Ben Affleck's Argo

On November 4th, 1979, a group of enraged of Islamic revolutionists invaded the United States Embassy in Tehran. They had taken 60 Americans hostage for 444 days until President Ronald Reagan had taken Oath of office. It was nearly minutes after Reagan had taken office that they were released. Ayatollah Khomeini enforced an anti-Western Islamic theocracy, overrode the pro-Western monarchy of the Shah of Iran. Iran had felt that the United States was interfering with their internal affairs. They feared that they would return the Shah to power. The Shah had fled to mexico and the doctors there had uncovered that he was suffering an aggressive cancer. With this recent discovery they pushed the Shah to be admitted into a

In November 1979, a group on Iranian militants took over the United States (US) Embassy in Tehran, Iran taking 72 hostages. The US devised a plan to rescue the hostages called Operation EAGLE CLAW, which combined elements of Special Operations Forces (SOF) across all four

On the first day of his presidency 66 American diplomats that were held hostage in Iran for 444 days were released. The 444 day period of captivity of is referred to as the “Iranian Hostage Crisis”. Due to how Jimmy Carter, the President at the time, stretched the boundaries set by the new Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini this situation ruined the relationship with a major gas and oil provider, Iran. While Reagan was in office he appointed Sandra Day O’Connor, a woman, to

In late 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran. They trapped ninety hostages. The Iranian militants demanded the return of Shah Reza Pahlavi. Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the Iranians, released some of the hostages but held 52 of them to use as pawns to get Pahlavi. In the Middle East, most hostages are released after a few days, but Carter was forced to start negotiations for their release.

The people of Iran became angry that the United States would allow the Shah to seek medical treatment in the US, and overtook the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Many of them feared that the United States planned to return to Iran and reinstate Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as their leader, because of the close diplomatic ties that had been established with him. The United States had helped him to overthrow Iran’s Prime Minister during a power struggle in 1953 and modernize Iran (“The Hostage Crisis in Iran”). The Iranian protesters- many of whom were college students- took hostages, 66 of the hostages holding American citizenship, and refused to release them until the Unites States stopped helping the Shah and turned him over to them. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decided to support the actions of the student protesters, and dissolved treaties that had been made with the Soviet Union and the United States, preventing international intervention towards the violent protests in Iran. Premier Mehdi Bazargan and most of the

On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students barged inside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took more than 60 Americans hostages. This gave the Ronald Reagan the opportunity and the advantage of President Carter’s difficulties. There were rumors that circulated that the Reagan campaign staff negotiated with the Iranian people to be sure the American hostages not be released before the election which Ronald Reagan was running against President Carter. On Election Day, it has been one year and two days since the Americans were captive, Ronald Reagan defeated Carter in the presidential by a landslide. On January 21, 1981, just a few hours after the new President Ronald Reagan delivered his inaugural speech, the remaining American hostages were released. President Reagan has always denied the allegations with the negotiation with the Iranian people.

During his presidency, the Iran Hostage Crisis started when the Shah of Iran was overthrown from power and left Iran in January 1979. The United States supported the Shah as an ally of the United States from 1953 to 1979, even though he was excessive with punishments to the Iranian people. A radical leader named Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in Iran when Shah returned in February 1979. Khomeini started major problems against the United States, known as the “Great Satan”. This group gave young Iranian students a reason to storm the U.S. Embassy and take 66 people hostage. The Iran Hostage Crisis, which lasted from 1979 to 1981, was the first time the United States was forced to deal with Islamic

A family friend, Fred Brizzi reported that he had seen the escapees in a bar in Brazil. Christmas cards were also found in the Anglin brothers family’s mailbox that hadn’t came through the post and were signed by John and Clearance (nypost.com/2015/10/10/relatives-have-proof-alcatraz-escapees-are-still-alive). Flowers, cards, and anonymous calls were made to the brothers’ mother on Mother's Day and other special occasions, but when their mother died, two women came to her funeral and they wore long dresses and heavy makeup. No one knew the two women (BBC Dock).

American Sniper took a different approach to their cinematography. Organized by Tom Stern, the cinematography is a bit more scripted. Unlike The Hurt Locker, American Sniper’s camera work felt more of an actual scripted and planned film, whereas The Hurt Locker felt more fluid and unforced on the viewer. The majority of American Sniper was filmed in various parts of Los Angeles, California, on fabricated sets. Most of the sets used, were used in western style movies, not creating a truly authentic feel of the Middle East.

When The Program calls in Homeland Security to help acquire their rogue agent, the trio has nowhere left to run and is captured. Back at Program headquarters, Zach is delivered devastating news; Tanya is a Program agent, and his father is The Program. Angrier than ever, Zach kills his father and Mother, dismantling the hierarchy of The Program. Inferring, subplots of truth, and evaluating took I am the Traitor to another dimension.

In January 1979, Iranians opposed to the Shah’s rule invaded the American embassy in Tehran and held a group of 52 American diplomats and other hostages for 444 days. The Shah left Iran and the victorious Ayatollah Khomeini returned that February. Of the approximately 90 people inside the embassy, 52 remained in captivity until the end of the crisis. The reputation of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the hostage taking was further enhanced with the failure of a hostage rescue attempt that cost lives. The Ayatollah Khomeini set forth several demands to be met prior to the release of the hostages. The US had options of their own; however, the risk to the hostages required the utmost consideration. In order to secure their freedom, outgoing

The film has a main story line of the main character, Chris Taylor who is played by Charlie Sheen. He has volunteered to be apart of the American military. Throughout this film Chris Taylor writes to his grandmother about his experiences in the war. This part of the film is not an accurate event, it is the story in the movie. The storyline continues throughout the film.

The biggest accurate piece of the move is actually entire plot, that the CIA saved hostages out of Iran by pretending to be a Hollywood film crew. It is such an outrageous fact that many would believe that would be one Hollywood liberty taken and yet the real Tony Mendez swears those moments are true. That the CIA spent money to “...create a fake movie and production company...set up an office...print fake business cards, held a party at a Los Angeles nightclub and took out film ads” (Washington Times)

The 2012 movie Argo is based off of a true event in 1979. During the Iranian Civil War, President Jimmy Carter gives the Iranian Shah refuge in the U.S. due to his illness. In retaliation, Iranian activists invade the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran and the staff are taken as hostages. This is famously known as the Iranian hostage crises. Although six of the staff members escape and are taken in by the Canadian Ambassador. Determined to rescue the six, Tony Mendez, who is our main character, from the CIA is brought in because of his expertise. After talking to his son one day while watching a science fiction program on TV, he comes up the idea to go into Iran, under the guise of Canadians

The movie "Argo" is about what happened during the Iran hostage crisis. The CIA and Hollywood collaborated in a life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans. The CIA agent named Tony Mendez snuck into Iran to bring back six American diplomats who were hiding with a Canadian household. In the Movie "Argo", the director, Ben Affleck showed the tension between the U.S and Iran by using memory, reason, emotion and faith by this time.