Additional information for Argo, which has a domestic theatrical release set for October 12, 2012. The film is being distributed by Warner Bros Pictures and has not yet been rated. Argo has a total running time of 120 minutes.
12
Hungary
R
USA
15
UK
15A
Ireland
PG13
Singapore
G
Japan
15
South Korea
PG
Canada
12
Netherlands
15
Sweden
11
Norway
M/12
Portugal
15
Denmark
PG-13
Philippines
14
Switzerland
A
India
M
Australia
14
Brazil
12
Germany
IIB
Hong Kong
13
Argentina
120min
130min
Argo
Argentina
Argo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Argo
Brazil
Argo
Croatia
Argo
Israel
Argo
Portugal
Argo
Serbia
Арго
Bulgaria
Арго
Ukraine
Επιχείρηση: Argo
Greece
Az Argo-akció
Hungary
Epiheirisi: Argo
Greece
Escape from Tehran
USA
Operacja Argo
Poland
Operasjon Argo
Norway
Operasyon: Argo
Turkey
Operation Argo
Denmark
August 31, 2012
USA
September 07, 2012
Canada
September 22, 2012
Spain
September 24, 2012
Switzerland
September 26, 2012
Brazil
September 29, 2012
Finland
October 04, 2012
USA
October 05, 2012
USA
October 06, 2012
USA
October 11, 2012
Thailand
October 12, 2012
Canada
October 12, 2012
USA
October 16, 2012
Argentina
October 17, 2012
Philippines
October 17, 2012
UK
October 18, 2012
Argentina
October 18, 2012
Chile
October 19, 2012
Bulgaria
October 19, 2012
Colombia
October 19, 2012
India
October 19, 2012
Taiwan
October 22, 2012
Serbia
October 23, 2012
Netherlands
October 25, 2012
Australia
October 25, 2012
Bolivia
October 25, 2012
New Zealand
October 25, 2012
Peru
October 26, 2012
Japan
October 26, 2012
Panama
October 26, 2012
Spain
October 31, 2012
South Korea
November 01, 2012
UK
November 02, 2012
Finland
November 07, 2012
Belgium
November 07, 2012
France
November 07, 2012
Ireland
November 07, 2012
Switzerland
November 07, 2012
UK
November 08, 2012
Denmark
November 08, 2012
Germany
November 08, 2012
Italy
November 08, 2012
Netherlands
November 08, 2012
Portugal
November 08, 2012
Russia
November 08, 2012
Switzerland
November 08, 2012
Switzerland
November 09, 2012
Austria
November 09, 2012
Brazil
November 09, 2012
Estonia
November 09, 2012
Iceland
November 09, 2012
Mexico
November 09, 2012
Romania
November 09, 2012
United Arab Emirates
November 09, 2012
Uruguay
November 11, 2012
Slovenia
November 13, 2012
Singapore
November 15, 2012
Hong Kong
November 15, 2012
Slovenia
November 21, 2012
Egypt
November 22, 2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina
November 22, 2012
Croatia
November 22, 2012
Hungary
November 22, 2012
Lebanon
November 23, 2012
Norway
November 23, 2012
Sweden
November 29, 2012
Czech Republic
November 29, 2012
Slovakia
November 30, 2012
Poland
November 30, 2012
Turkey
December 07, 2012
Ecuador
December 28, 2012
Paraguay
January 03, 2013
Israel
January 10, 2013
Greece
January 11, 2013
Venezuela
January 25, 2013
South Africa
February 08, 2013
Lithuania
February 08, 2013
Mexico
March 22, 2013
Indonesia
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A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran.
Militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, in retaliation for the nation's sheltering the recently deposed Shah. More than 50 of the embassy staff are taken as hostages, but six escape and hide in the home of the Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor (Victor Garber). With the escapees' situation kept secret, the US State Department begins to explore options for "exfiltrating" them from Iran. Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck), a CIA specialist brought in for consultation, criticizes the proposals. He too is at a loss for an alternative until, inspired at home by watching Battle for the Planet of the Apes on TV with his son, he plans to create a cover story that the escapees are Canadian filmmakers, scouting "exotic" locations in Iran for a similar sci-fi film.Mendez and his supervisor Jack O'Donnell (Bryan Cranston) contact John Chambers (John Goodman), a Hollywood make-up artist who has previously crafted disguises for the CIA. Chambers puts them in touch with the film producer Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin). Together they set up a phony film studio, publicize their plans, and successfully establish the pretense of developing Argo, a "science fantasy" in the style of Star Wars, to lend credibility to the cover story. Meanwhile, the escapees grow frantic inside the ambassador's residence. The revolutionaries reassemble embassy papers shredded before the takeover and learn that some personnel have escaped.
