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Argo (2012 film)
Argo
is a 2012 American
political thriller
film directed by
Ben Affleck
. The film is adapted from U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
operative
Tony Mendez
's book
The Master of Disguise
and
Joshuah Bearman
's 2007
Wired
article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran." The latter deals with the "
Canadian Caper
," in which Mendez led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from
Tehran
, Iran, during the 1979–1981
Iran hostage crisis
.
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