"Argo" (2012)
"Argo" (2012)
Warner Bros. / GK Films / Smokehouse Pictures
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980.
Release date: 12 October 2012 (USA)
Genre': Biography, Drama, History
Director: Ben Affleck
Executive Producers: Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
Screenwriter: Tony Mendez
Music by: Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography by: Rodrigo Prieto
Cast: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Joe Stafford, and Kerry Bishé.
Awards
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Best Achievement in Film Editing
- Best Motion Picture - Drama
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Best Film
- Best Editing
- David Lean Award for Direction
* Al Seib LA Times (2013 AMPAS Photo)