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But you should also know that a lot of the most interesting details below aren’t in the movie at all—because, it turns out, much of the stuff Argo leaves out is even better than what made it in. “If anyone stops you or hassles you in any way, just act confident and look them in the eye. “Each of you is going to need to make yourself look a little flashier, a little more Hollywood,” I said. VideoCovid-19: Is Sweden getting it right? The January 1980 Hollywood Reporter story that announced plans for Argo was headlined “Two make-up artists turn to producing with sci-fi ‘Argo.’ ” Arkin has said he based his character partly on Jack Warner. It’s from an episode of the Errol Morris series First Person that was devoted to Mendez and titled “The Little Gray Man.”. He suggested “Argo” because it was part of his favorite knock-knock joke. "Absolutely none of that happened," says Mark. “What’s it about?” I asked as I looked over the sketches. In the movie’s dramatic climax, Stevens writes, the “broadly accurate retelling of real events” gives way to “some fairly whopping dramatic license.” Similarly, New Yorker critic Anthony Lane—who also enjoyed the film—found it a “bit rich” that the movie pokes so much fun at “Hollywood deceitfulness” only to end “with an expert helping of white lies.” Former Slate film critic David Edelstein goes even further: NPR headlined his review “Argo: Too Good To Be True, Because It Isn’t.”. Most improbably, the teams of carpet weavers that the Iranian government put to work repairing shredded documents (something they actually did!) Back in the 1980s, he was briefly in movies himself. John Sheardown's house had an interior courtyard with a garden and we could walk there freely. Tony Mendez is, on the other hand, very much a real person, of course. Mark Lijek says he can see why Argo makes the switch. In the movie, which premiered recently to great acclaim at the Telluride Film Festival, Affleck plays Antonio Mendez, the CIA chief of technical services, master of disguise and fake IDs, whose job it was to get the Americans out of Tehran undiscovered. “We saw that you have a little art in your background and decided to make you the art director.” I passed out the remaining business cards, which indicated the various roles the others would be playing: Joe Stafford was an associate producer; Mark Lijek was “Joseph Earl Harris,” the transportation coordinator; Lee Schatz was “Henry W. Collins,” the cameraman; and Bob Anders was “Robert Baker,” the locations manager. (In the film, all of them stay with Taylor; Sheardown does not appear at all.) In the movie, the U.S. government reverses its approval of the plan at the last minute, meaning there may be no tickets waiting for the Americans when they arrive at the airport. Mark Lijek recalls that, of the group, he was the most immediately enthusiastic. Mark Lijek, now retired, is impressed with how Ben Affleck stages the taking of the US embassy in Argo, a sequence filmed partly in Istanbul and partly on location in California. The Escape "I thought it had the right amount of pizzazz. Once Mendez got the go-ahead for the fake movie plan, he needed a real movie idea that his fake film company could pretend to have in production. I had no problem pretending to be in the movie industry.". ), Canada’s Involvement The acclaimed Coen Brothers movie opened in 1996 by telling audiences that what they're about to see actually happened in some form. A fire burned merrily in the hearth, and the houseguests had laid out hors d’oeuvres. I handed each of them the personal résumé we had created for them and told them to memorize it backward and forward. An excerpt from Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio’s new book, Argo. “Let’s call it Argo,” Calloway said with a wry smile. .css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link{color:inherit;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:focus,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:focus{color:#B80000;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link::after,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited::after{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:2;}Golden Globes: Ben Affleck's Argo scoops two awards, Oscars: Silver Linings surprise contender, while Lincoln dominates, Remdesivir 'has little effect' on Covid survival. The agency didn't admit its role until 1997. Their escape remained unknown for months, and the CIA’s involvement was hidden for 17 years. The finale is thrilling.) And Hollywood, which was part of the intrigue in real life, has now adapted the story. More of England put on top Tier 3 Covid alert, Israel to ease second lockdown after cases decline, Amina is a 'symbol of resilience for Afghanistan' VideoAmina is a 'symbol of resilience for Afghanistan', Trump and Biden face voters' questions. It's why we turned up for a flight at 5.30 in the morning; even they weren't zealous enough to be there that early. Video, Portugal's radical decision to decriminalise all drugs, From End Sars to End Swat, Nigeria protests explained. Weekly quiz: What do you recall about the honours list? "The truth is the immigration officers barely looked at us and we were processed out in the regular way. If not for the roaming bands of murderous Revolutionary Guards and komiteh patrolling the streets outside, it would have felt just like any other dinner party in Washington, D.C. even coached the six in sounding Canadian, spying for the U.S. throughout the hostage crisis, innkeepers who are waiting to be saved by the CIA, the best-selling sci-fi novel by Roger Zelazny.

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