1 00:00:37,767 --> 00:00:39,977 This is the Persian empire... 2 00:00:40,228 --> 00:00:42,354 known today as Iran. 3 00:00:43,273 --> 00:00:47,317 For 2500 years, this land was ruled by a series of kings... 4 00:00:47,485 --> 00:00:49,028 known as shahs. 5 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,700 In 1950, the people of Iran elected Mohammad Mosaddegh... 6 00:00:54,868 --> 00:00:57,244 a secular democrat, as prime minister. 7 00:00:58,496 --> 00:01:01,665 He nationalized British and U.S. petroleum holdings... 8 00:01:01,833 --> 00:01:04,793 returning Iran's oil to its people. 9 00:01:05,962 --> 00:01:07,755 But in 1953... 10 00:01:07,922 --> 00:01:12,551 the U.S. and Great Britain engineered a coup d'état that deposed Mosaddegh... 11 00:01:12,719 --> 00:01:15,721 and installed Reza Pahlavi as shah. 12 00:01:17,015 --> 00:01:20,476 The young shah was known for opulence and excess. 13 00:01:20,810 --> 00:01:23,520 His wife was rumored to bathe in milk... 14 00:01:23,688 --> 00:01:27,608 while the shah had his lunches flown in by Concorde from Paris. 15 00:01:29,069 --> 00:01:30,444 The people starved. 16 00:01:33,073 --> 00:01:35,949 The shah kept power through his ruthless internal police: 17 00:01:36,618 --> 00:01:37,868 The SAVAK. 18 00:01:38,369 --> 00:01:41,622 An era of torture and fear began. 19 00:01:43,917 --> 00:01:47,294 He then began a campaign to westernize Iran... 20 00:01:48,296 --> 00:01:52,091 enraging a mostly traditional Shiite population. 21 00:01:52,759 --> 00:01:57,054 In 1979, the people of Iran overthrew the shah. 22 00:01:59,015 --> 00:02:03,185 The exiled cleric, Ayatollah Khomeini, returned to rule Iran. 23 00:02:06,397 --> 00:02:11,151 It descended into score-settling, death squads and chaos. 24 00:02:14,405 --> 00:02:18,117 Dying of cancer, the shah was given asylum in the U.S. 25 00:02:20,036 --> 00:02:23,705 The Iranian people took to the streets outside the U.S. embassy... 26 00:02:23,873 --> 00:02:26,458 demanding that the shah be returned... 27 00:02:26,626 --> 00:02:27,960 tried... 28 00:02:28,878 --> 00:02:30,254 and hanged. 29 00:02:30,421 --> 00:02:34,258 Based on a true story. 30 00:02:34,425 --> 00:02:38,303 U.S. Embassy, Iran - November 4, 1979 31 00:03:39,490 --> 00:03:42,451 The carnival's a little bigger today, huh? 32 00:03:43,995 --> 00:03:46,914 Windows are supposed to be bulletproof, right? 33 00:03:47,081 --> 00:03:49,124 Well, they've never been tested. 34 00:03:49,334 --> 00:03:53,754 You just need to finish filling out this section here. 35 00:03:53,922 --> 00:03:55,714 We can process your visa. 36 00:04:45,556 --> 00:04:49,101 We need some security. Yes, it's your responsibility. 37 00:04:49,269 --> 00:04:50,477 They're over the walls. 38 00:04:50,645 --> 00:04:53,397 We should all split. I'm gonna close up my office. 39 00:05:13,293 --> 00:05:14,376 Oh, my God. 40 00:05:15,336 --> 00:05:17,504 Marines to Number One. Fall back. 41 00:05:17,672 --> 00:05:21,174 - Can anyone hear me? We need help. - I need police right now. Right now, goddamn it! 42 00:05:21,342 --> 00:05:23,010 - Jesus. - Can anybody hear me? 43 00:05:23,177 --> 00:05:25,012 There was a breach. 44 00:05:26,431 --> 00:05:27,848 Just burn everything! Burn it now! 45 00:05:28,016 --> 00:05:30,767 All right, burn everything! All the files, file cabinet, safe. 46 00:05:45,658 --> 00:05:47,826 Let's get a cart over here. Burn it all. Come on. 47 00:05:47,994 --> 00:05:50,871 Burn everything! Burn the classifieds! Everything! 48 00:05:55,335 --> 00:05:57,085 Don't fucking shoot anybody. 49 00:05:57,253 --> 00:05:59,963 You don't wanna be the son of a bitch who started a war. 50 00:06:00,131 --> 00:06:01,923 They need an hour to burn the classified. 51 00:06:02,925 --> 00:06:03,967 I need you to hold. 52 00:06:04,135 --> 00:06:08,180 If you shoot one person, they're gonna kill every single one of us in here. 53 00:06:17,357 --> 00:06:20,067 I'm telling you, if we're going to go, we need to go now. 54 00:06:20,234 --> 00:06:23,820 - Okay, we need to make a decision— - Can we wait until the Iranian police come? 55 00:06:23,988 --> 00:06:26,448 No, the police aren't coming. It's been 45 minutes. 56 00:06:26,616 --> 00:06:29,618 - How do you know? - The police have abandoned their posts. 57 00:06:29,786 --> 00:06:32,120 If the police are not coming, then the army's gonna come. 58 00:06:32,288 --> 00:06:34,623 The prime minister won't let the embassy be taken over. 59 00:06:34,791 --> 00:06:38,960 The prime minister may come tomorrow, but the Komiteh are here today. So we have to evacuate. 60 00:06:39,128 --> 00:06:41,213 Look at me. No one is coming. 61 00:06:42,673 --> 00:06:45,425 Get the desk drawers. Everything. Don't sort it. 62 00:06:45,593 --> 00:06:47,928 Get it down to the incinerator in the vault! Go, now! 63 00:06:48,096 --> 00:06:50,013 Tear gas as a last resort only. 64 00:06:50,181 --> 00:06:52,516 I repeat: only if your life is under threat. 65 00:07:30,304 --> 00:07:33,098 In here, we are in America right now. Outside, we are in Iran. 66 00:07:33,266 --> 00:07:35,767 - It's on American soil— - I'm not going out into that. 67 00:07:35,935 --> 00:07:37,185 They're not safe here. 68 00:07:37,353 --> 00:07:40,313 If they get caught applying for visas to the U.S.? 69 00:07:40,481 --> 00:07:43,400 Mark, we are in the only building with direct access to the street. 70 00:07:43,568 --> 00:07:46,319 - If we're going to go, then we need to go now. - Yeah, I'm in. 71 00:07:46,487 --> 00:07:47,904 - Yeah. - Yeah, let's go. 72 00:07:52,994 --> 00:07:55,036 - I'm going outside. - Why? 73 00:07:55,204 --> 00:07:56,663 To reason with them. 74 00:08:23,065 --> 00:08:26,401 Open the door! 75 00:08:26,569 --> 00:08:28,278 Open the fucking door! 76 00:08:30,156 --> 00:08:32,991 You said you wanted to see the world, right, Tom? 77 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:35,243 Let me in! Let me in! 78 00:08:43,211 --> 00:08:44,711 Burn it all. Come on. 79 00:08:44,879 --> 00:08:47,631 Get the safe, get the filing cabinets, get it all. 80 00:08:55,139 --> 00:08:57,557 All four drawers, I want them shredded right now. 81 00:08:57,725 --> 00:08:59,518 Not gonna shred fast enough. 82 00:08:59,769 --> 00:09:02,229 Grab the visa plates! 83 00:09:03,022 --> 00:09:05,857 All four! And anything else you see out there. 84 00:09:06,067 --> 00:09:07,817 When in doubt, just shred it! 85 00:09:10,321 --> 00:09:12,948 We got 10 minutes! Let's go, let's go, let's go! Everything! 86 00:09:22,458 --> 00:09:23,500 Get the shredder. 87 00:09:23,668 --> 00:09:25,210 There are no police. 88 00:09:31,842 --> 00:09:33,051 Jesus. 89 00:09:34,095 --> 00:09:37,013 Leave the building, go now. 90 00:09:37,181 --> 00:09:39,266 Iranians go first. 91 00:09:39,433 --> 00:09:41,059 Now, hurry! 92 00:09:51,070 --> 00:09:56,491 Who has made this? 93 00:10:02,790 --> 00:10:04,457 It's done. They're in. 94 00:10:29,859 --> 00:10:33,111 Okay, come on. We gotta get off the streets. 95 00:10:33,279 --> 00:10:34,821 This way. Up here to the left. 96 00:11:05,353 --> 00:11:08,688 - These fucks hit us, we can't hit them back? - Mosaddegh, we did it to them first. 97 00:11:06,589 --> 00:11:11,855 STATE DEPARTMENT - 7TH FLOOR 98 00:11:08,856 --> 00:11:12,275 You think the Soviets would put up with this shit? They'd invade. 99 00:11:12,443 --> 00:11:15,028 We helped the guy torture and de-ball an entire population. 100 00:11:15,196 --> 00:11:17,405 - How many were there? - At least 50. We're not sure. 101 00:11:17,573 --> 00:11:19,616 - Schafer! - You still haven't found Schafer? 102 00:11:19,784 --> 00:11:21,660 No, I was screaming his name because I was fucking him. 103 00:11:22,161 --> 00:11:26,956 CANADIAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE, TEHRAN 104 00:11:24,205 --> 00:11:25,205 Come in. 105 00:11:25,373 --> 00:11:27,040 It's confirmed, sir. Six escaped. 106 00:11:27,208 --> 00:11:29,376 - I was told five. - No, sir, apparently it's six. 107 00:11:29,543 --> 00:11:32,879 - What happened? - Not clear. We know they escaped. 108 00:11:29,780 --> 00:11:33,646 SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE 109 00:11:33,047 --> 00:11:35,215 - Where are they? - The Canadian ambassador's house. 110 00:11:35,383 --> 00:11:39,094 - Do they stay put? Are we attempting rescue? - Hold for the Secretary of State. 111 00:11:39,261 --> 00:11:41,054 Yes. Is White House joining? 112 00:11:41,222 --> 00:11:42,806 They claim the embassy was a den of espionage. 113 00:11:42,973 --> 00:11:44,432 - We wish it was. - A fuckin' den of espionage. 114 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:48,536 WHITE HOUSE, CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE 115 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,169 Cl's got three people over there, they don't see a revolution coming? 116 00:11:47,237 --> 00:11:50,271 - Call it something other than intelligence. - Hold for the chief of staff. 117 00:11:50,439 --> 00:11:52,065 - Hodding. - I'll call him back. 118 00:11:52,233 --> 00:11:54,359 They're sticking. No release till we expel the shah. 119 00:11:54,527 --> 00:11:57,570 - Put him on a plane, then. Fuck him. - He's half-dead and he's in chemo. 120 00:11:57,738 --> 00:11:59,155 We took him in. He's ours now. 121 00:11:59,323 --> 00:12:01,783 Great, so we'll take in any prick as long as he's got cancer? 122 00:12:01,951 --> 00:12:03,493 No, just the pricks on our side. 123 00:12:03,661 --> 00:12:07,205 So all our other pricks on their prick thrones know when they get thrown out on a rail... 124 00:12:07,373 --> 00:12:10,542 they won't get their fucking spleens taken out by some camel vet in Sinai. 125 00:12:10,710 --> 00:12:13,211 What about the six who are with the Canadians? 126 00:12:13,629 --> 00:12:16,256 We've got 60 in the embassy with guns to their heads right now. 127 00:12:16,424 --> 00:12:19,217 The whole world is watching the embassy. They're safer than the six on the street. 128 00:12:19,385 --> 00:12:21,553 Banisadr's saying it'll be over in 24 hours. 129 00:12:25,141 --> 00:12:27,642 We leave the six where they are. I'll go brief the president. 130 00:12:30,938 --> 00:12:32,063 All right, let's get to it. 131 00:12:32,231 --> 00:12:35,734 So far official comments about the incident have been a model of restraint. 132 00:12:44,535 --> 00:12:48,872 69 DAYS LATER 133 00:13:01,552 --> 00:13:04,429 Iran's Revolutionary Guard has rounded up a gang of terrorists... 134 00:13:04,597 --> 00:13:09,100 blamed for one murder of a half-dozen followers of Ayatollah Khomeini. 135 00:13:09,268 --> 00:13:13,021 It says security at Khomeini's home now has been tightened. 136 00:13:13,189 --> 00:13:17,859 This, by the way, is the 69th day that the American hostages have been held in Tehran. 137 00:13:18,027 --> 00:13:20,069 There is no change reported in the hostage situation. 138 00:13:21,697 --> 00:13:25,033 In this country, George Meany died last night. He was 85 years old. 139 00:13:27,077 --> 00:13:28,495 Yeah. 140 00:13:29,705 --> 00:13:31,164 Yes. 141 00:13:33,626 --> 00:13:34,626 What? 142 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,795 WALLACE To begin with, of course... 143 00:13:36,962 --> 00:13:40,632 we wanted to learn about the hostages held in the American embassy compound. 144 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,177 They may not understand what their ordeal means to their countrymen. 145 00:13:44,345 --> 00:13:46,638 But this nation, their nation, is outraged. 146 00:13:47,348 --> 00:13:52,268 And we cannot really know what it is like inside the prison that was once our embassy. 