Argo

The ARGO movie project was based in 2007 by three producers named George Clooney, Grant Heslov and David Klawans. After that in 2011 Affleck also joined the production team of the movie. After all the roles were cast, filming began in August 2011. Most of the filming took place in Los Angeles whereas some of the shooting took place in McLean, Virginia; Washington, D.C. and Istanbul. As this was an historical film, film made used different archived news footage from CBS, NBC and ABC. Also film included many popular songs of that era as background music. The screenplay used by the CIA to create their cover story was an adaptation of Roger Zelazny 's 1967 novel Lord of Light. Producer Barry Gellar had spearheaded an earlier attempt to produce the film with the book 's original

The complexity of America’s relationship with Iran increased steadily beginning in 1908, when Iran struck oil. The Shah, the king or emperor of Iran, after taking the place of his young predecessor Reza Shah Pahlavi with the help of the CIA, led Iran into a period of extreme wealth and prosperity, the likes of which the Iranian people had never experienced. However, with the growth of wealth in Iran came the growth of Iranian resentment towards the West, specifically the United States. The Iranian’s resented the uneven distribution of wealth that they felt existed and the United State’s influence in “westernizing” their society. In 1963, this growing hatred led to a conflict with the Islamic clergy. The conflict was quickly settled by the Shah, but he was unaware that this dispute was the beginning

Many descendants of Muzzaffar continued to rule after him, and although the Iranian people eventually were able to nationalize some industries, the oil belonged to the British. This is really where all of the conflict begins concerning the oil, and the hatred that Iranians have for foreign

The film Argo directed by Ben Affleck takes us within Operation Canadian Caper.Argo was produced in 2012 for entertainment value. It has a strong American bias as it fails to recognize Canadian involvement within Operation Canadian Caper. Furthermore, some of the scene within the movie are fictional to increase Hollywood hype.Argo was praised by Tony Mendez and Lee Schatz, the two men in charge of Operation Canadian Caper, for accurately reporting the events of said operation. Furthermore, it

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The film Argo acts as a rather exemplary demonstration of the events which took place during the duration of the Iranian Hostage

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The Iranian Revolution Iran is a country located in the Middle East. The main source of income for the country is oil, the one object that had greatly influenced its history. Iran 's present government is run as an Islamic Republic. A president, cabinet, judicial branch, and Majilesor or legislative branch, makes up the governmental positions. A revolution that overthrew the monarch, which was set in 1930, lasted over 15 years.

During the night of September 11, 2012, a United States State Department Special Mission Compound, also known as the Diplomatic Compound, was attacked by a group of terrorists in Benghazi, Libya. The United States Ambassador, Christopher Stevens, stayed in the Diplomatic Compound, as his home in Benghazi, along with nine other people. State Department computer expert, Sean Smith, and three members of the “17 February militia,” also known as the “17 Feb” and five Diplomatic Security agents accompanied Ambassador Christopher Stevens. About a mile away from the Diplomatic Compound was the Annex. The Annex held six American security soldiers, the soldiers were: Dave Benton, Mark Geist, Kris Paronto, Jack Silva, John Tiegen, and Tyrone Woods. A group of terrorists went up to the front gate of the Diplomatic Compound and knocked it down with a rocket projectile that got shot out of a rocket launcher. The members of the “17 Feb”

With the death of the Shah on 27 July 1980 and the invasion of Iran by Iraq made the Iranians more

Ancient Persia, has a lot of history that shaped the beliefs and ways of the Iran culture today. Cyrus the Great was a Persian religious leader who came to power in about 550 B.C. Cyrus the Great became powerful by defeating his in-laws, the Medes, who he then created an alliance with. By creating this alliance he was able to conquer the Greek colonies and the entire Babylonian Empire (Gill). After Cyrus the Great was Darius the Great who continued to rule the Persian Empire. Like Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great valued the rights of the people.

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“Argo” a movie produced by Ben Afflec, released August 31, 2012 ,along with a television movie that aired in 1981 “Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper”, directed by Lamont Johnson, both based on a true story of an dramatic rescue. This mission led by Tony Mendez, exfiltration expert agent for the CIA. Mendez. With the help of others, crafted a phony movie in order to rescue six Americans trapped in Tehran during the hostage crisis that began in 1979. The details of this rescue remained classified, by the CIA, up until 1990. After more than three decades, Mendez was finally able to share details of the complex and dangerous operation he led. With encouragement from the CIA he published two books “The Master of Disguise” and “Spy Dust”. While Hollywood created it to come about as a captivating story of secret identities, danger, all that an enjoyable spy movie would entail. However, the ones who lived it, have a different view of the events that took place during the rescue mission known as Argo.

The film received great reception as a good film getting good reviews, but to some critics it becomes a question why did the film perform so well in the U.S.? According to a criticism in the New York Times by Stanley Fish “The ‘Argo’ Caper” mentions on how the presentation of the narrative approaches an improbable task Affleck’s character has to overcome (Fish). The narrative and concept of a caper film, which caper means that the task is pulled off with a “combination of ingenuity, training, deception and luck” (Fish). The critic is trying to show the reception the film received is built on the tension in the film because that dramatization of the escape is events that towards the end of the film where suspense build up where seven Americans are pulled off to the side in the airport and is being questioned about leaving. How Affleck paced the film adds

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