Ben Affleck‘s Argo, the 2013 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, claims to be based on a true story, but with a storyline that seemingly could only have come from Hollywood. The CIA sets up a phony film production company, and, under the pretense of filming Argo, a “science fantasy adventure,” make their way into a volatile Iran to free six U.S. embassy staff in 1979. And against all odds, it works. Seriously? Yep. Just like it did in real life, more or less. But just how much more, or less, accurate is the account?
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Author: Lloyd Farley