147 00:13:47,467 --> 00:13:50,266 C.I.A. HEADQUARTERS, VIRGINIA 148 00:13:52,686 --> 00:13:56,898 Actions of Iran have shocked the civilized world. 149 00:13:57,399 --> 00:13:59,859 Our embassy has been seized... 150 00:14:00,027 --> 00:14:05,031 and more than 60 American citizens continue to be held as hostages. 151 00:14:05,199 --> 00:14:09,202 The situation in Iran this morning is unchanged in regard to the hostages. 152 00:14:09,370 --> 00:14:12,580 NBC's situation in Iran has changed, however. 153 00:14:16,418 --> 00:14:19,337 - Is he back there? - Office. 154 00:14:23,717 --> 00:14:25,260 What happened? 155 00:14:25,636 --> 00:14:28,221 The six of them went out a back exit. 156 00:14:28,389 --> 00:14:30,890 Brits turned them away, Kiwis turned them away. 157 00:14:31,058 --> 00:14:32,767 Canadians took them in. 158 00:14:32,935 --> 00:14:34,978 Traffic calls them "The Houseguests." 159 00:14:35,145 --> 00:14:38,273 They haven't left the Canadian ambassador's house since it happened. 160 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,650 - Why didn't we get them 10 weeks ago? - Too dangerous. 161 00:14:40,818 --> 00:14:44,279 You got Revolutionary Guards going door-to-door like Jehovah's Witnesses. 162 00:14:44,446 --> 00:14:47,740 Half of them think that Khomeini's been too lenient on the ones in the embassy. 163 00:14:47,908 --> 00:14:49,367 What about the White House? 164 00:14:49,535 --> 00:14:52,161 Carter's shitting enough bricks to build the pyramids. 165 00:14:52,329 --> 00:14:53,371 The Canadians are done. 166 00:14:53,539 --> 00:14:57,208 They say they're bearing too much risk. Their foreign secretary corners Vance in Brussels. .. 167 00:14:57,376 --> 00:14:59,919 and told him she wants the six of them out. 168 00:15:00,087 --> 00:15:02,630 - Who else knows? - Just the families. 169 00:15:02,798 --> 00:15:05,508 Meanwhile, some genius in our embassy was keeping a mug book. .. 170 00:15:05,676 --> 00:15:08,553 - ... on everybody who worked there. - Jesus Christ. 171 00:15:08,721 --> 00:15:10,889 We think it got shredded before they got in. 172 00:15:11,056 --> 00:15:15,101 But now the bastards are using sweatshop kids to reassemble the shreds. 173 00:15:15,269 --> 00:15:18,980 And once they reassemble that book they'll know six Americans got out. 174 00:15:19,148 --> 00:15:20,732 And they'll know what they look like. 175 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:23,276 Standing room only for beheadings in the square. 176 00:15:23,444 --> 00:15:27,030 - Who's handling? - State is coordinating in-house. 177 00:15:27,865 --> 00:15:29,324 State? 178 00:15:29,909 --> 00:15:31,784 - They don't do exfils. - They do now. 179 00:15:31,952 --> 00:15:34,412 They want to run it by us, strictly as consultants. 180 00:15:34,580 --> 00:15:36,623 Engell says it's a lose-lose. 181 00:15:36,790 --> 00:15:40,501 These people die, they die badly. Publicly. 182 00:15:40,669 --> 00:15:42,670 State wants the blame, we'll give it to them. 183 00:15:43,631 --> 00:15:45,465 What does he want me here for? 184 00:15:45,633 --> 00:15:48,426 So he can tell State he ran it by his best exfil guy. 185 00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:56,434 Okay. 186 00:15:56,644 --> 00:15:59,354 This is Bob Pender from State O.S. 187 00:15:59,521 --> 00:16:01,397 He's been talking to Morgan at ExtAff. 188 00:16:01,565 --> 00:16:03,942 - Bob? - Thank you. 189 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:05,777 All right. 190 00:16:06,111 --> 00:16:07,820 Mark and Cora Lijek. 191 00:16:07,988 --> 00:16:11,407 Twenty-nine and 25. He's a consular officer, she's an assistant. 192 00:16:11,742 --> 00:16:14,994 Newlyweds. They only just got there a couple months ago. 193 00:16:15,746 --> 00:16:19,290 No language skills or in-country knowledge. 194 00:16:19,458 --> 00:16:22,835 Henry Lee Schatz. Agricultural attaché from Idaho. 195 00:16:23,003 --> 00:16:24,796 A bit of an oddball, apparently. 196 00:16:24,964 --> 00:16:28,174 He was there to sell U.S. tractors to Iranian agro. 197 00:16:28,634 --> 00:16:30,927 Joe Stafford. Late 20s. 198 00:16:31,095 --> 00:16:32,971 He's smart and a climber. 199 00:16:33,138 --> 00:16:34,222 Speaks Farsi. 200 00:16:34,390 --> 00:16:37,225 He arranged the hire of his wife, Kathy. 201 00:16:37,393 --> 00:16:40,687 Embassy was understaffed, so the faculty wives were the typing pool. 202 00:16:40,854 --> 00:16:43,398 And Bob Anders. Senior consular officer... 203 00:16:43,565 --> 00:16:46,150 oldest of the group and most likely to be group leader. 204 00:16:46,318 --> 00:16:49,195 They're in hiding at the Canadian ambassador's residence. 205 00:16:49,363 --> 00:16:53,157 Fortunately, we do not believe the Iranians are aware the six have escaped. 206 00:16:53,325 --> 00:16:57,412 So, what we like for this are bicycles. 207 00:16:58,205 --> 00:17:01,207 We've identified back roads from the Shemiran district. 208 00:17:01,375 --> 00:17:03,710 A couple of rat lines through the mountains.. . 209 00:17:03,877 --> 00:17:05,169 to the crossing near Tabriz. 210 00:17:05,337 --> 00:17:08,214 Cars are off the table because of the roadblocks. 211 00:17:08,382 --> 00:17:09,924 We wait till the weather clears up.. . 212 00:17:10,092 --> 00:17:13,469 then deliver the six bikes, provide them with maps to the Turkish border. 213 00:17:13,637 --> 00:17:16,264 We have intelligence they can ride bicycles. 214 00:17:16,432 --> 00:17:19,392 Or we're prepared to send in somebody to teach them. 215 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:30,403 Or you could just send in training wheels and meet them at the border with Gatorade. 216 00:17:30,571 --> 00:17:32,030 Tony. 217 00:17:32,197 --> 00:17:34,198 It's 300 miles to the Turkish border. 218 00:17:34,366 --> 00:17:36,784 They'd need a support team following them with a tire pump. 219 00:17:36,952 --> 00:17:39,328 We were just asked to sharpshoot this. 220 00:17:39,496 --> 00:17:40,872 State is handling the op. 221 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,290 I'm sorry, who is this? 222 00:17:42,708 --> 00:17:46,878 Tony's an exfil spesh. He got a lot of the shah's people out after the fall. 223 00:17:47,046 --> 00:17:49,630 Sir, if these people can read or add.. . 224 00:17:49,798 --> 00:17:52,842 pretty soon they're gonna figure out they're six short of a full deck. 225 00:17:53,010 --> 00:17:57,013 It's winter. You can't afford to wait around till spring so it's nice enough to take a bike ride. 226 00:17:57,181 --> 00:18:00,767 The only way out of that city is the airport. Build new cover identities for them. .. 227 00:18:00,934 --> 00:18:03,895 you send in a Moses, he takes them out on a commercial flight. 228 00:18:04,063 --> 00:18:06,898 - We've explored those options. - They'll never get past airport control. 229 00:18:07,066 --> 00:18:09,609 - Komiteh own the place. - They could pose as reporters. 230 00:18:09,777 --> 00:18:11,819 - The government issued 70-something... - Seventy-four. 231 00:18:11,987 --> 00:18:13,571 visas for American journalists. 232 00:18:13,739 --> 00:18:15,740 The Revolutionary Guards keep them on 74 leashes. 233 00:18:15,908 --> 00:18:19,786 If they're caught with fake journalist creds, it's Peter Jennings' head in a noose in an hour. 234 00:18:19,953 --> 00:18:22,080 North American accents gives us limited options. 235 00:18:22,247 --> 00:18:24,248 So we get the Canadians to issue them passports. 236 00:18:24,416 --> 00:18:26,834 What about English teachers at the international school? 237 00:18:27,002 --> 00:18:29,670 It's a good idea, but that school's been closed for eight months. 238 00:18:29,838 --> 00:18:31,464 Okay, so how about the do-gooders? 239 00:18:32,925 --> 00:18:36,761 Six Canadians have been over there inspecting crops, making sure the kids get enough to eat. 240 00:18:36,929 --> 00:18:39,472 We give them creds, makes them look like Ag NGOs. 241 00:18:40,057 --> 00:18:42,767 It's a Feed the Kids thing. Okay? 242 00:18:42,935 --> 00:18:44,602 Those kids are black. 243 00:18:44,937 --> 00:18:46,479 Those are African kids. 244 00:18:46,647 --> 00:18:49,857 - We get ethnically appropriate kids. - Are there starving kids in Iran? 245 00:18:50,025 --> 00:18:52,693 I'm sure there's some skinny kids in Iran, so.. .. 246 00:18:52,861 --> 00:18:55,696 - What about missionaries? - A logo with seeds. Call it "Seeds of Hope." 247 00:18:55,864 --> 00:18:56,906 Hold on. 248 00:18:57,074 --> 00:19:00,618 Sir, do you have this newspaper in front of you? Would you mind taking a look at it? 249 00:19:02,579 --> 00:19:03,871 What's in this picture? 250 00:19:04,039 --> 00:19:06,290 - Tehran. - Right. What's on the ground? 251 00:19:08,710 --> 00:19:10,128 - Snow. - Right. 252 00:19:10,420 --> 00:19:13,548 So, what crops are the do-gooders inspecting under Frosty? 253 00:19:15,968 --> 00:19:19,303 Sir, exfils are like abortions. 254 00:19:19,471 --> 00:19:21,139 You don't wanna need one.. . 255 00:19:21,306 --> 00:19:24,142 but when you do, you don't do it yourself. 256 00:19:29,148 --> 00:19:30,731 You have a better plan? 257 00:19:31,733 --> 00:19:33,151 No, sir. 258 00:19:36,530 --> 00:19:39,282 Whatever the conflicting signals from Iran today... 259 00:19:39,449 --> 00:19:40,867 and for that matter, every day... 260 00:19:41,034 --> 00:19:44,078 about whether the hostages will or will not be tried as spies... 261 00:19:44,246 --> 00:19:47,957 the government of the United States has not deviated from its basic demand: 262 00:19:48,125 --> 00:19:50,251 The hostages must be freed. 263 00:19:50,419 --> 00:19:53,254 —claims to defend human rights, it not only does not defend them.. . 264 00:19:53,422 --> 00:19:56,174 it violates them for all nations. 265 00:19:56,341 --> 00:19:58,176 We demand extradition... 266 00:19:57,577 --> 00:20:02,342 U.S. EMBASSY, TEHRAN 267 00:19:58,343 --> 00:20:02,722 of a man who, for more than 37 years, with the United States' support... 268 00:20:02,890 --> 00:20:06,475 has killed months-old babies in the arms of their mothers. 269 00:20:06,643 --> 00:20:10,354 He said if the Americans try military force to rescue the hostages... 270 00:20:10,522 --> 00:20:14,233 the students will kill them all and blow up the embassy. 271 00:20:14,943 --> 00:20:18,362 Americans were outraged at Iran and anyone Iranian. 272 00:20:18,530 --> 00:20:21,365 Before that decision was taken, there was a demonstration in Houston. 273 00:20:21,533 --> 00:20:23,284 An Iranian flag was burned... 274 00:20:23,452 --> 00:20:27,288 when anti-Iranian demonstrators gathered near the Iranian consulate. 275 00:20:27,456 --> 00:20:30,708 —also is what led to a decision to scrutinize the visas of Iranians... 276 00:20:30,876 --> 00:20:33,753 They knew exactly what was going to happen. They knew. 277 00:20:33,921 --> 00:20:36,422 But I don't understand what they should do now. 278 00:20:36,590 --> 00:20:39,175 Send him back, just to be tortured and killed? 279 00:20:39,343 --> 00:20:41,719 I don't think that justice is the worst thing. 280 00:20:41,887 --> 00:20:44,680 When did people first tell you that torture was going on in Iran? 281 00:20:44,848 --> 00:20:48,768 They would never come to me and say, "Well, sir, we have tortured this fellow." 282 00:20:48,936 --> 00:20:52,688 President Sadat of Egypt, he calls you, Imam— 283 00:20:52,856 --> 00:20:55,191 Forgive me, his words, not mine. 284 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:56,525 —a lunatic. 285 00:20:56,693 --> 00:20:59,695 Why didn't he have a choice? Why do you think he didn't have a choice? 286 00:20:59,863 --> 00:21:01,197 He would've been referred to as a barbarian. 