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Argo (2012)
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Duration: 120min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Ben Affleck
Plot: On November 4, 1979, US Embassy employees in Tehran, Iran, were taken prisoner by Iranian revolutionaries. Six of the over fifty individuals imprisoned managed to get out and sought safety in the residence of Canada's ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor. To assist in getting the six men back to the United States, CIA executive Jack O'Donnell contacted specialist Tony Mendez. Following considerable deliberation, the CIA chose Tony's strategy, and Tony proceeded to Iran to retrieve the six guys while pretending to be filming a movie. Tony got in touch with film producer Lester and Hollywood buddy John Chambers, a makeup artist.
Cast: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, Scoot McNairy, John Goodman
Keywords: biography, wife husband relationship, cia, revolution, american abroad, press conference, intelligence agent, iran hostage crisis, langley virginia, extraction
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Release Date: 2009-09-04
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Duration: 135min
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Die Hard (1988)
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Duration: 132min
Country: US
Plot: After six months apart, Detective John McClane leaves New York and heads to Los Angeles to see his wife, Holly. A Christmas celebration on the thirty-first story of a building was extended to him. Nevertheless, a gang of robbers discovered that the building's vault contained more than 600 million yuan in public bonds. They seized the revelers and barricaded the building. McClane barely makes it out of there and faces the criminals by himself.
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
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Duration: 141min
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