turner:
[short pause] The United States government just sanctioned your science fiction movie.

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