287 00:21:01,365 --> 00:21:04,075 That's why they're saying that their current regime... 288 00:21:04,243 --> 00:21:05,701 The shah did more for women's rights— 289 00:21:05,869 --> 00:21:08,996 I think you'd better— Please, everyone, get into the crawlspace. 290 00:21:26,390 --> 00:21:29,392 At one point, the mob cornered one of the Iranians. 291 00:21:29,559 --> 00:21:32,979 When he tried to protect himself, this is what happened. 292 00:21:33,563 --> 00:21:34,939 Just hit him again! 293 00:21:35,107 --> 00:21:38,609 We're not gonna take it anymore! We're sick of it! 294 00:21:39,695 --> 00:21:41,028 America! 295 00:21:41,196 --> 00:21:46,826 Even in our little community here, I mean, people are drawn up tight, they're tense. 296 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:51,038 They shouldn't even let those students in that embassy there. 297 00:21:51,206 --> 00:21:54,417 Just shoot a couple of them, show them we mean business. 298 00:21:54,751 --> 00:21:57,753 Men who served in Vietnam for what they believed was right are angry. 299 00:21:57,921 --> 00:21:59,005 I'm mad as hell. 300 00:21:59,172 --> 00:22:03,926 I'm like the guy screaming on that movie program in Network, you know? I've had it. 301 00:22:04,094 --> 00:22:07,680 And if need be, I'll bear arms again. 302 00:22:07,848 --> 00:22:11,475 And that's the way it is Wednesday, January 16th, 1980. 303 00:22:11,643 --> 00:22:15,896 The 74th day of captivity for 50 Americans in Iran. 304 00:22:24,448 --> 00:22:26,407 - Hello? - Buddy man. 305 00:22:26,575 --> 00:22:28,034 I'll get Mom. 306 00:22:28,201 --> 00:22:29,702 I'm looking for you. 307 00:22:31,580 --> 00:22:33,164 Did you do your homework tonight? 308 00:22:33,332 --> 00:22:36,083 - Yeah, it was easy. - Excellent. What are we watching? 309 00:22:36,251 --> 00:22:38,336 Battle for the Planet of the Apes. 310 00:22:38,503 --> 00:22:39,837 Tell me, what channel is it on? 311 00:22:40,088 --> 00:22:41,255 Five. 312 00:22:45,302 --> 00:22:46,344 All right. 313 00:22:48,430 --> 00:22:51,515 - What'd you do at school today? - Nothing. I don't know. Nothing. 314 00:22:53,393 --> 00:22:55,936 Can't be nothing. Something must've happened. 315 00:22:56,104 --> 00:22:57,938 After school I got some baseball cards. 316 00:22:58,106 --> 00:22:59,523 - Mm-hm. - That was fun. 317 00:23:17,209 --> 00:23:19,001 Okay, you know those science-fiction movies? 318 00:23:19,169 --> 00:23:21,796 Star Trek, Star Wars. They need an exotic location to shoot. 319 00:23:21,963 --> 00:23:24,423 Moonscape, Mars, desert, you know. 320 00:23:24,591 --> 00:23:25,883 Now, imagine this: 321 00:23:27,135 --> 00:23:31,305 They're a Canadian film crew on a location scout for a science-fiction movie. 322 00:23:31,723 --> 00:23:32,973 We put it out there— 323 00:23:33,141 --> 00:23:34,934 The Canadian producers put it out there. 324 00:23:35,102 --> 00:23:36,727 —that we're looking at Egypt, Istanbul. 325 00:23:38,063 --> 00:23:42,400 Then we go to the consulate and say, "Hey, we wanna look at Iran too." 326 00:23:42,567 --> 00:23:47,113 I fly into Tehran, we all fly out together as a film crew. Done. 327 00:23:47,447 --> 00:23:50,491 Flamboyant cover identities should be avoided, as it increases operational visibility. 328 00:23:50,659 --> 00:23:53,702 This is more plausible than foreigners who wanna go be teachers in Iran. 329 00:23:53,870 --> 00:23:56,372 You wanna blend in with the population, you don't look like a rodeo clown. 330 00:23:56,540 --> 00:23:59,250 Just gonna wake up tomorrow morning and be in the movie business? 331 00:23:59,418 --> 00:24:01,252 We already have credentials for the teachers. 332 00:24:01,420 --> 00:24:03,212 - No, sir, we have a contact in L.A. - Chambers. 333 00:24:03,380 --> 00:24:05,506 John Chambers. He's a Hollywood prosthetics guy. 334 00:24:05,674 --> 00:24:09,635 He's got an Oscar, he did Planet of the Apes. Did a bunch of contract work for us in the past. 335 00:24:09,803 --> 00:24:13,431 I go see him, he sets us up. One, two days, make it look real. 336 00:24:28,697 --> 00:24:32,616 I went outside for 30 seconds. Could you give me a break? I can't breathe in this house. 337 00:24:32,784 --> 00:24:35,786 - I need some fresh air. I can't breathe. - Stay inside the fucking house. 338 00:24:35,954 --> 00:24:38,789 - Who saw me go outside? I'm just curious. - That's not the point, Bob. 339 00:24:38,957 --> 00:24:41,208 - It doesn't matter who saw you go out. - Did you see me? 340 00:24:41,376 --> 00:24:43,711 - No. - I did, okay? I saw you. 341 00:24:43,879 --> 00:24:46,881 Bob, it only takes one second for them to spot you. 342 00:24:52,179 --> 00:24:53,888 Some Americans are missing. 343 00:24:54,055 --> 00:24:56,223 Look at the repaired list of embassy employees. 344 00:24:57,726 --> 00:24:59,310 The numbers don't match. 345 00:24:59,478 --> 00:25:02,396 Finish assembling the pictures from the embassy. 346 00:25:02,564 --> 00:25:05,107 All I need is their faces and I will find them. 347 00:25:05,275 --> 00:25:07,026 Yes, sir, it will be done. 348 00:25:19,289 --> 00:25:20,748 We want you to go to L.A. 349 00:25:20,916 --> 00:25:24,376 If you can make the movie thing credible, we'll take you to the director. 350 00:25:25,212 --> 00:25:26,253 Don't fuck up. 351 00:25:26,838 --> 00:25:28,881 The whole country is watching you. 352 00:25:29,424 --> 00:25:31,133 They just don't know it. 353 00:25:38,475 --> 00:25:39,558 My creation. 354 00:25:41,061 --> 00:25:42,728 My creation. 355 00:25:48,985 --> 00:25:50,069 What the fuck, Brian? 356 00:25:50,237 --> 00:25:51,445 - Cut. - We're cutting. 357 00:25:51,613 --> 00:25:53,822 - What an idiot. - It really hurt. 358 00:25:53,990 --> 00:25:55,199 I'm sorry. 359 00:25:55,367 --> 00:25:58,327 Chambers. John Chambers, makeup! 360 00:25:59,621 --> 00:26:04,291 BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 19, 1980 361 00:26:10,131 --> 00:26:14,051 He says the Minotaur prosthetic is too tight, so he can't act. 362 00:26:14,344 --> 00:26:16,971 If he could act, he wouldn't be playing the Minotaur. 363 00:26:23,144 --> 00:26:24,562 Mr. Chambers? 364 00:26:25,272 --> 00:26:26,647 Kevin Harkins. 365 00:26:28,483 --> 00:26:29,942 Hey, Tony. 366 00:26:54,134 --> 00:26:55,259 Watch your head. 367 00:26:55,802 --> 00:26:57,344 What are you shooting? 368 00:26:57,679 --> 00:26:59,388 Monster movie. 369 00:27:00,390 --> 00:27:01,557 Yeah? Any good? 370 00:27:03,268 --> 00:27:05,019 Target audience will hate it. 371 00:27:05,186 --> 00:27:06,687 Who's the target audience? 372 00:27:06,896 --> 00:27:08,439 People with eyes. 373 00:27:11,109 --> 00:27:12,359 Talk to me. 374 00:27:14,321 --> 00:27:15,696 It's an exfil. 375 00:27:15,864 --> 00:27:17,031 From where? 376 00:27:18,199 --> 00:27:19,617 Worst place you can think of. 377 00:27:19,784 --> 00:27:21,160 Universal City. 378 00:27:27,959 --> 00:27:29,710 How are you gonna get into the embassy? 379 00:27:29,919 --> 00:27:33,213 They're not in the embassy. During the takeover, six people escaped. 380 00:27:33,423 --> 00:27:35,215 They're hiding out in Tehran. 381 00:27:35,634 --> 00:27:38,677 - And that's who I'm gonna go get. - What am I making? 382 00:27:39,679 --> 00:27:41,555 I need you to help me make a fake movie. 383 00:27:41,723 --> 00:27:44,224 Heh. You came to the right place. 384 00:27:44,392 --> 00:27:47,561 I wanna set up a production company and build a cover around making a movie. 385 00:27:47,729 --> 00:27:49,730 - That we're not gonna make. - No. 386 00:27:50,315 --> 00:27:52,650 So you wanna come to Hollywood and act like a big shot? 387 00:27:52,817 --> 00:27:54,777 - Without actually doing anything? - No. 388 00:27:54,944 --> 00:27:56,528 You'll fit right in. 389 00:28:02,702 --> 00:28:03,911 Let's see. 390 00:28:04,537 --> 00:28:07,956 Well, this one's got an M.A. in English. She should be your screenwriter. 391 00:28:08,124 --> 00:28:11,043 Sometimes they go along on scouts because they want the free meals. 392 00:28:11,211 --> 00:28:12,920 Here's your director. 393 00:28:13,088 --> 00:28:15,255 Can you teach somebody to be a director in a day? 394 00:28:15,465 --> 00:28:17,758 You can teach a rhesus monkey to be a director in a day. 395 00:28:18,551 --> 00:28:21,762 Look, if you're gonna do this, you gotta do it. 396 00:28:21,930 --> 00:28:24,223 The Kho-maniacs are Froot Loops, but they got cousins... 397 00:28:24,391 --> 00:28:26,600 who sell prayer rugs and eight-tracks on La Brea. 398 00:28:27,435 --> 00:28:30,729 You can't build cover stories around a movie that doesn't exist. 399 00:28:30,897 --> 00:28:33,065 You need a script. You need a producer. 400 00:28:33,233 --> 00:28:34,400 - Make me a producer. - No. 401 00:28:34,567 --> 00:28:37,903 You're an associate producer at best. 402 00:28:38,571 --> 00:28:41,615 If you're gonna do a $20 million Star Wars rip-off.. . 403 00:28:41,783 --> 00:28:45,619 you need somebody who's a somebody to put their name on it. 404 00:28:45,787 --> 00:28:47,705 Somebody respectable. 405 00:28:48,915 --> 00:28:50,124 With credits. 406 00:28:51,126 --> 00:28:53,794 Who you can trust with classified information. 407 00:28:54,796 --> 00:28:57,005 Who'll produce a fake movie. 408 00:28:57,632 --> 00:28:59,049 For free. 409 00:29:12,981 --> 00:29:16,150 Hi. I only got a couple of minutes. I'm getting a lifetime achievement award. 410 00:29:16,317 --> 00:29:17,901 - Mazel tov, Lester. - Ah. 411 00:29:18,069 --> 00:29:20,571 I'd rather stay home and count the wrinkles on my dog's balls. 412 00:29:21,573 --> 00:29:25,826 Okay, you got six people hiding out in a town of, what, 4 million people... 413 00:29:25,994 --> 00:29:29,663 all of whom chant "Death to America" all the livelong day. 414 00:29:29,831 --> 00:29:31,415 You want to set up a movie in a week. 415 00:29:31,583 --> 00:29:35,002 You want to lie to Hollywood, a town where everybody lies for a living. 416 00:29:35,170 --> 00:29:37,671 Then you're gonna sneak 007 over here. .. 417 00:29:37,839 --> 00:29:41,341 into a country that wants CIA blood on their breakfast cereal. .. 418 00:29:41,509 --> 00:29:45,012 and you're gonna walk the Brady Bunch out of the most watched city in the world. 419 00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:47,931 Past about a hundred militia at the airport. That's right. 420 00:29:49,476 --> 00:29:50,851 Right. 421 00:29:52,604 --> 00:29:54,354 Look, I gotta tell you. 422 00:29:54,522 --> 00:29:58,484 We did suicide missions in the Army that had better odds than this. 423 00:29:58,651 --> 00:30:00,110 Sir, the car is here. 424 00:30:07,744 --> 00:30:10,788 You ever think, Lester, how this is all for the cameras? 425 00:30:10,955 --> 00:30:13,999 Well, they're getting the ratings, I'll say that for— 426 00:30:25,887 --> 00:30:27,805 We're gonna need a script. 427 00:30:36,815 --> 00:30:38,899 Here, come on, come on, come on. 428 00:30:39,067 --> 00:30:40,234 - No, it's fine. - Stop. 429 00:30:46,157 --> 00:30:47,574 Okay. 430 00:30:57,752 --> 00:30:58,836 I love you. 431 00:31:08,638 --> 00:31:10,764 PAT Sahar, how are you doing? 432 00:31:11,766 --> 00:31:13,225 SAHAR Fine, thank you. 433 00:31:14,519 --> 00:31:16,687 Your friends from Canada, ma'am. 434 00:31:16,855 --> 00:31:20,524 All this time. They never go out. 435 00:31:33,788 --> 00:31:35,622 PAT Sahar knows. 436 00:31:39,252 --> 00:31:41,420 How about The Horses of Achilles? 437 00:31:41,588 --> 00:31:44,047 No good. Nobody does Westerns anymore. 438 00:31:44,215 --> 00:31:48,385 - It's ancient Troy. - If it's got horses in it, it's a Western. 439 00:31:48,553 --> 00:31:49,595 Hey, Kenny, please. 