In one of the most puzzling twists of the season, Ben Affleck was snubbed for a Best Director Oscar nod. [28], Bootleg DVDs have become popular and are estimated at "several hundreds of thousands" of copies. Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh to Produce the 93rd Oscars. heroically saved six diplomats during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis swept top honors at the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards in January. Daniel Day-Lewis. Despite its praise, Argo has been criticized for minimizing the role of the Canadian embassy in the rescue, for falsely showing that the Americans were turned away by the British and New Zealand embassies, and for exaggerating the danger the group faced during events preceding their escape from the country. The movie Argo, up for seven Oscars at this year's Academy Awards, is based on the true story of the CIA rescue of Americans in Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis.Missing from most of … Silver Linings Playbook Hugh Jackman. "Argo" — in which a Hollywood producer and makeup artist help engineer the rescue of six Americans from Iran — won the top prize at the 85th Academy Awards, one year after the silent film story "The Artist" took the best picture Oscar. The British had initially hosted the American refugees; however, the location was deemed unsafe as the British embassy itself had been targeted and surrounded by mobs and all involved officials from the various nations believed the Canadian ambassador's residence to be a safer location. To protect the hostages remaining in Tehran from retaliation, all U.S. involvement in the rescue is suppressed, and full credit is given to the Canadian government and its ambassador (who shuts down the embassy and leaves Iran with his wife as the operation is underway). "[20] The Washington Times said it felt "like a movie from an earlier era — less frenetic, less showy, more focused on narrative than sensation," but that the script included "too many characters that he doesn't quite develop."[21]. Joshuah Bearman, "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran". 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But I was setting up a situation where you needed to get a sense that these six people had nowhere else to go. [2], The film debuted in second place with $19.5 million, then made $16.4 million in its sophomore weekend. Voters don’t select a single film but rank them in order of preference. The British were good to us and we're forever grateful."[48]. Argo is a 2012 American historical drama thriller film directed by Ben Affleck. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys Women's History Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events Oscars 2013: An 'Argo' night at Academy Awards Oscars 2013: An 'Argo' night at Academy Awards ... “Thank you, movie god,” said Lee, whose movie came into the evening with 11 nominations… The early frontrunner, Argo may have peaked too early, kind of like Mitt Romney did. How to Watch The Oscars Livestream. [6] After the rest of the roles were cast, filming began in Los Angeles[7] in August 2011. Les Misérables Joaquin Phoenix. While on the phone with his son, he is inspired by watching Battle for the Planet of the Apes and begins plans for creating a cover story for the escapees: that they are Canadian filmmakers who are in Iran scouting exotic locations for a science-fiction film. 2007 Wired article by Django Unchained Nominees. (As an aside, both critics and audiences prefer Argo too. ENTER CITY, STATE OR ZIP CODE GO. [3][12], According to Tony Mendez, Studio Six—the phony Hollywood production office he helped create at the core of the CIA plan—proved so convincing that even weeks after the rescue was complete and the office had folded, 26 scripts were delivered to its address, including one from Steven Spielberg.[13]. Winner. Chris Terrio wrote the screenplay based on Joshuah Bearman's 2007 article "How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran," which was published in Wired. Although afraid to trust Mendez's scheme, they reluctantly go along, knowing that he is risking his own life too. Argo Robert De Niro. In 2011, the PGA previewed nine of the eventual 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees. No such confrontation with security officials took place at the departure gate. [47] Bob Anders, the U.S. consular agent played in the film by Tate Donovan, said, "They put their lives on the line for us. The revolutionaries reassemble embassy photographs shredded before the takeover and realize that some personnel are unaccounted for. The first movie in 31 years to land Oscar nominations for all four of its actors, it has the campaigning muscle of Harvey Weinstein behind it. Aaron Tveit, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Jackman, Samantha Barks, Sacha Baron Cohen