Argo: Intersecting Washington, Hollywood and Tehran

Argo, the gripping new Ben Affleck film, packs a 1-3 punch. The film dramatically connects the dots between people, power and intrigue running Washington, Hollywood and Tehran during the hostage crisis.

Based on a true story, Affleck portrays CIA agent Tony Mendez and his daring rescue of six Foreign Service workers who escaped the American Embassy takeover in Iran on November 4, 1979. Argo (Affleck also directs) more than effectively blends the news and foreign policy story unraveling in these power hubs with a successful commercial film. And since my own life intersects these three power plays, working in Washington in TV news, spending time on that Embassy compound in 1978, and more than 24 years later, as a Hollywood studio executive, Argo nails all three.

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