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Synopsis: Based of a true story about a journalist who gets detained and brutally interrogated in prison for 118 days. The journalist Maziar Bahari was blindfolded and interrogated for 4 months in Evin prison in Iran, while the only distinguishable feature about his captor is the distinct smell of rosewater. An interview and sketch that Maziar did with a journalist on The Daily Show was used as evidence that Maziar was a spy and in communication with the American government and the CIA.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Jon Stewart
Production: Open Road Films
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
2014
103 min
Website
142 Views


to remind you

we live in a lawful

and devout society.

Do you need one?

VPNs?

Information access here

is very fragile.

No' I'm very happy

with my satellite service.

But I am in the market

for a responsible driver.

What kind of, uh,

vacation benefits package

are you offering

with this position?

Absolutely none.

Okay.

Yeah, I'll do it.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Great.

You sold it to me.

Davood.

Davood.

Mazijoon!

How are you, Moloojoon?

Good, good.

Did you sleep on the plane?

Well, relatively.

I'll make you baghali

ghatogh for your lunch.

You'll need to eat

as much as you can

before reporting

on all this ashghal.

Moloojoon, come on.

You can't be this cynical.

What?

Mom, tomorrow is the election.

Surely you'll be standing

with the people.

Don't tease me.

Yeah.

I had a very persuasive cabbie.

He is very excited about this

"not Ahmadinejad."

Who knows, maybe this time

it will be different, right?

Garbage doesn't pick itself up.

If the people don't,

then who will?

You sound like Maryam.

And you sound like Babe.

It's good to see you.

Have you washed your hands?

In the plane.

Go wash it.

Go wash your hands.

Go, go, go. Go.

You slept well, huh?

Yep.

Come. Would the

kind gentleman

like the window

or the aisle seat?

Oh, no. No. No. What is this'?

Where is your cab?

I don't have a cab.

What did we ride

in this morning?

Oh, yeah, that. Oh, that

was my friend's cab.

He was sick.

He said I could use it.

I never said I had a cab.

Okay. Are you sure?

Yeah. This...

Even if I had a cab,

it's not the way to get around this city.

Trust me, man.

You can't get anywhere.

Okay. Okay.

With this... You

get where you want to go,

quick, you know.

Yeah, yeah.

All right.

Yeah?

Okay. You take it?

Yeah, yeah.

Hold this? I'm fine.

Sure? Okay.

Yeah.

And you're gonna

look good on this, huh.

Okay!

Oh, by the way, I brought you

these good friends

of yours from London.

Chocolates!

Mmm-hmm.

You're very kind.

No problem.

No problem.

Uh, Davood,

turn that off, please.

Okay,

So tell me,

there's recently been

a lot of talk about

Mousavi's strength.

Is it something

that surprises you?

Is it something you expected?

Mousavi is, uh, corrupt

Like many of the founders,

he has forgotten the

lessons of the revolution.

It is easy

to fall off the path.

But he has

his supporters, right?

Some academics,

some dead-enders.

Well, Mousavi

says that Ahmadinejad

is not his main concern

in the election

but the election itself.

They think that the vote

might be rigged.

That there might be

some manipulation...

Who says this?

Oh, people in the street.

Journalists, clerics...

Please, stop.

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Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor, and television host. He hosted The Daily Show, a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015. Stewart started as a stand-up comedian, but branched into television as host of Short Attention Span Theater for Comedy Central. He went on to host his own show on MTV, The Jon Stewart Show, and then hosted You Wrote It, You Watch It, also on MTV. He has also had several film roles as an actor, but has done few cinematic projects since becoming the host of The Daily Show in 1999. He was also a writer and co-executive producer of the show. After Stewart joined, The Daily Show steadily gained popularity and critical acclaim, and during his tenure, The Daily Show won 22 Primetime Emmy Awards. Stewart is known as an outspoken, humorous critic of personality-driven media shows, in particular those of the U.S. media networks such as CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. Critics say Stewart benefits from a double standard: he critiques other news shows from the safe, removed position of his "news satire" desk. Stewart agrees, saying that neither his show nor his channel purports to be anything other than satire and comedy. In spite of its self-professed entertainment mandate, The Daily Show has been nominated for news and journalism awards. Stewart hosted the 78th and 80th Academy Awards. He is the co-author of America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, which was one of the best-selling books in the U.S. in 2004, and Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race, released in 2010. more…

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