Directed by:
Ben AffleckScreenplay:
Chris TerrioCinematography:
Rodrigo PrietoComposer:
Alexandre DesplatCast:
Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé (more)VOD (4)
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Based on real events, the dramatic thriller Argo chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis, focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played-information that was not declassified until many years after the event. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, the Canadian and American governments ask the CIA to intervene. The CIA turns to their top "exfiltration" specialist, Tony Mendez, to come up with a plan to get the six Americans safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Ben Affleck
USA
Best movies:
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Gone Girl (2014)
The Last Duel (2021)
Bryan Cranston
USA
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Detachment (2011)
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Alan Arkin
USA
Best movies:
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
John Goodman
USA
Best movies:
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Cars (2006)
Victor Garber
Canada
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Dark Waters (2019)
Argo (2012)
Tate Donovan
USA
Best movies:
The Holdovers (2023)
Argo (2012)
Hercules (1997)
Clea DuVall
USA
Best movies:
21 Grams (2003)
Zodiac (2007)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Scoot McNairy
USA
Best movies:
Gone Girl (2014)
Godless (2017) (series)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
Rory Cochrane
USA
Best movies:
The Company (2007) (series)
Hostiles (2017)
Argo (2012)
Christopher Denham
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Oppenheimer (2023)
Argo (2012)
Kerry Bishé
USA
Best movies:
Argo (2012)
Newlyweds (2011)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
Kyle Chandler
USA
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Argo (2012)
North and South (1985) (series)
Chris Messina
USA
Best movies:
Argo (2012)
Rounders (1998)
You've Got Mail (1998)
Željko Ivanek
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Dogville (2003)
Titus Welliver
USA
Best movies:
Lost: The Final Journey (2010) (TV movie)
The Doors (1991)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Keith Szarabajka
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
A Perfect World (1993)
Into the West (2005) (series)
Bob Gunton
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
JFK (1991)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Richard Kind
USA
Best movies:
Cars (2006)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Inside Out (2015)
Richard Dillane
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Wolf Hall (2015) (series)
Omid Abtahi
Iran
Best movies:
Argo (2012)
Brothers (2009)
The Last Lullaby (2008)