and Russell Crowe perform a medley from Les Misérables as part of a salute to movie musicals of the past decade It centres on several U.S. embassy workers who escaped the hostage takers, took refuge with Canadian diplomats, and were able to escape the country disguised as a Canadian film crew. It helps that his running mate, a producer on the film, is George Clooney. Producer Barry Geller had spearheaded an earlier attempt to produce the film using the original title. It’s not the entire Academy that overlooked Affleck. With the escapees' situation kept secret, the U.S. State Department begins to explore options for exfiltrating them from Iran. "Argo" made $232.3 million worldwide. The film received seven nominations at the 85th Academy Awards and won three, for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. Oscars 2020 Highlights: Best … Bradley Cooper. [24] Jian Ghomeshi, a Canadian writer and radio figure of Iranian descent, thought the film had a "deeply troubling portrayal of the Iranian people." Although he thinks the film is good at building and sustaining suspense, he concludes, This is one of those movies that depend on your not thinking much about it; for as soon as you reflect on what's happening rather than being swept up in the narrative flow, there doesn't seem much to it aside from the skill with which suspense is maintained despite the fact that you know in advance how it's going to turn out. "[17] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 86 out of 100, based on 45 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Screenwriter Chris Terrio adapted the screenplay from the 1999 book by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operative Tony Mendez, The Master of Disguise, and the 2007 Wired article by Joshuah Bearman, "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran". Friday, Feb 12. Tensions rise at the airport, where the escapees' ticket reservations are confirmed at the last minute, and the head guard's call to the fake production company in Hollywood is answered only at the last second. Carter delayed authorization by only 30 minutes, and that was before Mendez had left Europe for Iran. For the second straight year, the movie business fell for itself. Ben Affleck Talks Argo Best Director Oscar Snub, Gushes Over Film's Best Picture Nomination Jennifer Garner's hubby proudly speaks to E! "Argo's odd Hollywood history. The Golden Globe went to Argo's Ben Affleck, who did not get an Oscar nomination. And the movie gives almost full credit to the American CIA. In one of the most puzzling twists of the season, Ben Affleck was snubbed for a Best Director Oscar nod. If a movie doesn’t receive a majority of votes, which is impossible in a year like this, the least popular movie’s votes are discarded and redistributed. Fandango FANALERT® Sign up for a FANALERT® to find out when tickets are available in your area. Oscar nominations: Movies nominated for Academy Awards: Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, Les Miserables, Silver … As BuzzFeed’s Richard Rushfield observed last November, the Oscar race for Best Picture had never been so wide open. That means the winner for Best Picture doesn’t really need to be the best. Ben Affleck’s film has now emerged as the underdog for Best Picture at the Oscars, reports Ramin Setoodeh. “Argo,” “Life of Pi,” “The Hobbit,” “Lincoln,” and “Skyfall” headline this year's Golden Reel nominations, scoring multiple nods each. The film also earned five Golden Globe Award nominations: it won Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Alan Arkin. Mendez is awarded the Intelligence Star, but due to the mission's classified nature, he receives the medal in secret and has to return it afterward. Argo, Oscar-winning American film (2012) that was based on events that took place during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. When George Clooney received his eighth Oscar nomination as a producer of Argo -- he shared producing credits on the Best Picture nominee with Ben Affleck and Grant Heslov -- … The film contains other historical inaccuracies: 2012 American political thriller film directed by Ben Affleck, Higgins, Bill; Kit, Borys. The Best Director nominees are selected by a mostly male body of 371 directors with art-house tastes that would prefer Amour to Argo. