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Argo is a 2012 American thriller film [1] directed, produced by, and starring Ben Affleck.The screenplay, written by Chris Terrio, was adapted from the 1999 memoir The Master of Disguise by U.S. C.I.A. operative Tony Mendez and the 2007 Wired article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" [4] written by Joshuah Bearman and edited by Nicholas ...
Anthony Simcoe is an Australian actor, known for his portrayal of Steve Kerrigan in the 1997 film The Castle and Ka D'Argo in the science fiction television series Farscape. Early life and education [ edit ]
American Made is a 2017 American action comedy film [3] [4] [5] directed by Doug Liman, written by Gary Spinelli, and starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Alejandro Edda, Mauricio Mejía, Caleb Landry Jones, and Jesse Plemons. [6]
Argo is a 2012 political thriller directed by Ben Affleck, and produced by Grant Heslov, Affleck and George Clooney.The screenplay by Chris Terrio was adapted from sections of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative Tony Mendez's memoir The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA, and the 2007 Wired article The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman on the Canadian Caper.
The film features an ensemble cast (whose core begins with Alec Baldwin, William Hurt, Joe Pesci, and John Turturro). "The Good Shepherd" is a fictionalized account of the early days of the CIA, blending historical facts with dramatic elements, to suggest the complexity of intelligence work, and its impact on agents and their intimates.
In 2013, Heslov, alongside Clooney and Ben Affleck, won the Academy Award for Best Picture for Argo (2012). The three also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Film. Heslov directed the first and fifth episodes of the 2019 miniseries Catch-22, on which he was also executive producer.
Argo is a 2006 short romance drama film that marks Jordan Bayne's short film writing and directorial debut. [1] Co-written and co-directed by Bayne and Michael Knowles , the film was shot on location in Joshua Tree, California , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] in 2005.
The film follows two American soldiers (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and John Cena) trapped by an Iraqi sniper. Produced by Amazon Studios , it was released on May 12, 2017, by Roadside Attractions . The film received mixed reviews from critics and audiences and grossed $4.5 million against a $3 million budget.