Titus Welliver Bates as Bates. Ben Affleck. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. In , the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was ordered to get them out of the country.
With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceeded to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves.
The movie was fake. The mission was real. Rated R for language and some violent images. Did you know Edit.
Trivia In an interview with Piers Morgan , former President Jimmy Carter said that he believes the film was a "great drama", and it deserved to win an Oscar for best film.
However, Carter noted that although "ninety percent of the contributions to the ideas, and the consummation of the plan was Canadian", the film "gives almost full credit to the American C.
With that exception, the movie's very good," Carter said, but "the main hero, in my opinion, was Ken Taylor , who was the Canadian ambassador, who orchestrated the entire process. Goofs It is stated that the British and New Zealand embassies refused to help staff from the American embassy. This was not true. Both the British and the New Zealand embassies sheltered the Americans, then helped to pass them on to the Canadians. Michael and St. George for the risks that he took.
Quotes Jack O'Donnell : This is the best bad idea we have, sir. Crazy credits Past the photos of cast members and the real people they play, there's audio from an interview with then-President Jimmy Carter talking about the crisis. Alternate versions After it screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, the postscript at the end credits was changed because it was felt that it slighted Canada's involvement in the rescue of the American hostages.
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