440 00:31:50,138 --> 00:31:52,139 Yeah, it's John Chambers, about the office space. 441 00:31:52,307 --> 00:31:54,766 It doesn't matter. It's a fake movie. 442 00:31:54,934 --> 00:31:58,437 If I'm doing a fake movie, it's gonna be a fake hit. 443 00:31:58,605 --> 00:32:02,232 The cardinal wants all cover options on his desk Friday morning. 444 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,652 Engell's prepping the bikes option, the teachers option. 445 00:32:05,820 --> 00:32:09,114 You have 72 hours to make yours better. 446 00:32:09,616 --> 00:32:10,824 Fine. 447 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:39,436 Hey, is A006 still on the open list? 448 00:32:40,063 --> 00:32:41,104 Yeah, I'll hold. 449 00:32:41,606 --> 00:32:45,609 "Fade in on a starship landing. An exotic, Middle Eastern vibe. 450 00:32:45,777 --> 00:32:49,529 Women gather, offering ecstatic libations to the sky gods. 451 00:32:50,114 --> 00:32:53,158 Argo. A science-fantasy adventure." 452 00:32:53,326 --> 00:32:56,536 - It's in turnaround. It's dog shit. - It's a space movie in the Middle East. 453 00:32:56,704 --> 00:32:58,330 - Does it matter? - Can we get the option? 454 00:32:59,457 --> 00:33:00,999 Why do we need the option? 455 00:33:01,167 --> 00:33:05,045 You're worried about the Ayatollah? Try the WGA. 456 00:33:06,881 --> 00:33:08,298 Just let me do the talking. 457 00:33:08,466 --> 00:33:11,718 I've known this guy for 25 years. He's full of shit and he comes on hard... 458 00:33:11,886 --> 00:33:13,553 but I can handle him. 459 00:33:16,140 --> 00:33:18,016 You want to go into production with this in one month? 460 00:33:18,184 --> 00:33:19,810 Up like a carny ride. 461 00:33:19,978 --> 00:33:21,019 One month, yeah. 462 00:33:21,187 --> 00:33:23,563 - Who are you again? - Kevin Harkins. Studio Six Films. 463 00:33:23,731 --> 00:33:25,107 He's the money. 464 00:33:25,274 --> 00:33:30,362 Look, what do you say 15 thou and let's close on this? 465 00:33:32,407 --> 00:33:34,074 You want me to be honest with you, Les? 466 00:33:34,242 --> 00:33:36,702 No. I would like you to bullshit me, Max. 467 00:33:36,869 --> 00:33:38,370 All right. 468 00:33:38,788 --> 00:33:41,248 I enjoyed your films. The early ones. 469 00:33:41,416 --> 00:33:45,544 I took this meeting out of respect, because I wanted to say no to your face. 470 00:33:46,796 --> 00:33:48,588 Thank you. Very respectful. 471 00:33:48,923 --> 00:33:50,257 You're finished, Lester. 472 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,676 Get your cataracts fixed, read the trades. 473 00:33:53,886 --> 00:33:56,430 MGM just capitalized for six new films. 474 00:33:56,597 --> 00:33:59,057 They're screaming for sci-fi. 475 00:33:59,308 --> 00:34:02,436 They're offering me four times what you guys are offering me. 476 00:34:03,938 --> 00:34:07,399 Well, what can I say? 477 00:34:07,608 --> 00:34:09,192 Congratulations. 478 00:34:09,694 --> 00:34:13,905 But, see, it kind of worries me, what you said, and let me tell you why. 479 00:34:15,074 --> 00:34:18,827 Couple of weeks ago, I was sitting at Trader Vic's, I was enjoying a Mai Tai... 480 00:34:18,995 --> 00:34:20,704 when my pal Warren Beatty comes in. 481 00:34:20,872 --> 00:34:22,956 He wishes me well, we had a little chat. 482 00:34:23,458 --> 00:34:26,418 Seems he was attached to star in Zulu Empire... 483 00:34:26,586 --> 00:34:28,795 which was gonna anchor that MGM slate. 484 00:34:28,963 --> 00:34:32,049 But Warren confided in me that the picture's gone over budget... 485 00:34:32,216 --> 00:34:35,135 because the Zulu extras wanna unionize. 486 00:34:35,303 --> 00:34:37,888 They may be cannibals, but they want health and dental.. . 487 00:34:38,056 --> 00:34:39,347 so the movie's kaput. 488 00:34:39,515 --> 00:34:42,726 Which means that the MGM deal ain't gonna happen... 489 00:34:42,894 --> 00:34:45,729 and your script ain't worth the buffalo shit on a nickel. 490 00:34:46,397 --> 00:34:48,148 So the way it looks to me— 491 00:34:48,357 --> 00:34:50,150 Through the cataracts, I grant you. 492 00:34:50,359 --> 00:34:52,110 —is that you can either sign here... 493 00:34:52,278 --> 00:34:55,280 and take $10,000 for your toilet paper script.. . 494 00:34:55,448 --> 00:34:57,657 or you can go fuck yourself. 495 00:34:58,493 --> 00:35:00,577 With all due respect. 496 00:35:06,876 --> 00:35:08,418 You really know Warren Beatty? 497 00:35:08,586 --> 00:35:12,339 Yes, I do. I took a leak next to him once at the Golden Globes. 498 00:35:13,007 --> 00:35:14,299 Taco? 499 00:35:32,652 --> 00:35:33,819 Got any kids, Lester? 500 00:35:35,154 --> 00:35:37,030 Yeah. I have two daughters. 501 00:35:38,449 --> 00:35:39,699 You see them much? 502 00:35:40,326 --> 00:35:41,785 I talk to them once a year. 503 00:35:42,870 --> 00:35:44,913 - Maybe. - Why is that? 504 00:35:48,417 --> 00:35:50,418 I was a terrible father. 505 00:35:52,213 --> 00:35:55,507 The bullshit business, it's like coal mining. 506 00:35:55,675 --> 00:35:58,969 You come home to your wife and kids, you can't wash it off. 507 00:36:01,139 --> 00:36:02,222 You? 508 00:36:03,558 --> 00:36:05,058 Yeah, I got a son. 509 00:36:06,310 --> 00:36:08,436 He lives in Virginia with his mother. 510 00:36:12,150 --> 00:36:14,025 You're divorced? 511 00:36:14,235 --> 00:36:16,027 Taking time off. 512 00:36:18,156 --> 00:36:20,240 He needs to be, you know. .. 513 00:36:20,408 --> 00:36:21,449 where he is. 514 00:36:23,911 --> 00:36:25,912 Kids need the mother. 515 00:36:34,547 --> 00:36:37,299 They caught the shah's chief of security trying to get on a plane to Paris. 516 00:36:40,261 --> 00:36:41,428 Listen. 517 00:36:41,596 --> 00:36:44,973 Since the incident, the number of guards at the airport has doubled. 518 00:36:45,141 --> 00:36:48,059 Thorough background examinations should be expected. 519 00:36:48,227 --> 00:36:51,438 The movie cover isn't strong enough yet. I need another week, Jack. 520 00:36:51,898 --> 00:36:53,732 You don't have it. 521 00:36:55,735 --> 00:36:56,776 We got an office. 522 00:36:57,778 --> 00:36:59,863 We got business cards. 523 00:37:00,031 --> 00:37:01,865 We got a poster. 524 00:37:02,783 --> 00:37:06,077 If I'm the Revolutionary Guard, that's nothing we couldn't have made at home. 525 00:37:06,287 --> 00:37:08,205 Six people's lives depend on this. 526 00:37:09,624 --> 00:37:13,627 It's not enough. If we're gonna fool these people, it has to be big. 527 00:37:13,794 --> 00:37:16,796 And it has to have something that says it's authentic. 528 00:37:17,757 --> 00:37:20,967 I did a movie with Rock Hudson one time. 529 00:37:21,928 --> 00:37:24,262 If you wanna sell a lie... . 530 00:37:25,306 --> 00:37:27,807 You get the press to sell it for you. 531 00:37:28,768 --> 00:37:32,520 No, no, no. Press event and then they're gonna read through the script. 532 00:37:32,688 --> 00:37:36,650 Well, they got a bunch of actors, they're gonna read from beginning to end. 533 00:37:36,817 --> 00:37:38,652 They have costumes and everything. 534 00:37:38,819 --> 00:37:42,572 No, no, no, I can't. Variety has an exclusive on that. 535 00:37:42,740 --> 00:37:45,909 Is there any way to make this more Middle Eastern? 536 00:37:46,577 --> 00:37:48,161 Mesopotamia? Egypt? 537 00:37:48,329 --> 00:37:49,412 Iran. 538 00:37:49,580 --> 00:37:53,166 Look, I can get you in, but you're gonna have to promise me at least half a page. 539 00:37:53,334 --> 00:37:56,461 No, no, this thing's an event. It's gonna be a spectacle. 540 00:38:58,399 --> 00:39:02,152 - Lester? - Nina. You look fabulous. 541 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:03,403 You're doing the reading? 542 00:39:03,612 --> 00:39:05,739 I'm playing Serksi, the Galactic Witch. 543 00:39:05,906 --> 00:39:07,866 Great. I'll call you. 544 00:39:09,327 --> 00:39:11,911 Keep that fucking space witch away from me. 545 00:39:12,121 --> 00:39:14,414 - You know her? - I was married to her. 546 00:39:14,623 --> 00:39:16,249 Oh, my God, Iraq is amazing. 547 00:39:16,417 --> 00:39:17,542 Oh, we're shooting in Iran. 548 00:39:17,710 --> 00:39:19,127 Iran with an N? 549 00:39:19,295 --> 00:39:20,879 Yeah. We're very excited. 550 00:39:21,047 --> 00:39:22,339 You ever watch the news? 551 00:39:22,506 --> 00:39:24,257 What does the title refer to? 552 00:39:25,009 --> 00:39:27,594 The Argo. You know, it's the thing. 553 00:39:27,762 --> 00:39:29,512 Like Jason and the Golden Fleece, or what? 554 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,598 No, no. It's the ship. It's the spaceship. 555 00:39:31,766 --> 00:39:36,603 It goes everywhere. It goes all throughout space. 556 00:39:37,229 --> 00:39:38,396 So it's the Argonaut. 557 00:39:39,023 --> 00:39:40,065 No. 558 00:39:40,232 --> 00:39:42,359 - What does "Argo" mean? - I don't know. 559 00:39:42,526 --> 00:39:43,610 You don't know? 560 00:39:43,778 --> 00:39:46,237 It means "Argo fuck yourself." 561 00:39:48,366 --> 00:39:51,076 Excuse me. May I have your attention, ladies and gentlemen? 562 00:39:51,243 --> 00:39:55,789 If our artists could settle in. We're just about ready to begin the reading. 563 00:39:55,956 --> 00:39:59,709 Argo, by Mary Ann Boyd. 564 00:39:59,877 --> 00:40:02,087 "Fade in on starship landing. 565 00:40:02,254 --> 00:40:03,797 Exterior, bazaar. 566 00:40:03,964 --> 00:40:06,800 An exotic, Middle Eastern vibe." 567 00:40:14,475 --> 00:40:17,644 The people working here are not diplomats. 568 00:40:17,812 --> 00:40:20,271 In fact, as Imam Khomeini said... 569 00:40:20,439 --> 00:40:24,317 we have found no evidence that proves that these people are diplomats. 570 00:40:24,485 --> 00:40:28,988 All evidence proves that these people are spies. 571 00:40:29,156 --> 00:40:32,826 In the name of God, the beneficent, the merciful... 572 00:40:32,993 --> 00:40:35,620 our message to the awakened peoples of the world: 573 00:40:35,788 --> 00:40:38,498 At this time we want to expose the hateful acts. ... 574 00:40:38,666 --> 00:40:40,834 Our world has changed. 575 00:40:41,293 --> 00:40:44,254 The fire of hope stopped burning in this galaxy long ago. 576 00:40:44,755 --> 00:40:46,506 The ship is turning around. 577 00:40:46,715 --> 00:40:48,174 Fire the thrusters! 578 00:40:48,342 --> 00:40:50,760 He says a gravitational field that strong will kill anyone. 579 00:40:50,928 --> 00:40:53,304 —were completely unjustified. 580 00:40:53,472 --> 00:40:55,140 They and all others must know... 581 00:40:55,975 --> 00:40:58,852 that the United States of America will not yield... 582 00:40:59,019 --> 00:41:01,729 to international terrorism or to blackmail. 583 00:41:01,897 --> 00:41:05,608 Sir! We'll be crushed! There's not enough time! 584 00:41:05,776 --> 00:41:08,862 —are controlled by capitalists and large oil companies. 585 00:41:09,029 --> 00:41:12,532 The United States government considers revolutionaries as terrorists.. . 586 00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:17,537 but itself and its CIA are the most terrorizing organization of all time. 587 00:41:17,746 --> 00:41:20,498 "The story was told, but there are infinitely more. 588 00:41:20,666 --> 00:41:23,543 Three setting suns. The princess's robes fall from her body." 589 00:41:23,711 --> 00:41:26,546 If we find his ship we will find our chance. 590 00:41:27,548 --> 00:41:31,342 Aboard the Argo lies my hope, my hero, my husband. 591 00:41:31,510 --> 00:41:34,888 We will begin the trials and carry out the sentences. 