Argo (2012): Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman
The year is 1979 and the President is Jimmy Carter. On November 4, 1979, an angry mob overtook the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 60 Americans hostage and holding them for 444 days . Within minutes of President Ronald Reagan, being sworn into office, the hostages were finally released. Argo is a film based on a true event during the Iranian crisis, in which six Americans on this terrifying day escaped to the Canadian ambassador's home. In 1980, CIA and Canada, knowing that it was a matter of time before the six are found and killed choreographed a mission to remove them under the guise of making a "fake" film. Tony Mendez, Ben Affleck , CIA extraction specialist, leads the charge in orchestrating the mission. The six are frightened of leaving since outside the screaming mob reigns terror with hangings, killing and rampant chaos. Under Mendez persuasive skills, these six Americans obtain new identities with roles in a movie production such as camera man, direct