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Argo near you. Sir John Graham, the then-British ambassador to Iran, said, My immediate reaction on hearing about this was one of outrage. He criticizes the proposals but is at a loss when asked for an alternative. The ambassador's Iranian housekeeper, who had known about the Americans and lied to the revolutionaries to protect them, escapes to Iraq. Verleihung der Oscars (englisch 85th Academy Awards) fand am 24. "[48] Tony Mendez, a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency exfiltration specialist, is brought in for a consultation. It won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Arkin was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. It is so easy to manufacture a thriller from chases and gunfire, and so very hard to fine-tune it out of exquisite timing and a plot that's so clear to us we wonder why it isn't obvious to the Iranians. The Oscars rolled out the red carpet on Sunday for the movie industry's biggest night, with Iran hostage drama "Argo" and presidential drama "Lincoln" in a tight race for Best Picture. 5. [42], Taylor noted, "In reality, Canada was responsible for the six and the CIA was a junior partner. Mendez contacts John Chambers, a Hollywood make-up artist who had previously worked for the CIA. Argo, American political thriller, released in 2012, that was based on events that took place during the 1979–81 Iran hostage crisis. In a CNN interview, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter addressed the controversy: 90% of the contributions to the ideas and the consummation of the plan was Canadian. Argo was praised for the acting (particularly Arkin and Goodman's), Affleck's direction, Terrio's screenplay, the editing, and Desplat's score, though the lack of historical accuracy (particularly in who was involved in the operation) was criticized. A scouting visit to the bazaar to maintain their cover story takes a bad turn when they are harassed by a hostile shopkeeper, but their Iranian culture contact hustles them away from the hostile crowd. [23], Abolhassan Banisadr, foreign minister and then president during the incident, argued that the movie does not take into account the fact that most of the cabinet members advocated freeing all the American personnel quickly. Together, they set up a phony film production company, publicize their plans, and successfully establish the pretense of developing Argo, a "science fantasy adventure" in the style of Star Wars, to lend credibility to the cover story. The 2021 Oscar race for Best Picture comes into clearer focus with the announcement of the nominees for the 32nd Producers Guild of America Awards. [19], Naming Argo one of the best 11 films of 2012, critic Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote: "Ben Affleck's seamless direction catapults him to the forefront of Hollywood filmmakers turning out thoughtful entertainment. As co-producer of Argo, George Clooney became the third individual to win Oscars for both acting and producing. The remaining key events to look for are winners from the Producers Guild Awards (Jan. 26), Screen Actors Guild Awards (Jan. 27), and Directors Guild Awards (Feb. 2). [37] Maclean's asserted that "the movie rewrites history at Canada's expense, making Hollywood and the CIA the saga's heroic saviours while Taylor is demoted to a kindly concierge. "[48] Martin Williams, secretary to Sir John Graham in Iran at the time, was the one who found the Americans, after searching for them in his own British car (the only Austin Maxi in Iran) and first sheltered them in his own house. Argo is a 2012 American historical drama thriller film directed by Ben Affleck. Silver Linings Playbook, Argo, and the other Oscar nominations for the 2013 Academy Awards have been announced. "I mean, I also didn't get the acting nomination," he pointed out. Posing as a producer for Argo, Mendez enters Iran under the alias Kevin Harkins and meets with the six escapees. BEN AFFLECK is a two-time Oscar Award winner who has been recognized for his work as a director, actor, writer, and producer. Because of that, their lives were saved. If Ben Affleck picks up one or more of those, Mr. Lincoln is in trouble. Ben Affleck took home two Golden Globes last night, picking up wins for best director and best picture for Argo. The 93rd annual Academy Awards (The Oscars… [18] CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film a rare "A+" grade. Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2021 by Hoai-Tran Bui John Sheardown's house had an interior courtyard with a garden and we could walk there freely," Mark Lijek says. Christoph Waltz. [citation needed]. And don’t count out another sleeper contender, Silver Linings Playbook. In reality, the diplomats never appeared to be in imminent danger. Entertainment Weekly wrote about this controversy: Standing in the Golden Globe pressroom with his directing trophy, Affleck acknowledged that it was frustrating not to get an Oscar nod when many felt he deserved one. On Rotten Tomatoes, Argo has a 96 percent “Fresh” rating; Lincoln is at 91 percent. He also pointed out that this was the same date that the Ayatollah Khomeini was exiled 15 years before. Jack Nicholson and Katharine Hepburn both have 12 Oscar acting nominations, and Meryl Streep has a whopping 21, dwarfing her closest competition. But I realize this is a movie and you have to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. And the main hero, in my opinion, was Ken Taylor, who was the Canadian ambassador who orchestrated the entire process. My concern is that the inaccurate account should not enter the mythology of the events in Tehran in November 1979. Lincoln landed seven Golden Globe nominations and 12 Oscar nominations, more than any other film. Affleck was seen in “The Accountant,” and in earl "[40] The Toronto Star wrote, "Even that hardly does Canada justice."