Argo
Summary
Ben Affleck’sArgomovie , which he directed and star in , is no longer whole exact as the CIA declassifies new selective information about the real commission . Released in 2012,Argostars Ben Affleck as Tony Mendezand recite the true fib of how the C.I.A. operative led the rescue of six American diplomats in Tehran during the 1979 Iran surety crisis under the facade of filming a fake science - fiction film . The real movie , Argo , have much acclaim and come through three Academy Awards including Best Picture .
Now , the CIA has declassified new information about the real delivery mission that makes theArgomovie more or less inaccurate . On the CIA ’s podcastThe Langley Files(viaThe New York Times ) , the government agency expose that they actually sent two military officer into Tehran . They even released the identity of the second officeholder , Ed Johnson , a linguist who accompanied Mendez on the mission to rescue the American diplomat .
What The Argo Movie Gets Wrong
Since Johnson ’s involvement in the rescue mission was just recently declassified , it ’s difficult to blame theArgomovie for not admit him . In his 1999 memoirThe Master of Disguise , on which theArgomovie is partially based , Mendez wrote about being accompanied by a 2nd officer , although an alias , Julio , was used . According to Walter Trosis , co - host ofTheLangley Filespodcast , Johnson " spent his whole life doing thing quietly and in the shadows , without any expected value of praise or public realisation . " In that way , theArgomovie honors the officer who was priceless to the procedure .
Related : Argo - The Movie vs. The True Story
Other aspect thatArgogets ill-timed , like almost every historical motion picture , are due to esthetic indecorum taken for the saki of storytelling and dramatic upshot . For instance , theArgomovie ending sees the Iranian airport authorisation being alert to the ruse and chasing the plane down the runway carrying the American diplomats back dwelling house , which did n’t pass quite so dramatically in genuine life . It is because of bit like these that those involved in the actual operation have criticize the movie for its historical inaccuracy . Argo , for all its fracture , is still an effective recreation of an significant historical event .
reservoir : The Langley Files(viaThe New York Times )