592 00:41:35,055 --> 00:41:39,088 You wonder where and how this seemingly endless parade of hatred will end. 593 00:41:38,959 --> 00:41:42,925 EMBASSY BASEMENT - JANUARY 23, 1980 594 00:41:39,122 --> 00:41:43,688 What do they want? They say the question should be not "what?" but "who?" 595 00:41:43,856 --> 00:41:46,524 The answer to that is clear. They want their former shah. 596 00:41:46,692 --> 00:41:49,903 —Carter and his administration shameful to talk about human rights. 597 00:41:50,070 --> 00:41:54,324 Carter and his government have given asylum to the worst criminal of all. 598 00:41:54,492 --> 00:41:55,533 For life? 599 00:41:55,701 --> 00:41:59,078 They will remain until the shah is returned. 600 00:41:59,371 --> 00:42:02,874 But if the exiled shah, now in a New York City hospital... 601 00:42:03,042 --> 00:42:06,211 leaves the United States for any place other than Iran... 602 00:42:06,378 --> 00:42:08,588 harsher decisions will be taken against the hostages. 603 00:42:14,887 --> 00:42:17,514 "We cut outside to the Shidoori Dome... 604 00:42:17,681 --> 00:42:19,516 holding on a single red flower... 605 00:42:19,683 --> 00:42:23,102 as it grows from the ruins of a starship in the desert. 606 00:42:23,270 --> 00:42:26,898 Fade to black." The end. 607 00:42:32,238 --> 00:42:34,906 There is it. What'd I tell you? 608 00:42:35,282 --> 00:42:37,033 First shot of the picture. 609 00:42:41,330 --> 00:42:42,622 Argo fuck yourself. 610 00:42:43,207 --> 00:42:45,208 Argo fuck yourself. 611 00:43:07,982 --> 00:43:10,608 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 25, 1980 612 00:43:22,162 --> 00:43:26,749 Brace yourself. It's like talking to those two old fucks on The Muppets. 613 00:43:30,296 --> 00:43:31,504 Aliens and robots? 614 00:43:32,881 --> 00:43:34,424 Yes, sir. 615 00:43:34,967 --> 00:43:38,303 You're telling me that there is a movie company in Hollywood right now... 616 00:43:38,470 --> 00:43:40,263 that is funded by the CIA? 617 00:43:40,889 --> 00:43:42,056 Yes, sir. 618 00:43:43,392 --> 00:43:46,978 - What's wrong with the bikes again? - We tried to get the message upstairs, sir. 619 00:43:47,146 --> 00:43:49,772 You think this is more plausible than teachers? 620 00:43:49,940 --> 00:43:53,318 Yes, we do. One, there are no more foreign teachers in Iran. 621 00:43:53,485 --> 00:43:55,695 And we think everybody knows Hollywood people. 622 00:43:55,904 --> 00:44:00,408 Everybody knows they'd shoot in Stalingrad with Pol Pot directing if it would sell tickets. 623 00:44:00,618 --> 00:44:02,869 There are only bad options. 624 00:44:03,037 --> 00:44:04,537 It's about finding the best one. 625 00:44:05,539 --> 00:44:07,540 You don't have a better bad idea than this? 626 00:44:07,708 --> 00:44:10,460 This is the best bad idea we have, sir. 627 00:44:10,628 --> 00:44:11,669 By far. 628 00:44:19,970 --> 00:44:23,973 The United States government has just sanctioned your science-fiction movie. 629 00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:26,142 Thank you, sir. 630 00:45:02,596 --> 00:45:07,517 I'm required to remind you that if you are detained, the agency will not claim you. 631 00:45:09,186 --> 00:45:10,353 Barely claim me as it is. 632 00:45:12,564 --> 00:45:14,273 Your "in case of's" good? 633 00:45:15,359 --> 00:45:16,859 It's just Christine. 634 00:45:19,738 --> 00:45:21,739 I should've brought some books to read in prison. 635 00:45:21,907 --> 00:45:22,949 No. 636 00:45:23,617 --> 00:45:25,618 They'll kill you long before prison. 637 00:45:27,621 --> 00:45:28,788 - Thanks for the ride. - Yeah. 638 00:45:39,091 --> 00:45:40,133 Studio Six. 639 00:45:40,300 --> 00:45:43,553 We got a green light. Keep the office running until you hear otherwise. 640 00:45:44,054 --> 00:45:47,014 Argo fuck yourself. 641 00:46:05,701 --> 00:46:07,493 Your attention, please. 642 00:46:07,661 --> 00:46:11,164 This is the final boarding call for British Airways Flight 87. 643 00:46:43,530 --> 00:46:45,198 "We are a nation of 35 million. 644 00:46:46,575 --> 00:46:50,369 And many of these people are looking forward to martyrdom." 645 00:46:53,540 --> 00:46:55,875 - Hey. - Hey. 646 00:46:56,585 --> 00:46:57,960 Come to bed. 647 00:46:58,962 --> 00:47:00,129 In five minutes. 648 00:47:11,975 --> 00:47:14,352 You know, she pleaded with me. 649 00:47:15,020 --> 00:47:18,356 When it started in the streets nine months ago... 650 00:47:19,399 --> 00:47:21,901 she begged for us to leave. 651 00:47:22,986 --> 00:47:25,905 She packed our bags, and I said: 652 00:47:26,073 --> 00:47:29,242 "You know what? You know, just a little bit longer." 653 00:47:31,578 --> 00:47:33,663 And all I was thinking was: 654 00:47:35,833 --> 00:47:37,375 "Stay. 655 00:47:38,377 --> 00:47:40,169 This is good for me. 656 00:47:41,296 --> 00:47:42,755 Stay. 657 00:47:45,801 --> 00:47:47,426 Show Newsom you got the balls." 658 00:47:53,267 --> 00:47:56,102 I can't believe I put Kathy in this position. 659 00:48:04,653 --> 00:48:07,029 I think we're gonna die here. 660 00:48:34,016 --> 00:48:38,102 ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 27, 1980 661 00:48:56,538 --> 00:49:00,958 "Iran is 100 percent not in a prerevolutionary state." 662 00:49:01,126 --> 00:49:04,170 CIA brief, November 1st, 1979. 663 00:49:04,338 --> 00:49:06,339 Can't be right all the time. 664 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:08,007 Kevin. 665 00:49:08,508 --> 00:49:09,717 When'd you get back? 666 00:49:10,928 --> 00:49:13,137 The shah escaped in a 747... 667 00:49:13,347 --> 00:49:16,682 so laden with gold bars, it nearly didn't make it off the runway. 668 00:49:16,850 --> 00:49:17,892 But you kept busy. 669 00:49:18,060 --> 00:49:23,105 Ferrying out the torture apparatus of our friend's fallen dictatorship. 670 00:49:23,565 --> 00:49:25,066 It's getting worse. 671 00:49:25,233 --> 00:49:28,194 Everyone who lands at Mehrabad now fills in one of these. 672 00:49:29,363 --> 00:49:33,240 That slip makes a copy to the one underneath. Passenger keeps yellow, airport keeps white. 673 00:49:33,408 --> 00:49:34,951 When you leave, they match them up. .. 674 00:49:35,118 --> 00:49:37,495 to verify you came into the country when you say you did. 675 00:49:37,663 --> 00:49:41,624 So if they look, they'll see I didn't come into the country with six people. 676 00:49:42,376 --> 00:49:44,126 If they look. 677 00:49:46,171 --> 00:49:51,175 When you land, you should go straight to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance... 678 00:49:51,385 --> 00:49:52,802 to kiss the ring. 679 00:49:52,970 --> 00:49:56,180 Get on record as having applied for a film permit. 680 00:49:56,515 --> 00:50:00,101 If they catch you later, at least they'll be confused while they're torturing you. 681 00:50:04,064 --> 00:50:08,025 IRANIAN CONSULATE - TURKEY 682 00:50:17,828 --> 00:50:19,954 What will be the purpose of your visit to Iran? 683 00:50:20,330 --> 00:50:23,457 Uh, film production. Business. 684 00:50:25,836 --> 00:50:28,629 Why didn't you get your visa in Canada? 685 00:50:30,007 --> 00:50:33,843 I would've loved to, except my boss didn't send a telex till I got here. 686 00:50:34,511 --> 00:50:38,097 Guy had an intelligent thought in his head, it would die of loneliness. 687 00:50:59,077 --> 00:51:01,787 The Times and AP found out six escaped. 688 00:51:01,955 --> 00:51:05,291 They know who they are and they know they're hiding out with the Canadians. 689 00:51:05,459 --> 00:51:07,251 Somebody with one of the families talked. 690 00:51:07,461 --> 00:51:08,794 Mother of God. 691 00:51:08,962 --> 00:51:11,756 Yeah, I just put Vance on a plane to take the editors to Le Cirque. 692 00:51:11,923 --> 00:51:14,383 He thinks he can get them to sit on it, for now. 693 00:51:15,385 --> 00:51:17,344 Your guy better get them... 694 00:51:18,013 --> 00:51:19,889 and get the hell out. 695 00:51:20,682 --> 00:51:23,642 The captain has informed us that we have entered Iranian airspace. 696 00:51:23,810 --> 00:51:28,314 We'll be coming through to collect any remaining alcoholic beverages. 697 00:54:06,514 --> 00:54:08,182 This film crew is just yourself? 698 00:54:08,725 --> 00:54:11,685 No, we have six more from Canada meeting us today. 699 00:54:11,853 --> 00:54:13,687 You like to film at the bazaar? 700 00:54:14,189 --> 00:54:16,023 The bazaar, maybe the palace. 701 00:54:16,858 --> 00:54:18,484 Landmark sites. 702 00:54:18,693 --> 00:54:20,277 I see. 703 00:54:21,071 --> 00:54:22,947 The exotic Orient. 704 00:54:23,365 --> 00:54:26,742 Snake charmers, flying carpets. 705 00:54:27,661 --> 00:54:30,537 You came to us at a complicated time. 706 00:54:30,705 --> 00:54:34,708 Before the revolution, 40 percent of the movie theaters in Tehran were showing pornography. 707 00:54:35,877 --> 00:54:37,127 I understand. 708 00:54:37,295 --> 00:54:40,464 The function of this office is purification.. . 709 00:54:40,674 --> 00:54:43,926 as well as promotion for the arts. 710 00:54:45,220 --> 00:54:47,805 I'll review this for the minister. 711 00:54:48,556 --> 00:54:49,974 Okay. Thank you. 712 00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:01,193 Lester, you're working late. 713 00:55:01,361 --> 00:55:03,279 Till the dawn's early light. 714 00:55:03,446 --> 00:55:07,324 You got stamina, Lester. I wanna be you. 715 00:55:07,534 --> 00:55:10,369 Well, I'm 150 years old, so you wouldn't be me for long. 716 00:55:20,297 --> 00:55:22,464 - Mr. Ambassador. - Ken Taylor. 717 00:55:22,632 --> 00:55:24,133 Thank you for what you're doing. 718 00:55:24,926 --> 00:55:27,761 I was expecting more of a G-man look. 719 00:55:28,847 --> 00:55:30,848 I think you're thinking of the FBI, sir. 720 00:55:31,641 --> 00:55:33,976 Ah. This way. 721 00:55:46,114 --> 00:55:49,825 - These are blank, you know. Stamps.. .. - Yeah, I'll take care of this. 722 00:55:52,037 --> 00:55:53,162 How long? 723 00:55:53,371 --> 00:55:56,165 A day, prep their covers. Two if they need it. 724 00:55:56,333 --> 00:55:57,666 And you'll fly out with them? 725 00:55:58,084 --> 00:55:59,710 Yeah. 726 00:55:59,878 --> 00:56:01,545 There's something you should know. 727 00:56:01,755 --> 00:56:05,007 We think our housekeeper has figured out who they are. 728 00:56:05,550 --> 00:56:10,012 We don't know if we can trust her, so sooner is better. 729 00:56:59,896 --> 00:57:01,188 Hi. 730 00:57:01,356 --> 00:57:03,232 My name's Kevin Harkins. .. 731 00:57:04,317 --> 00:57:05,901 and I'm gonna get you home. 732 00:57:07,362 --> 00:57:09,988 These are the screenplays for your cover identities. 733 00:57:11,616 --> 00:57:14,076 It's theater of the absurd. 734 00:57:14,244 --> 00:57:16,829 - What are our chances? - Your chances are good. 735 00:57:16,996 --> 00:57:20,124 "Good"? Well, what's the number value of "good"? 736 00:57:20,333 --> 00:57:23,043 Thirty percent chance of being publicly executed? 737 00:57:23,211 --> 00:57:26,755 Can you tell me what the objection was to normal cover identities? 738 00:57:26,923 --> 00:57:29,133 There are no Canadians in the country for normal reasons. 739 00:57:29,300 --> 00:57:30,843 - They'll sniff us out regardless. - The Swedish Consul? 740 00:57:31,010 --> 00:57:34,680 They accused him of being an American at the airport. They held him for an hour. 741 00:57:34,848 --> 00:57:37,891 We can't hold up under that. We don't know what the hell movie people do. 742 00:57:38,059 --> 00:57:39,184 That's why I'm here. 743 00:57:39,352 --> 00:57:42,855 I'm gonna help you. I'll be with you the whole way. This is what I do. 744 00:57:43,022 --> 00:57:45,065 Have you gotten people out this way before? 745 00:57:46,401 --> 00:57:47,901 This would be a first. 746 00:57:49,404 --> 00:57:52,990 Do you know that every day they catch another friend of the shah at the airport? 747 00:57:53,158 --> 00:57:55,659 Kangaroo trials and then firing squads. .. 