ARGO
CIA and Hollywood
Escape from Tehran
Now with the hostages hidden and safe, the U.S. CIA to figure out how to help them escape safely from Tehran before it is too late. Tony Mendez was the lead CIA agent in the U.S. to head the rescue mission for the hostages. After many ideas of how to get that many people out of there all at the same time, Tony Mendez is the one that came up with the idea to pretend they were a film crew working on a movie and that is why they were there all together. This sounds like such a crazy thing to do but it turned out to be the best decision they ever made.
In order for this movie idea to work they had to make it look like they were actually making a movie. This meant they had to actually get them all set up in the actors union, make a movie transcript, make a movie production. Movie flyers, and publicity and anything else you would actually do to make a real movie. They pretty much were making a real movie, just without actually acting. They made it look so real in Hollywood that people were sending their fake agency movie manuscripts and asking about their movie all the time. The title of their movie was Argo.
All of the hostages had to play a role, production manager, director, camera man, transportation, and more. They had to get ready and comfortable with the roles they were playing and had to make it look very real. One slip up and they would all get caught. They worked day and night to perfect their roles and get all the paperwork, tickets, manuscripts, pass ports and every important document needed to get them out of the country. With everything working together and a few close calls at the airport, this amazing plan worked and they were all able to escape they country and get back to America. It is an escape plan that will always be remembered for how a crazy idea can turn in to a perfect escape.
Antonio Mendez
John Chambers
Bob Anders
Joseph Stafford
Kathleen Stafford
Mark Lijek
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