A secret operation comes to life

Rating: Null/10 (26 March 2013)

During the 1979 take-over of the American Embassy in Tehran, six Americans escape and are hidden in the Canadian Embassy. The CIA hatches a plot to get them out by having them masquerade as members of a Canadian sci-fi film project.
What a stunning movie. It is unbearably tense and the ending left me breathless and in tears. Director/Star Ben Affleck does a wonderful job and it's all the more harrowing because it's a true story. John Goodman and Alan Arkin play Hollywood insiders and add a bit of much-needed humor in small roles. Argo won the 2013 Best Picture Oscar and I enjoyed it very much.