748 00:57:55,869 --> 00:57:58,579 just for having American names in their phone books. 749 00:57:58,746 --> 00:58:00,205 You've been here an hour. 750 00:58:00,373 --> 00:58:02,791 And you're asking us to trust you with our lives, Mr. ..? 751 00:58:02,959 --> 00:58:04,293 Harkins. 752 00:58:04,502 --> 00:58:06,295 That's your real name? 753 00:58:06,963 --> 00:58:08,130 No. 754 00:58:11,092 --> 00:58:14,887 I know there are risks involved. Serious risks. 755 00:58:15,388 --> 00:58:17,097 But it is time to go. 756 00:58:19,559 --> 00:58:23,187 We've got orders to close the embassy and go back. There's nowhere for them to stay. 757 00:58:25,690 --> 00:58:29,401 We will never make it through immigration at the airport. I'm serious. 758 00:58:29,569 --> 00:58:33,489 No, no, no, this is what, the part when we say this is so crazy it might actually work? 759 00:58:33,656 --> 00:58:35,491 Joe, I saw it in Burma. They get people out. 760 00:58:35,658 --> 00:58:38,911 Snitches in banana republics? They get them over the border after the coup. 761 00:58:39,078 --> 00:58:40,120 That's your opinion, Joe. 762 00:58:40,288 --> 00:58:42,456 You know, his opinion got us out in the first place. 763 00:58:42,957 --> 00:58:47,085 If we go out there with fake passports, we are spies, period. That's execution. 764 00:58:47,253 --> 00:58:49,796 - You got a problem lying, Joe? - Point is, we can't stay here. 765 00:58:50,465 --> 00:58:54,092 If we get caught, you and Pat go on trial for harboring the enemy, you know that? 766 00:58:54,260 --> 00:58:56,845 Pat and I have discussed it. It's the risk we took. 767 00:58:57,639 --> 00:59:00,557 That man out there has got bad cards and he is going to lose. 768 00:59:00,725 --> 00:59:04,019 And if he loses, it's our lives. 769 00:59:05,313 --> 00:59:07,314 And his life too. 770 00:59:08,733 --> 00:59:10,651 Look, we don't have any alternatives. 771 00:59:10,818 --> 00:59:12,027 We gotta go. 772 00:59:18,535 --> 00:59:21,995 These cover identities were created specifically for each one of you. 773 00:59:22,163 --> 00:59:24,706 What you need to do is memorize everything that's inside. 774 00:59:24,874 --> 00:59:27,793 Who you are, what you are, where you've been. Complete bio. 775 00:59:27,961 --> 00:59:29,044 And then add to that. 776 00:59:29,212 --> 00:59:32,631 Where do you vacation? What are your allergies? Who'd you have an affair with? 777 00:59:32,799 --> 00:59:33,966 The only way this works. .. 778 00:59:34,133 --> 00:59:37,803 is if you believe that you're these people so much that you dream like them. 779 00:59:38,763 --> 00:59:40,472 Get started tonight. 780 00:59:41,182 --> 00:59:44,184 I'll be back tomorrow. We'll get going. Good luck. 781 00:59:49,774 --> 00:59:51,483 Well, my guy kind of sucks. 782 00:59:51,651 --> 00:59:53,026 What's your name? 783 00:59:53,736 --> 00:59:56,029 Mike McEwan, eh? Heh. 784 00:59:56,990 --> 00:59:58,031 That was convincing. 785 00:59:58,199 --> 00:59:59,866 Kathy, what's your name? 786 01:00:27,854 --> 01:00:31,064 The Love Boat will be seen 15 minutes from now. 787 01:00:31,232 --> 01:00:35,027 The State Department insisted today that the crisis in Afghanistan... 788 01:00:35,194 --> 01:00:39,281 will not divert the attention of the United States from the plight of the hostages. 789 01:00:39,449 --> 01:00:42,159 —is perceived to be if not impotent, then at least reluctant... 790 01:00:42,327 --> 01:00:46,830 Now the United States finds itself in such bitter confrontation with the Soviet Union... 791 01:00:46,998 --> 01:00:49,833 over that country's invasion of Afghanistan... 792 01:00:50,043 --> 01:00:52,461 The United States is now moving toward a decision... 793 01:00:52,629 --> 01:00:54,671 to boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow... 794 01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:59,051 Bad news, bad news. Even when it's good news, it's bad news. 795 01:00:59,427 --> 01:01:03,555 John Wayne's in the ground six months, this is what's left of America. 796 01:01:32,085 --> 01:01:35,712 "The Minister of Culture and Guidance has approved your location scout. 797 01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:37,798 He will send his representative to meet you and your crew.. . 798 01:01:37,965 --> 01:01:41,551 at the Khayyam entrance to the Grand Bazaar tomorrow at 3 p.m." 799 01:01:42,428 --> 01:01:43,595 They called your bluff. 800 01:01:43,763 --> 01:01:46,348 - Maybe they're cooperating. - Absolutely not. 801 01:01:46,766 --> 01:01:51,144 Seven Americans walking the bazaar is asking for a riot. It's the hive. 802 01:01:51,312 --> 01:01:52,646 Seven Canadians, Jack. 803 01:01:52,814 --> 01:01:55,941 Never give them multiple shots at a cover. 804 01:01:56,651 --> 01:01:57,943 Are they even ready? 805 01:01:58,111 --> 01:01:59,361 They're getting there. 806 01:01:59,529 --> 01:02:01,071 There's no prize for "Most Improved." 807 01:02:01,239 --> 01:02:03,949 I don't have a choice. We say no, they show up at the residence... 808 01:02:04,117 --> 01:02:06,743 and drag everyone out. You think their covers are gonna hold up. .. 809 01:02:06,911 --> 01:02:08,745 when they're getting their fingernails pulled out? 810 01:02:29,517 --> 01:02:32,769 You want us to go to the Grand Bazaar at 3:00 in the afternoon? 811 01:02:33,855 --> 01:02:36,857 You said a day to learn our covers, then straight to the airport. 812 01:02:37,024 --> 01:02:38,650 They suspect something? 813 01:02:38,818 --> 01:02:41,570 What I know is, we need to pretend to be a movie crew. 814 01:02:41,738 --> 01:02:45,157 We go to the bazaar today, we fly out from the airport tomorrow. 815 01:02:47,243 --> 01:02:48,660 We won't do it. 816 01:02:50,455 --> 01:02:53,165 He told them that there were six of us. So they're expecting six. 817 01:02:53,332 --> 01:02:55,542 It would be suspicious not to show up at this point. 818 01:02:55,710 --> 01:02:57,836 What else do we have to do, all right? 819 01:02:58,004 --> 01:03:00,547 He's about to show them the only cards that we're holding... 820 01:03:00,715 --> 01:03:04,384 - ... which is that they don't know we're here! - That's the ball game, okay? 821 01:03:04,552 --> 01:03:06,678 Look, we don't have any other choice! 822 01:03:06,846 --> 01:03:09,181 Who says that we'll know our covers well enough? 823 01:03:09,348 --> 01:03:11,099 We're not in the CIA. 824 01:03:12,226 --> 01:03:13,852 It's suicide. 825 01:03:14,020 --> 01:03:16,104 I'm asking you to trust me. 826 01:03:17,523 --> 01:03:18,690 I don't trust you. 827 01:03:21,235 --> 01:03:23,779 This is the game, Joe. What world are you living in? 828 01:03:23,946 --> 01:03:27,574 The one where they're hanging people from construction cranes, Bob. 829 01:03:28,367 --> 01:03:30,827 It's too dangerous. I won't bring my wife into the bazaar. 830 01:03:32,914 --> 01:03:34,247 Joe? 831 01:03:40,963 --> 01:03:42,798 So we'll see you at 2. 832 01:04:05,655 --> 01:04:10,742 So don't be recognizable but look exactly like your passport photo. 833 01:04:11,994 --> 01:04:14,454 I haven't been this nervous since our wedding. 834 01:04:16,249 --> 01:04:18,333 Only this isn't a huge mistake, hopefully. 835 01:04:19,794 --> 01:04:21,670 Sorry. Okay. 836 01:04:24,423 --> 01:04:31,763 Hello? 837 01:04:38,646 --> 01:04:39,938 Who was that? 838 01:04:43,276 --> 01:04:44,985 - Mark? - Yeah? 839 01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:48,864 I'm scared. 840 01:04:51,200 --> 01:04:52,450 It's okay. 841 01:05:40,333 --> 01:05:41,499 Where are they? 842 01:05:41,667 --> 01:05:43,001 In the kitchen. 843 01:05:59,936 --> 01:06:03,396 This is what I do. I get people out. 844 01:06:04,899 --> 01:06:07,734 And I've never left anyone behind. 845 01:06:09,445 --> 01:06:11,780 I wish I could believe you, Mr. Harkins. 846 01:06:16,911 --> 01:06:20,205 My name is Tony Mendez. I'm from New York. 847 01:06:20,373 --> 01:06:23,124 My father worked construction. My mother teaches elementary school. 848 01:06:23,292 --> 01:06:25,669 I have a wife and a 10-year-old son. 849 01:06:28,089 --> 01:06:32,759 You play along with me today, I promise you, I will get you out tomorrow. 850 01:06:37,139 --> 01:06:38,848 Fuck. 851 01:07:19,432 --> 01:07:21,307 Shit. 852 01:07:48,335 --> 01:07:49,836 Hang on. 853 01:08:38,010 --> 01:08:39,636 You all right? 854 01:08:44,892 --> 01:08:47,060 Okay. Tell me who you are. 855 01:08:47,770 --> 01:08:50,021 Mike McEwan, cameraman. 856 01:08:50,564 --> 01:08:52,774 Robert Baker, director. 857 01:08:53,234 --> 01:08:55,235 Timothy Harris, location manager. 858 01:08:55,402 --> 01:08:57,403 Mary Ann Boyd, screenwriter. 859 01:08:57,571 --> 01:08:59,322 Rachel Dewart, production designer. 860 01:08:59,532 --> 01:09:01,241 Sean Bissett, associate producer. 861 01:09:01,408 --> 01:09:03,952 All right. Let's go make a movie. 862 01:09:17,258 --> 01:09:19,259 Welcome, welcome. My name is Reza Bolhani. 863 01:09:19,426 --> 01:09:21,803 - Kevin Harkins. I'm the producer. - Nice to meet you. 864 01:09:21,971 --> 01:09:23,596 This is Mike McEwan, our cameraman. 865 01:09:23,764 --> 01:09:25,974 This is Tim. This is Mary, our screenwriter. 866 01:09:26,142 --> 01:09:27,642 And this is our director, Bob Baker. 867 01:09:27,810 --> 01:09:29,561 - You are the director? - Yes. 868 01:09:29,728 --> 01:09:32,188 Is this film a foreign-bride film? 869 01:09:33,107 --> 01:09:34,399 Sorry? 870 01:09:34,567 --> 01:09:37,026 A film where a foreign bride comes to Iran. .. 871 01:09:37,194 --> 01:09:40,738 but she doesn't understand the language or the customs... 872 01:09:40,906 --> 01:09:43,449 and there is misunderstandings and laughs. 873 01:09:43,617 --> 01:09:45,076 Oh, no. 874 01:09:50,291 --> 01:09:55,753 The bazaar in Tehran is one of the largest in the world. 875 01:09:56,338 --> 01:10:00,508 This bazaar has been on this spot for over 8000 years. 876 01:10:00,676 --> 01:10:04,888 You can find many items such as paper, spices.. . 877 01:10:05,097 --> 01:10:07,599 precious metals, all right here. 878 01:10:07,766 --> 01:10:08,975 Right this way, please. 879 01:10:14,356 --> 01:10:15,732 This way. 880 01:10:30,831 --> 01:10:32,123 - Uh, Mike? - Yeah. 881 01:10:32,291 --> 01:10:36,461 If I was to say you're looking through the wrong end of that viewfinder, would I be right? 882 01:10:38,756 --> 01:10:40,340 Yup. 883 01:10:47,556 --> 01:10:48,681 Just a little further. 884 01:11:18,671 --> 01:11:21,923 Please wait here. Let's stay together. 885 01:11:38,732 --> 01:11:40,483 He wants the photograph you took. 886 01:11:40,651 --> 01:11:43,736 It's okay, it's her job to take photographs. She's the production designer. 887 01:11:43,904 --> 01:11:47,156 He says he did not give you permission to take a photograph of his store. 888 01:11:47,324 --> 01:11:49,993 That's okay. You can tell him he can have it. 889 01:11:51,287 --> 01:11:53,371 Please, please, just take the photograph. 890 01:12:03,173 --> 01:12:04,215 Peace be upon you. 891 01:12:04,383 --> 01:12:05,758 SAHAR And upon you, sir. Welcome. 892 01:12:05,926 --> 01:12:07,176 I hope you are well. 893 01:12:07,344 --> 01:12:09,012 Thank you very much. How are you? 894 01:12:09,221 --> 01:12:11,597 I'm very well. What's your name? 895 01:12:11,765 --> 01:12:12,932 Sahar. 896 01:12:23,944 --> 01:12:27,113 He's saying that the shah killed his son with an American gun. 897 01:12:36,790 --> 01:12:39,167 No, no, no! No! Canada! 898 01:12:39,335 --> 01:12:40,376 Canada! 899 01:12:40,544 --> 01:12:42,837 I would like to suggest that we end our visit. 900 01:12:52,181 --> 01:12:53,264 You know, sister... 901 01:12:53,432 --> 01:12:57,435 those who are with him, Rasool of Allah, we are tender among ourselves. 