ARGO is based on an amazing true story, recently declassified and told in this great Wired article. During the Iran hostage crisis, it turns out, the CIA managed to rescue a group of stranded American workers using an unusual cover story: they were part of a Canadian film crew scouting exotic locations for a STAR WARS inspired sci-fi fantasy epic. John Chambers, the genius makeup artist behind the PLANET OF APES series (and played by John Goodman here), had done “some contract work” for the CIA according to the article (let’s hope he gets a whole series of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE style thrillers) and helped to set up real Hollywood producers and offices for the fake movie. The now-worshipped-by-nerds comic book artist Jack Kirby (seen only in a cameo here, played by DEATH WISH V’s Michael Parks) provided the artwork that they used as pre-production set and costume designs.
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Argo
Monday, January 7th, 2013Tags: Adrienne Barbeau, Alan Arkin, based on a magazine article, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Denham, Clea DuVall, Iran hostage crisis, Jack Kirby, Jack Pierce, Jimmy Carter, John Goodman, Kerry Bishe, Michael Parks, Philip Baker Hall, Rory Cochrane, Scoot McNairy, Tate Donovan
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