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Synopsis: On Nov. 4, 1979, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking 66 American hostages. Amid the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge with the Canadian ambassador. Knowing that it's just a matter of time before the refugees are found and likely executed, the U.S. government calls on extractor Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) to rescue them. Mendez's plan is to pose as a Hollywood producer scouting locations in Iran and train the refugees to act as his "film" crew.
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 94 wins & 152 nominations.
 
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2012
120 min
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BILL DAUGHERTY:

Well, Tom. You wanted to see the

world...

The furnace makes a LOUD CHUNK and stops. They both hold

their looks for a beat.

BILL DAUGHERTY:

Are you kidding me?

AHERN:

Get the shredder.

32 INT. CHANCERY STAIRWELL LEADING TO 2ND FLOOR - MORNING 32

BROTHER ALI, 20s, one of the student leaders, shouts as

he holds a cloth near his face to protect from tear gas.

33 INT. CHANCERY OFFICE - MORNING 33 *

The mood is now frantic -- people destroying things or

shouting everywhere --

ANN SWIFT:

No... Hal -- yes -- INSIDE the

building, IN --

34 INT. CONSULATE OFFICE - MORNING 34

Bob Anders SMASHES AMERICAN VISA PLATES.

The visa-applicant Iranians are now huddled in a group.

A couple of the women are wailing.

Improv resuming the debate over leaving.

Lijek on his walkie, but every channel is now speaking

FARSI.

MARK LIJEK:

Nobody is coming. We need to go. *

35 OMITTED 35

36 INT. CONSULATE OFFICE - MORNING 36

Mark gestures for the other six staffers -- and the

twenty IRANIAN VISA SEEKERS in the office -- to head to

the stairwell.

ARGO - Final 8.

31 CONTINUED:
31

(CONTINUED)

BOB ANDERS:

Iranians first.

(as no one moves)

Go! Now!

37 INT. CHANCERY - HALLWAY - MORNING 37

One STUDENT emerges with a large portrait of KHOMEINI

that had been used for dart practice.

STUDENT:

(screaming)

Who has made this!!!

Two EMBASSY EMPLOYEES look at the floor.

38 INT. CONSULATE STAIRWELL - MORNING 38

The twenty VISA-SEEKING IRANIANS pass our guys and run

down the stairs out onto the street and disperse outside.

Behind them, the FIVE CONSULATE EMPLOYEES we saw head

down the stairs.

So the group of SIX is: MARK AND CORA LIJEK, JOE AND *

KATHY STAFFORD, and BOB ANDERS. They get to the bottom

of the stairs.

39 INT. CHANCERY OFFICE - MORNING 39

The students, guns drawn, burst into the Chancery Office,

shouting at Ann Swift and the others. The mood among the

staffers is now almost peaceful.

ANN SWIFT:

(into the phone)

It.’s done. They.’re in.

She puts down the phone. *

40 EXT. BIST METRI STREET - MORNING 40

The It.’s quiet -- the sound of the protest on the other *

side of the roof and the embassy campus is distant. Just

the empty street.

On the ground:
discarded banners from the protest,

fliers and newspapers.

We see something that looks like BLOOD on the street.

ARGO - Final 9.

36 CONTINUED:
36

(CONTINUED)

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Chris Terrio

Chris Terrio is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 2012 film Argo, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. more…

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