902 01:12:57,603 --> 01:12:59,145 But stern against the Kufar. 903 01:12:59,772 --> 01:13:01,189 As God wills it. 904 01:13:02,816 --> 01:13:06,027 But those who sit silently have sinned. 905 01:13:07,488 --> 01:13:09,489 How else may I help, sir? 906 01:13:09,656 --> 01:13:11,991 No, no, just one thing. 907 01:13:13,869 --> 01:13:15,495 How long have they been here? 908 01:13:16,747 --> 01:13:17,789 Pardon? 909 01:13:19,124 --> 01:13:20,833 The guests of the Ambassador. 910 01:13:20,834 --> 01:13:22,210 The guests of the Ambassador. How long have they been here? 911 01:13:25,089 --> 01:13:26,672 They arrived two days ago. 912 01:13:27,466 --> 01:13:32,178 Forgive my intrusion, one must be vigilant. 913 01:13:33,472 --> 01:13:36,349 Everyone in this house is a friend of Iran. 914 01:14:10,884 --> 01:14:12,343 How'd it go? 915 01:14:13,971 --> 01:14:15,596 What about tomorrow? 916 01:14:16,932 --> 01:14:18,474 Tomorrow they'll be ready. 917 01:14:22,396 --> 01:14:24,689 For Kennedy, a stunning turnaround... 918 01:14:24,857 --> 01:14:26,899 one week after humiliation in Illinois. 919 01:14:27,067 --> 01:14:28,359 I love New York. 920 01:14:29,736 --> 01:14:32,280 And I love Connecticut too. 921 01:14:32,448 --> 01:14:35,074 How did he win here? Well, he had help. 922 01:14:35,242 --> 01:14:39,871 I'm responsible for anything that goes wrong in this government. 923 01:14:40,038 --> 01:14:44,083 A man in Scranton is placing a flag in his lawn for every day of captivity. 924 01:14:45,085 --> 01:14:48,212 When he runs out of lawn, Kennedy wins the primary. 925 01:14:48,755 --> 01:14:51,174 The six with the Canadians are coming out. 926 01:15:02,227 --> 01:15:03,811 Who signed off on this? 927 01:15:03,979 --> 01:15:06,772 - You. Where was your passport issued? - Vancouver. 928 01:15:06,940 --> 01:15:08,232 - Where were you born? - Toronto. 929 01:15:08,400 --> 01:15:10,401 "Torono." Canadians don't pronounce the T. 930 01:15:10,569 --> 01:15:12,987 Some Komiteh guard is actually gonna know that? 931 01:15:13,155 --> 01:15:16,949 If you're detained for questioning, they will bring in someone who knows that. Yes. 932 01:15:17,117 --> 01:15:20,328 Mary, who were the last three prime ministers of Canada? 933 01:15:20,787 --> 01:15:23,289 Trudeau, Pearson and Diefenbaker. 934 01:15:23,457 --> 01:15:25,124 - What's your father's name? - Howard. 935 01:15:25,292 --> 01:15:27,043 - What's his occupation? - Fisherman. 936 01:15:27,211 --> 01:15:29,462 - Where were you born? - Halifax, Nova Scotia. 937 01:15:29,630 --> 01:15:31,380 What's your date of birth? 938 01:15:31,548 --> 01:15:33,716 February 21st, 1952. 939 01:15:33,926 --> 01:15:35,843 - Good. What's your job on the movie? - Producer. 940 01:15:36,011 --> 01:15:38,763 - Associate. Last movie you produced? - High and Dry. 941 01:15:38,931 --> 01:15:40,431 - Who paid for that? - CFDC. 942 01:15:40,599 --> 01:15:42,934 What's your middle name? What's your middle name? 943 01:15:43,101 --> 01:15:44,810 - Leon? - Shoot him. He's an American spy. 944 01:15:46,522 --> 01:15:50,274 Look, they're gonna try to break you, okay? By trying to get you agitated. 945 01:15:50,442 --> 01:15:52,568 You have to know your résumé back to front. 946 01:15:52,736 --> 01:15:57,073 You really believe your little story's gonna make a difference when there's a gun to our heads? 947 01:15:57,991 --> 01:16:01,160 I think my story's the only thing between you and a gun to your head. 948 01:16:04,498 --> 01:16:05,540 Okay. 949 01:16:10,754 --> 01:16:13,714 Hey, they made it through the location scout. 950 01:16:25,978 --> 01:16:27,353 You have a call. 951 01:16:38,282 --> 01:16:39,323 What is it? 952 01:16:39,491 --> 01:16:40,575 Go to black on green. 953 01:16:43,287 --> 01:16:44,370 Go. 954 01:16:44,538 --> 01:16:45,997 - It all just changed. - What? 955 01:16:46,164 --> 01:16:48,749 - They're calling the game. You gotta come back. - What? 956 01:16:48,917 --> 01:16:51,627 Joint Chiefs are planning a military rescue of the hostages. 957 01:16:51,795 --> 01:16:54,338 Delta Force has started training to storm the grounds. 958 01:16:54,506 --> 01:16:56,382 So if the six of them... 959 01:16:56,550 --> 01:17:00,177 are brought down there, they won't be held for long. 960 01:17:01,013 --> 01:17:04,724 Fuck. Goddamn it. I never would have exposed them if I wasn't authorized to get them out. 961 01:17:04,891 --> 01:17:07,602 - It's over, Tony. - If they stay here, they will be taken. 962 01:17:07,769 --> 01:17:12,523 - Probably not alive. - Listen to me. The thinking has changed. 963 01:17:12,691 --> 01:17:16,360 Six Americans get pulled out of a Canadian diplomat's house and executed.. . 964 01:17:16,528 --> 01:17:18,446 it's a world outrage. 965 01:17:18,614 --> 01:17:21,574 Six Americans get caught playing movie make-believe... 966 01:17:21,742 --> 01:17:24,410 with the CIA at the airport and executed? 967 01:17:24,578 --> 01:17:29,457 It's a national embarrassment. They are calling the operation. 968 01:17:31,710 --> 01:17:34,253 We're responsible for these people. 969 01:17:35,255 --> 01:17:38,049 What we are is required to follow orders. 970 01:17:38,925 --> 01:17:40,301 I'm sorry. 971 01:17:49,686 --> 01:17:51,062 Fuck! 972 01:17:57,903 --> 01:17:58,944 Come in. 973 01:18:00,572 --> 01:18:02,156 Ready to try again. 974 01:18:04,409 --> 01:18:07,161 You're ready. You worked hard. 975 01:18:08,330 --> 01:18:11,207 Probably the best thing to do for you right now would be.. . 976 01:18:12,084 --> 01:18:13,501 just to relax. 977 01:18:14,336 --> 01:18:15,378 Okay. 978 01:18:15,921 --> 01:18:17,380 You did good. 979 01:18:18,298 --> 01:18:19,590 Thanks. 980 01:18:31,978 --> 01:18:35,272 Scorched-earth policy tonight. 981 01:18:36,983 --> 01:18:38,818 Nothing gets left. 982 01:18:45,951 --> 01:18:47,368 So you know. 983 01:18:49,162 --> 01:18:52,957 ExtAff wants you to burn the passports before you leave. 984 01:18:55,127 --> 01:18:59,130 If we tell them now, they'll panic. I think it's best if you just don't show. 985 01:19:01,633 --> 01:19:03,676 It was always a fucked mission. 986 01:19:04,344 --> 01:19:06,637 You came closer than anybody else. 987 01:19:10,600 --> 01:19:20,600 If it keeps on rainin' Levee's goin' to break 988 01:19:24,322 --> 01:19:29,994 When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay 989 01:21:34,619 --> 01:21:39,957 Ahem. It's off. They want us to pack up the office. 990 01:21:41,668 --> 01:21:43,794 This can wait. Let's go get a drink. 991 01:22:09,112 --> 01:22:11,030 He's late. 992 01:22:24,461 --> 01:22:25,502 O'Donnell. 993 01:22:25,670 --> 01:22:26,921 Somebody's responsible... 994 01:22:27,088 --> 01:22:28,923 when things happen, Jack. 995 01:22:29,591 --> 01:22:31,133 I'm responsible. 996 01:22:31,343 --> 01:22:33,928 - I'm taking them through. - Tony? 997 01:22:43,855 --> 01:22:48,275 Alan. Alan. We need to confirm those seven tickets out of Tehran on Swissair. 998 01:22:48,443 --> 01:22:50,736 - N.E. shut that down. - I say it's back on. 999 01:22:50,904 --> 01:22:53,656 - I can't do it. It's backstopped. - Hey, wait a minute. 1000 01:22:53,823 --> 01:22:56,825 What the hell you talking about, backstopped? What the hell's that mean? 1001 01:22:56,993 --> 01:22:59,787 Carter's gotta say yes for us to get the tickets. 1002 01:23:09,589 --> 01:23:10,798 It's time to go. 1003 01:23:21,142 --> 01:23:22,184 All right. 1004 01:23:23,937 --> 01:23:26,730 - Where's Engell? - He's in a meeting. 1005 01:23:26,898 --> 01:23:29,817 - Pull him out. - Uh.. .. 1006 01:23:29,985 --> 01:23:31,151 Pull him out! 1007 01:23:31,319 --> 01:23:33,153 Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. 1008 01:23:33,738 --> 01:23:35,406 - Thank you. - See you soon. 1009 01:23:35,573 --> 01:23:37,491 - Sahar's on a bus. - Great. 1010 01:23:37,659 --> 01:23:39,076 Sahar will be fine. 1011 01:23:39,244 --> 01:23:40,995 - Thank you. - Thank you. 1012 01:23:41,246 --> 01:23:44,498 - You two leave right now, right? - We'll be on a train in half an hour. 1013 01:23:44,666 --> 01:23:45,749 Good. 1014 01:23:49,337 --> 01:23:50,546 N.E. said no. 1015 01:23:50,714 --> 01:23:55,384 This is not a long leasher, and it never has been, and you don't decide if it goes! 1016 01:23:55,552 --> 01:23:56,760 It is going! 1017 01:23:56,928 --> 01:23:58,929 Jack, you are this close. 1018 01:23:59,097 --> 01:24:00,973 Am l? Am I really that close? 1019 01:24:01,141 --> 01:24:03,100 You are this goddamn close to the line with me. 1020 01:24:03,268 --> 01:24:06,812 I am not gonna leave him at the airport with six people and his dick in his hand. 1021 01:24:06,980 --> 01:24:10,441 You tell the director to call the White House. Do your fucking job! 1022 01:24:19,075 --> 01:24:20,159 Get to your plane, Claude. 1023 01:24:27,167 --> 01:24:30,627 First time anyone's gonna ask you a question is at the first checkpoint. 1024 01:24:31,296 --> 01:24:33,797 The first checkpoint is just to get a look at your passports. 1025 01:24:34,174 --> 01:24:37,968 Passports came straight from Ottawa last week. They're clean. 1026 01:24:38,386 --> 01:24:40,220 Find the White House chief of staff. 1027 01:24:40,388 --> 01:24:41,472 How would I find him? 1028 01:24:41,639 --> 01:24:44,641 We're a fucking spy agency! Find him! 1029 01:24:45,393 --> 01:24:48,729 The second checkpoint is immigration. 1030 01:24:48,897 --> 01:24:50,647 You're each gonna hand them one of these. 1031 01:24:50,815 --> 01:24:53,400 It says that you landed in the country two days ago. 1032 01:24:54,152 --> 01:24:56,987 They'll look for the matching white one, which doesn't exist. 1033 01:24:57,155 --> 01:24:58,947 You'll say you don't know what happened. 1034 01:24:59,115 --> 01:25:01,033 And if you believe they lost the white slip... 1035 01:25:02,285 --> 01:25:03,368 they'll believe it too. 1036 01:25:04,245 --> 01:25:07,331 Jordan's in the West Wing. He's not taking calls. 1037 01:25:08,833 --> 01:25:10,334 Where are his kids? 1038 01:25:10,502 --> 01:25:11,543 What? 1039 01:25:11,711 --> 01:25:13,253 Where do his kids go to school? 1040 01:25:20,345 --> 01:25:21,762 Thank you, thank you. 1041 01:25:21,930 --> 01:25:24,181 Pace Academy, Buckhead, Georgia. 1042 01:25:27,560 --> 01:25:28,602 White House. 1043 01:25:28,770 --> 01:25:33,357 Yes, this is Mr. Murphy from Pace Academy calling for Mr. Jordan. 1044 01:25:33,525 --> 01:25:35,859 Yeah, I'm afraid it is an emergency. 1045 01:25:36,027 --> 01:25:38,237 Hold for the chief of staff's office. 1046 01:25:38,446 --> 01:25:40,989 The third checkpoint is the trap. 1047 01:25:41,157 --> 01:25:42,783 It's manned by the Revolutionary Guard. 1048 01:25:43,409 --> 01:25:45,661 Most of them were educated in the U.S. or Europe. 1049 01:25:46,204 --> 01:25:49,081 And all of whom are looking for Americans. 1050 01:26:00,927 --> 01:26:01,969 Hello? 1051 01:26:02,137 --> 01:26:03,929 - Jack O'Donnell, from C.I. - Wait, wait, who? 1052 01:26:04,097 --> 01:26:07,891 Tehran Houseguest operation is ready now. We don't have the president's go-ahead. 1053 01:26:08,059 --> 01:26:10,144 They are going to be captured. 1054 01:26:10,311 --> 01:26:11,436 David, pick up! 1055 01:26:29,080 --> 01:26:31,623 Zurich. It's under Harkins. 1056 01:26:39,799 --> 01:26:42,467 I'm sorry, sir, I don't seem to have these reservations. 1057 01:26:46,014 --> 01:26:47,931 Telex on flash. 1058 01:26:48,850 --> 01:26:50,934 Would you mind checking again, please? 1059 01:26:59,611 --> 01:27:02,362 Copy D.S. Confirm the tickets! Go! 1060 01:27:15,877 --> 01:27:17,461 My apologies. It just came through. 