[41]. Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15, 2021, with voting set to take […] "[48], The then-British chargé d'affaires in Tehran said that, had the Americans been discovered in the British embassy, "I can assure you we'd all have been for the high jump. In 1981, Taylor was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Ronald Reagan. Jan. 10, 2013 — -- "Lincoln" is leading the way to the 2013 Oscars.This morning, the biopic about the 16th president picked up 12 Academy Award nominations, including best … Over at Gold Derby, which tracks various Oscar races, 13 pundits still predict Lincoln will win Best Picture compared with 10 for Argo. In the depiction of a frantic effort by CIA headquarters, in Langley, to get President Jimmy Carter to re-authorize the mission so that previously purchased airline tickets would still be valid, a CIA officer is portrayed as getting the, The film depicts Mendez discovering the script with the title of, This page was last edited on 7 March 2021, at 00:54. The award is restored to him after the Canadian Caper is declassified in 1997. The process is repeated until a movie has 51 percent of the vote. The guild went for … The film has a dramatic chase sequence as the plane takes off; this did not occur. Next came Silver Linings Playbook (the cuckoo candidate, à la Michele Bachmann), Life of Pi (if only Rick Perry could roar like that tiger), Lincoln (as reserved as Ron Paul), and Zero Dark Thirty (as controversial as Rick Santorum). He also suggested that the timing of the film was poor, as American and Iranian political relations were at a low point. It feels strange for a film to be nominated 13 times, win six times, and not win best picture. There's a spirit of truth .... the kinds of things that are really important to be true are—for example, the relationship between the U.S. and Canada. This year’s Academy Awards race for Best Picture is a lot like last year’s race for the Republican presidential nomination. 2021 PGA Nominations Push ‘Nomadland’, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ to the Front of the Oscar Season Pack. Mark Bowen, in his book on the subject, noted that November 4 was recognized as National Student's Day to acknowledge the student protesters killed by the Shah's police the year before. [26] A November 3, 2012 article in the Los Angeles Times claimed that the film had received very little attention in Tehran, though Masoumeh Ebtekar, who was the spokesperson of the students who took the hostages and called only "Tehran Mary" in the film's credits, said that the film did not show "the real reasons behind the event. Interpretations of the film's popularity in Iran have varied, ranging from the fact that the movie portrays the excesses of the revolution and the hostage crisis, which had been long glorified in Iran, to Iranians viewing it as a reminder of what caused the poor relations with America and the ensuing cost to Iran, decades after the embassy takeover. This did not happen, and the Canadians never considered abandoning the six Americans who had taken refuge under their protection. Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15, 2021, with voting set to take place for six days beginning on March 5. The group boards the airliner, which takes off just as the Revolutionary Guards at the airport are informed of the ruse and try to stop them. Academy Awards voting runs from Feb. 8 to Feb. 19, so there’s still time for the race to change again. But if that omission plays into the race at all, it will only boost Argo’s chances. "It's not true we could never go outside. Argo’s detractors use another statistic against it. But he's keeping a sense of humor. [44], Upon its release in October 2012, the film was criticized for its suggestion that British and New Zealand embassies had turned away the American refugees in Tehran. Winners & Nominees. American actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck has received many awards and honors throughout his career. The 85th Annual Academy Awards is a film "[27] The film also ignores the importance of the date of the Embassy takeover. Oscars 2021 Shortlists in Nine Award Categories Announced. It was the juggernaut that everyone was talking about and earned a record 13 Oscar nominations. [9], As a historical piece, the film made use of archival news footage from ABC, CBS and NBC; and included