Mendez meets a CIA agent at Istanbul's Haghia Sophia before going to Iran.Posing as a producer for Argo, Mendez enters Iran and links up with the six escapees. He provides them with Canadian passports and fake identities to prepare them to get through security at the airport. Although afraid to trust Mendez's scheme, they reluctantly go along with it, knowing that Mendez is risking his own life too, and convinced that it is their only option. A "scouting" visit to the bazaar to maintain their cover story takes a bad turn, but their Iranian culture contact gets them away from the hostile crowd.Mendez is told that the operation has been cancelled, to avoid conflicting with a planned military rescue of the hostages. He pushes ahead, forcing O'Donnell to hastily re-obtain authorization for the mission to get tickets on a Swissair flight. Tension rises at the airport, where the escapees' flight reservations are confirmed at the last minute, and a guard's call to the supposed studio in Hollywood is answered at the last second. The group boards the plane just as the Iranian guards uncover the ruse. As the 747 taxis down the runway, it is chased unsuccessfully by Iranian police cars. Mendez and the hostages breathe a sigh of relief as the plane leaves Iranian airspace.To protect the hostages remaining in Tehran from retaliation, all US involvement in the rescue is suppressed, giving full credit to the Canadian government and its ambassador (who left Iran with his wife under their own credentials as the operation was underway; their Iranian housekeeper, who had known about the Americans and lied to the revolutionaries to protect them, escaped to Iraq). Mendez is awarded the Intelligence Star, but due to the classified nature of the mission, he would not be able to keep the medal until the details were made public in 1997. All the hostages were freed on January 20, 1981. The film ends with President Jimmy Carter's speech about the Crisis and the Canadian Caper.
Ben Affleck
Director(s)
Chris Terrio
Tony Mendez
Joshuah Bearman
Writer(s)
Ben Affleck
producer
Chris Brigham
executive producer
Chay Carter
executive producer
George Clooney
producer
Tim Headington
executive producer
Amy Herman
co-producer
Grant Heslov
producer
Graham King
executive producer
David Klawans
executive producer
Alex Sutherland
line producer: Turkey
Nina Wolarsky
executive producer
Producer(s)
Alexandre Desplat
Composer(s)
Tony Mendez
Ben Affleck
Jack O'Donnell
Bryan Cranston
Lester Siegel
Alan Arkin
John Chambers
John Goodman
Ken Taylor
Victor Garber
Bob Anders
Tate Donovan
Cora Lijek
Clea DuVall
Joe Stafford
Scoot McNairy
Lee Schatz
Rory Cochrane
Mark Lijek
Christopher Denham
Kathy Stafford
Kerry Bishé
Hamilton Jordan
Kyle Chandler
Malinov
Chris Messina
Robert Pender
Zeljko Ivanek
Bates
Titus Welliver
Adam Engell
Keith Szarabajka
Cyrus Vance
Bob Gunton
Max Klein
Richard Kind
OSS Officer Nicholls
Richard Dillane
Reza Borhani
Omid Abtahi
Pat Taylor
Page Leong
Azizi Checkpoint #3
Farshad Farahat
Sahar
Sheila Vand
Elizabeth Ann Swift
Karina Logue
Sgt. Sickmann
Ryan Ahern
Alan B. Golacinski
Bill Tangradi
William J. Daugherty
Jamie McShane
Col. Charles W. Scott
Matthew Glave
Sgt. William Gallegos
Roberto Garcia
Thomas L. Ahern, Jr.
Christopher Stanley
Fred Kupke
Jon Woodward Kirby
Student with Poster
Alborz Basiratmand
Marine #1
Ruty Rutenberg
Marine #2
Michael Woolston
Lady with Radio
Sharareh Sedghi
Tear Gas Student
Bobby Zegar
Malick
Victor McCay
Peter Genco
Matt Nolan
Brice
J.R. Cacia
Hal Saunders
Bill Kalmenson
Director(s)
Tony Mendez
Joshuah Bearman
Writer(s)
producer
Chris Brigham
executive producer
Chay Carter
executive producer
George Clooney
producer
Tim Headington
executive producer
Amy Herman
co-producer
Grant Heslov
producer
Graham King
executive producer
David Klawans
executive producer
Alex Sutherland
line producer: Turkey
Nina Wolarsky
executive producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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