1061 01:27:25,136 --> 01:27:26,845 Swissair says they picked up the tickets. 1062 01:27:27,013 --> 01:27:29,681 Get the L.A. office, tell them to be ready in case they call. 1063 01:27:29,849 --> 01:27:31,975 We told them to shut that down. 1064 01:28:03,091 --> 01:28:04,508 There you go. 1065 01:28:21,359 --> 01:28:22,776 Not here. 1066 01:29:26,007 --> 01:29:27,758 When did you come to Iran? 1067 01:29:28,301 --> 01:29:30,093 Two days ago. 1068 01:29:30,261 --> 01:29:31,928 What was the purpose of your visit? 1069 01:29:33,014 --> 01:29:35,599 We are looking for locations for a film. 1070 01:29:42,398 --> 01:29:43,482 We have a— 1071 01:29:43,649 --> 01:29:48,528 Oh, yeah. I've got a letter from the Ministry of Culture. 1072 01:29:49,447 --> 01:29:51,698 If you want to take a look at that. All right? 1073 01:30:11,886 --> 01:30:13,929 - Ahem. - You can go. 1074 01:30:23,481 --> 01:30:25,148 Come on, come on. 1075 01:30:35,660 --> 01:30:42,124 Swissair Flight 363 is now boarding Rows 18 to 35. 1076 01:31:16,534 --> 01:31:18,785 We're going to. ... 1077 01:31:47,315 --> 01:31:51,026 We're together, yes. The six of us, we're from Canada. 1078 01:31:52,528 --> 01:31:54,613 Purser's telling Swissair they're not on the plane. 1079 01:31:54,780 --> 01:31:56,281 They should have boarded already. 1080 01:31:56,449 --> 01:31:58,033 Still no answer in L.A. 1081 01:32:23,100 --> 01:32:24,267 Sir. 1082 01:32:34,278 --> 01:32:37,781 Yes, it's a fantasy story about a war in another world. 1083 01:32:37,949 --> 01:32:39,658 Here you can see our notices. 1084 01:32:43,955 --> 01:32:45,830 Of course I speak Farsi. 1085 01:32:45,998 --> 01:32:48,208 I wish to make a film in Iran. 1086 01:33:04,976 --> 01:33:08,436 No, I'm the writer. 1087 01:33:08,646 --> 01:33:10,522 Kevin, give me the storyboards. 1088 01:33:11,107 --> 01:33:15,151 These are the drawings that show what we will film for the movie. 1089 01:33:15,319 --> 01:33:17,988 Alien villains have taken over the hero's planet. 1090 01:33:18,155 --> 01:33:21,324 They fight for their families and take back the city. 1091 01:33:21,492 --> 01:33:27,831 The villains know he is the chosen one, so they kidnap his son in the spice market. 1092 01:33:29,375 --> 01:33:32,002 So he and his wife storm the castle. 1093 01:33:32,169 --> 01:33:39,175 The people... hold that... the people are inspired to join him. They are farmers, but they learn to fight. 1094 01:33:42,930 --> 01:33:44,723 They shoot weapons at their enemies. 1095 01:33:48,936 --> 01:33:52,188 And the king of the aliens is destroyed when the people find their courage. 1096 01:34:01,365 --> 01:34:03,491 You don't go until we verify. 1097 01:34:08,039 --> 01:34:10,081 I understand. 1098 01:34:10,249 --> 01:34:12,417 Sir, you can call our office. 1099 01:34:12,585 --> 01:34:13,918 They'll verify. 1100 01:34:39,195 --> 01:34:42,030 - It'd go all the way throughout the '30s. - We're shooting right now. 1101 01:34:42,198 --> 01:34:46,076 - We're just going to the Producers Building. - Yeah, I understand. We're shooting right now. 1102 01:35:20,111 --> 01:35:23,822 Swissair announces final boarding for Flight 363 to Zurich. 1103 01:35:31,789 --> 01:35:33,540 Reset! We're back to one. 1104 01:35:33,708 --> 01:35:35,667 - All right, reset. - We're going again! 1105 01:35:35,835 --> 01:35:38,837 - We're just right at the Producers— - Right away, everyone! And rolling! 1106 01:35:39,004 --> 01:35:41,297 - We're going to the Producers Building. - We're rolling. 1107 01:36:17,626 --> 01:36:20,587 Sorry, pal. We're gonna be in the movie. Call my agent. 1108 01:36:20,796 --> 01:36:22,088 Sir! 1109 01:36:34,018 --> 01:36:36,019 Studio Six Productions. 1110 01:36:36,937 --> 01:36:39,355 May I speak to a Mr. Kevin Harkins? 1111 01:36:39,523 --> 01:36:43,693 I'm sorry, Mr. Harkins is out of country on a location scout. May I take a message? 1112 01:37:01,337 --> 01:37:04,756 Doors are closing for Flight 363 to Zurich. 1113 01:37:13,015 --> 01:37:14,224 We can go. 1114 01:37:23,442 --> 01:37:25,610 You keep these. It's a gift. 1115 01:37:53,097 --> 01:37:54,264 Miss. 1116 01:39:58,889 --> 01:40:00,890 Swissair 363, clearance for taxi? 1117 01:40:04,061 --> 01:40:07,563 Swissair 363, you are number two for departure. 1118 01:40:14,905 --> 01:40:18,741 Ladies and gentlemen, from the flight deck, we are number two for takeoff. 1119 01:40:55,946 --> 01:40:58,865 Swissair 363, you are cleared for takeoff. 1120 01:41:02,953 --> 01:41:04,829 Swissair 363, cleared for takeoff. 1121 01:42:10,145 --> 01:42:11,187 We got wheels up. 1122 01:42:11,730 --> 01:42:12,772 Wait. 1123 01:42:28,372 --> 01:42:31,040 Ladies and gentlemen, it is our pleasure to announce... 1124 01:42:31,208 --> 01:42:34,919 that alcoholic beverages are now available as we have cleared Iranian airspace. 1125 01:42:39,925 --> 01:42:41,425 I love you. 1126 01:43:23,468 --> 01:43:25,761 They're clear. Ha-ha-ha! 1127 01:43:25,929 --> 01:43:27,430 Yes! Yes! 1128 01:43:28,307 --> 01:43:30,433 - Yeah! - Yes! 1129 01:43:30,601 --> 01:43:31,767 Yeah, man. 1130 01:43:32,227 --> 01:43:33,936 They're out! 1131 01:43:34,104 --> 01:43:37,315 - They're out! They're out! - We got them out! 1132 01:43:40,652 --> 01:43:41,777 They're out! 1133 01:43:46,158 --> 01:43:47,783 Yes! 1134 01:43:47,951 --> 01:43:50,119 Great work, boys. 1135 01:43:50,287 --> 01:43:51,287 We did it! 1136 01:44:03,300 --> 01:44:06,469 You are admitted to the Republic of Iraq. 1137 01:44:51,014 --> 01:44:52,848 We made history tonight. 1138 01:44:54,017 --> 01:44:57,353 History starts out as farce and ends up as tragedy. 1139 01:44:57,896 --> 01:44:59,522 Quote's the other way around. 1140 01:45:00,190 --> 01:45:02,692 - Yeah, who said it? - Marx. 1141 01:45:03,610 --> 01:45:04,652 Groucho said that? 1142 01:45:09,199 --> 01:45:11,701 Call the Times, nail it to the goddamn door. 1143 01:45:11,868 --> 01:45:13,577 CIA are the good guys. 1144 01:45:13,745 --> 01:45:15,579 The Canadians are the good guys. 1145 01:45:15,747 --> 01:45:17,456 Yeah, we're not greedy. Them too. 1146 01:45:18,208 --> 01:45:22,712 Only. Canada takes the credit, or they retaliate against the hostages. 1147 01:45:23,547 --> 01:45:25,381 Great Satan wasn't involved. 1148 01:45:26,133 --> 01:45:28,134 No CIA. 1149 01:45:28,343 --> 01:45:29,885 Is that right, Jack? 1150 01:45:32,055 --> 01:45:33,764 Involved in what? 1151 01:45:34,766 --> 01:45:37,268 We were as surprised as anybody. 1152 01:45:40,230 --> 01:45:41,939 Thank you, Canada. 1153 01:45:42,149 --> 01:45:44,817 We knew that each day they stayed there... 1154 01:45:44,985 --> 01:45:47,653 the danger was becoming greater. 1155 01:45:47,863 --> 01:45:51,907 We had been looking for a solution to have them leave the country during the past three months. 1156 01:45:52,075 --> 01:45:54,744 Day 87, and finally a sliver of really good news. 1157 01:45:54,911 --> 01:45:58,706 The U.S. Department of State hereby honors Joe Stafford. .. 1158 01:46:00,208 --> 01:46:01,625 Kathy Stafford.. . 1159 01:46:02,919 --> 01:46:04,628 Mark Lijek.. .. 1160 01:46:05,255 --> 01:46:10,468 We Americans will be forever grateful to our great friend and ally to the north... 1161 01:46:10,635 --> 01:46:14,889 for the protection and the safe passage provided for our diplomats. 1162 01:46:15,057 --> 01:46:16,307 Bob Anders. 1163 01:46:16,475 --> 01:46:19,185 Here, or anywhere in the world... 1164 01:46:19,353 --> 01:46:20,936 Canada will pay... 1165 01:46:22,272 --> 01:46:26,275 for this violation of the sovereignty of Iran. 1166 01:46:26,443 --> 01:46:30,654 Thank you to Pat and Ken Taylor and the great nation of Canada. 1167 01:46:34,493 --> 01:46:37,203 So I'm sitting in Jerry's this morning, I'm having breakfast. 1168 01:46:37,371 --> 01:46:40,456 Waitress comes over to me, she's waving a newspaper, and she says: 1169 01:46:40,624 --> 01:46:44,001 "You see what those Canadians pulled off? Why can't we do something like that?" 1170 01:46:44,795 --> 01:46:46,629 And I said to her— Do you know what I said? 1171 01:46:47,047 --> 01:46:48,172 No, what? 1172 01:46:48,715 --> 01:46:50,174 "Argo fuck yourself." 1173 01:47:18,954 --> 01:47:19,995 All set. 1174 01:47:20,956 --> 01:47:22,331 Thanks a lot. 1175 01:47:33,468 --> 01:47:34,468 Ha! 1176 01:47:35,846 --> 01:47:39,348 Heh. And I left my autograph book at home. 1177 01:47:44,980 --> 01:47:46,689 His Eminence called me. 1178 01:47:46,857 --> 01:47:48,065 He wants to see you. 1179 01:47:48,567 --> 01:47:50,276 Probably wants to fire me himself. 1180 01:47:51,403 --> 01:47:53,737 He wants to give you the Intelligence Star. 1181 01:47:54,948 --> 01:47:56,782 You're getting the highest award of merit. .. 1182 01:47:56,992 --> 01:48:00,327 of the Clandestine Services of these United States. 1183 01:48:01,288 --> 01:48:03,205 Ceremony's on the 14th. 1184 01:48:03,373 --> 01:48:06,542 If they push it a week, I can bring Ian. That's his winter break. 1185 01:48:08,044 --> 01:48:12,381 The op was classified, so the ceremony's classified. 1186 01:48:12,549 --> 01:48:15,593 He can't know about it. Nobody can know about it. 1187 01:48:17,137 --> 01:48:20,222 So they're just gonna give me an award and then they're gonna take it back. 1188 01:48:20,807 --> 01:48:21,849 That's right. 1189 01:48:23,727 --> 01:48:26,061 If we wanted applause, we would've joined the circus. 1190 01:48:27,772 --> 01:48:29,899 - I thought we did. - Ha. 1191 01:48:30,567 --> 01:48:33,360 Carter said you were a great American. 1192 01:48:34,070 --> 01:48:35,738 Great American what? 1193 01:48:36,281 --> 01:48:37,740 He didn't say. 1194 01:48:51,087 --> 01:48:52,338 What happened to your picture? 1195 01:48:53,965 --> 01:48:55,174 It's in turnaround. 1196 01:49:37,467 --> 01:49:39,051 Can I come in? 1197 01:50:25,056 --> 01:50:35,056 The Iran Hostage Crisis ended on January 20, 1981, when all remaining hostages were released. They spent 444 days in captivity. 1198 01:50:37,402 --> 01:50:47,402 The involvement of the C.I.A. complemented efforts of the Canadian embassy in freeing the six held in Tehran. To this day, this story stands as an enduring model for international cooperation between governments. 1199 01:50:48,955 --> 01:50:55,377 All of the Houseguests returned to the U.S. Foreign Service after their ordeal in Iran. 1200 01:50:56,921 --> 01:51:06,889 Oscar-winning makeup artist John Chambers was awarded the C.I.A.'s Intelligence Medal, its highest civilian honor. He and Mendez remained friends until Chambers' death in 2001. 1201 01:51:08,683 --> 01:51:15,648 Tony Mendez's Intelligence Star was returned to him in 1997, when the Argo operation was declassified by President Clinton. 1202 01:51:25,700 --> 01:51:33,666 He lives in rural Maryland with his family. 1203 01:53:26,112 --> 01:53:31,116 They went in, as you know, under the guise of creating a motion-picture film. 1204 01:53:31,326 --> 01:53:35,954 But that it had a very high possibility of failure. 1205 01:53:36,122 --> 01:53:38,415 And after it was successful, of course... 1206 01:53:38,583 --> 01:53:41,376 it was a great temptation to reveal all the stories... 1207 01:53:41,544 --> 01:53:44,963 so maybe I could take a little bit of credit for it, since I was president... 1208 01:53:45,131 --> 01:53:49,718 but we had to keep it secret. Tony Mendez has gone down in CIA history... 1209 01:53:49,886 --> 01:53:51,762 after his retirement... 1210 01:53:51,930 --> 01:53:58,769 as one of the 50 most important CIA operatives of all time. 1211 01:53:59,395 --> 01:54:04,775 Eventually we got every hostage back home, safe and sound... 1212 01:54:04,943 --> 01:54:08,946 and we upheld the integrity of our country, and we did it peacefully.