popular songs from the era, such as "Little T&A" by The Rolling Stones (an anachronism, as it was not released until the following year), "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits, "Dance the Night Away" by Van Halen and "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin. And the much-anticipated The Great Gatsby pushed back its candidacy (like Chris Christie). And with that exception, the movie is very good. The movie with the most nominations usually wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Both embassies, along with the Canadians, helped them. Chambers puts Mendez in touch with film producer Lester Siegel. "And no one's saying I got snubbed there! [49][50], In the film, the diplomats face suspicious glances from Iranians whenever they go out in public, and appear close to being caught at many steps along the way to their freedom. Did Affleck’s abdominals cost him an Oscar. He provides them with Canadian passports and fake identities. It's the first best picture winner not to be nominated for best director since 1989's "Driving Miss Daisy." [31], The film was released in North America on February 19, 2013 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. But if there’s one thing the Academy loves, it’s a comeback story—and a funny thing happened on the red carpet. [11], The screenplay used by the CIA to create their cover story was an adaptation of Roger Zelazny's 1967 novel Lord of Light. [1] Als bester Spielfilm setzte sich Ben Afflecks Thril… [29] The high DVD sales suggests a form of silent protest against the government's ongoing hostility to relations with America.[30]. ... Once the deed is successfully done, there's really nothing much to say, and anything that is said seems contrived. On March 12, 2013, the New Zealand House of Representatives censured Affleck by unanimously agreeing to the following motion, initiated by New Zealand First leader Winston Peters: ... this House acknowledge[s] with gratitude the efforts of former New Zealand diplomats Chris Beeby and Richard Sewell in assisting American hostages in Tehran during the hostage crisis in 1979, and express[es] its regret that the director of the movie Argo saw fit to mislead the world about what actually happened during that crisis when, in reality, our courageous diplomats' inspirational actions were of significant help to the American hostages and deserve the factual and historical record to be corrected. New Zealand diplomatic ambassadors organised a place for the refugees to hide if they needed to change their location,[45] and driving the Americans to the airport when they made their escape from Tehran. Argo’s detractors use another statistic against it. Best Director: Only two of the five nominees for best director overlapped between the Oscars and the Golden Globes. Ghomeshi asserted "among all the rave reviews, virtually no one in the mainstream media has called out [the] unbalanced depiction of an entire ethnic national group, and the broader implications of the portrait." [10] For its part, Warner Bros. used its 1972–1984 production logo featuring the "Big W" logo designed by Saul Bass for Warner Communications to open the film and painted on its studio lot's famed water tower the logo of The Burbank Studios (the facility's name during the 1970s and 1980s when Warner shared it with Columbia Pictures). [43] Nonetheless, the significance of his role was downplayed in the film Argo. Eminem's Oscars 2020 Performance of 'Lose Yourself' Tuesday, Feb 11. "[35], After the film was previewed at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival,[36] many critics said that it unfairly glorified the CIA's role and minimized the Canadian government's role (particularly that of Ambassador Taylor) in the extraction operation. I hope no one in Britain will be offended by what's said in the film. One was Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), our overwhelming favorite to win the Oscar at 90 percent likelihood, and the other was Ang Lee (Life of Pi). [39] In response to this criticism, Affleck changed the postscript text to read: "The involvement of the CIA complemented efforts of the Canadian embassy to free the six held in Tehran. Neither the British nor the New Zealand embassies had turned the refugees away. However, who … "[40] In the film, Taylor is shown threatening to close the Canadian embassy. [46] British diplomats also assisted other American hostages beyond the escaped group of six. He pushes ahead anyway, forcing his boss Jack O'Donnell to hastily re-obtain authorization for the mission and confirm their tickets on a Swissair flight. "Argo" stormed to Best Picture victory at the Oscars on Sunday on a night of surprises that ended in disappointment for frontrunner "Lincoln" and handed the most overall wins - four - to "Life of Pi."
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