Story of CIA's rescue mission to free six US diplomats, in which agents posed as a Hollywood film crew, is set for big screen. (See Related Guardian News [1] ) He is currently hot property in Hollywood following the critical and commercial success of crime drama The Town [2]. Now Ben Affleck [3] has been approached to direct a hostage drama set during the Iranian revolution. 444 Days - US Embassy under seige Iran 1979: Based on a Wired magazine article titled How the CIA [4] Used a Fake Sci-fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran, the project is a political thriller [5] with elements ofwry humour, according to the Hollywood Reporter [6]. It will portray an elaborate attempt by US andCanadian operatives to rescue six American diplomats who were trapped in theoccupied US embassy following the fall of the Shah in 1979. The US citizens were successfully extracted after the CIA concocted a scenario in which they were members of a Hollywood film crew scouting for a movie titled Argo. With help from a disguise expert, the rescue was a success and the diplomats were able to leave the country. Movie designs and drawings developed for a real project by legendary comic artist Jack Kirby, co-creator of Captain America and The X-Men, were used by the CIA to convince Iranians that the film really didexist. Chris Terrio has adapted Joshuah Bearman's 2007 article on the subject. George Clooney calls an Arab "son of a goat" in Persian ( In Movie Syriana [7] ): (NOTE: To Watch Double Click Here [8] )
The 1979 Iran [9] hostage crisis saw 52 US citizens held for 444 days from 4 November 1979 to 20 January 1981, after agroup of Islamic students and militants took over the US embassy in support ofthe Iranian revolution. Starring Affleck himself alongside Mad Men's Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall andJeremy Renner, The Town topped the US box office in September and has so far made more than $140m (£87m) on a budget of just $37m. It was Affleck's second film following 2008's Gone Baby Gone, also crime-oriented and also a critical success.
Recommended Reading: SYRIANA BREAKS IRANIAN STEREOTYPES [11] BY DARIUS KADIVAR NOOR Lights your way to Hollywood! [12] By Darius KADIVAR An interview of Sidney Ganis President of Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences in Hollywood [13] By Parisa Defaie
Related Blogs: HBO TV Drama: Mark Bowden’s "Guests of the Ayatollah" in Pre-Production [14]
MON CINEMA: "Iran: Days of Crisis" aka "L'Amerique En Otage" (1991) [15] LIBERATION: New Movie about the Shah's last days (Trailer) [16]
George Clooney's Great Escape [10] by Darius KADIVAR
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Links:
[1] //www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/feb/04/ben-affleck-iran-hostage-crisis
[2] //www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/137789/town
[3] //www.guardian.co.uk/film/benaffleck
[4] //www.guardian.co.uk/world/cia
[5] //www.guardian.co.uk/film/thriller
[6] //www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/ben-affleck-teaming-george-clooney-96480
[7] //www.persianmirror.com/community/writers/DariusKadivar/2006/Syriana.cfm
[8] //www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhYtZXysgSg
[9] //www.guardian.co.uk/world/iran
[10] //www.payvand.com/news/07/jun/1182.html
[11] //www.persianmirror.com/community/writers/DariusKadivar/2006/Syriana.cfm
[12] //www.payvand.com/news/08/mar/1185.html
[13] //www.payvand.com/news/09/nov/1198.html
[14] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/hbo-tv-drama-mark-bowden-s-guests-ayatollah-pre-production
[15] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/mon-cinema-iran-days-crisis-aka-lamerique-en-otage-1991-0
[16] //legacy.iranian.com/main/main/blog/darius-kadivar/liberation-new-movie-about-shahs-last-days-trailer