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<i>This is the Persian empire...</i>

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<i>...known today as Iran.</i>

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<i>For 2500 years, this land was ruled
by a series of kings...</i>

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<i>...known as shahs.</i>

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<i>In 1950, the people of Iran elected
Mohammad Mosaddegh...</i>

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<i>...a secular democrat, as prime minister.</i>

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<i>He nationalized British and U.S.
petroleum holdings...</i>

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<i>...returning Iran's oil to its people.</i>

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<i>But in 1953...</i>

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<i>...the U.S. and Great Britain engineered
a coup d'état that deposed Mosaddegh...</i>

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<i>...and installed Reza Pahlavi as shah.</i>

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<i>The young shah was known
for opulence and excess.</i>

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<i>His wife was rumored to bathe in milk...</i>

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<i>...while the shah had his lunches
flown in by Concorde from Paris.</i>

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<i>The people starved.</i>

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<i>The shah kept power through his ruthless
internal police:</i>

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The SAVAK.

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<i>An era of torture and fear began.</i>

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<i>He then began a campaign
to westernize Iran...</i>

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<i>...enraging a mostly traditional Shiite
population.</i>

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<i>In 1979, the people of Iran
overthrew the shah.</i>

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<i>The exiled cleric, Ayatollah Khomeini,
returned to rule Iran.</i>

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<i>It descended into score-settling,
death squads and chaos.</i>

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<i>Dying of cancer,
the shah was given asylum in the U.S.</i>

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<i>The Iranian people took to the streets
outside the U.S. embassy...</i>

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<i>...demanding that the shah be returned...</i>

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<i>...tried...</i>

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<i>...and hanged.</i>

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Based on a true story.

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U.S. Embassy, Iran - November 4, 1979

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The carnival's a little bigger today, huh?

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Windows are supposed to be
bulletproof, right?

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Well, they've never been tested.

34
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You just need to finish
filling out this section here.

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We can process your visa.

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We need some security.
Yes, it's your responsibility.

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They're over the walls.

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We should all split.
I'm gonna close up my office.

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Oh, my God.

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Marines to Number One. Fall back.

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- Can anyone hear me? We need help.
- I need police right now. Right now, goddamn it!

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- Jesus.
Can anybody hear me?

43
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There was a breach.

44
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Just burn everything! Burn it now!

45
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All right, burn everything!
All the files, file cabinet, safe.

46
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Let's get a cart over here. Burn it all.
Come on.

47
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Burn everything!
Burn the classifieds! Everything!

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<i>Don't fucking shoot anybody.</i>

49
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<i>You don't wanna be the son of a bitch
who started a war.</i>

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<i>They need an hour to burn the classified.</i>

51
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I need you to hold.

52
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If you shoot one person, they're gonna kill
every single one of us in here.

53
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I'm telling you,
if we're going to go, we need to go now.

54
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- Okay, we need to make a decision-
- Can we wait until the Iranian police come?

55
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No, the police aren't coming.
It's been 45 minutes.

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- How do you know?
- The police have abandoned their posts.

57
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If the police are not coming,
then the army's gonna come.

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The prime minister won't let
the embassy be taken over.

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The prime minister may come tomorrow, but the
Komiteh are here today. So we have to evacuate.

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Look at me. No one is coming.

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Get the desk drawers. Everything.
Don't sort it.

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Get it down to the incinerator in the vault!
Go, now!

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Tear gas as a last resort only.

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<i>I repeat: only if your life is under threat.</i>

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In here, we are in America right now.
Outside, we are in Iran.

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It's on American soil-
- I'm not going out into that.

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They're not safe here.

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If they get caught applying for visas
to the U.S.?

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Mark, we are in the only building
with direct access to the street.

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- If we're going to go, then we need to go now.
- Yeah, I'm in.

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- Yeah.
- Yeah, let's go.

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- I'm going outside.
- Why?

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To reason with them.

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Open the door!

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Open the fucking door!

76
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You said you wanted to see the world,
right, Tom?

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Let me in! Let me in!

78
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Burn it all. Come on.

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Get the safe, get the filing cabinets,
get it all.

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All four drawers,
I want them shredded right now.

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Not gonna shred fast enough.

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Grab the visa plates!

83
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All four! And anything else
you see out there.

84
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When in doubt, just shred it!

85
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We got 10 minutes!
Let's go, let's go, let's go! Everything!

86
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Get the shredder.

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There are no police.

88
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Jesus.

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Leave the building, go now.

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Iranians go first.

91
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Now, hurry!

92
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Who has made this?!

93
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It's done. They're in.

94
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Okay, come on.
We gotta get off the streets.

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This way. Up here to the left.

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- These fucks hit us, we can't hit them back?
- Mosaddegh, we did it to them first.

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- These fucks hit us, we can't hit them back? - Mosaddegh,
we did it to them first. STATE DEPARTMENT - 7TH FLOOR

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STATE DEPARTMENT - 7TH FLOOR

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You think the Soviets would put up with this shit? They'd invade. STATE DEPARTMENT
- 7TH FLOOR

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You think the Soviets would put up
with this shit? They'd invade.

101
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We helped the guy torture
and de-ball an entire population.

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- How many were there?
- At least 50. We're not sure.

103
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- Schafer!
You still haven't found Schafer?

104
00:11:19,804 --> 00:11:21,680
No, I was screaming his name
because I was fucking him.

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CANADIAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE, TEHRAN

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Come in. CANADIAN
AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE, TEHRAN

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CANADIAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE, TEHRAN

108
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<i>It's confirmed, sir. Six escaped.
CANADIAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE, TEHRAN</i>

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00:11:26,977 --> 00:11:27,060
<i>It's confirmed, sir. Six escaped.</i>

110
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<i>I was told five.
No, sir, apparently it's six.</i>

111
00:11:29,563 --> 00:11:29,771
What happened?
- Not clear. We know they escaped.

112
00:11:29,772 --> 00:11:32,899
What happened?
- Not clear. We know they escaped. SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE

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SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE

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Where are they?
- The Canadian ambassador's house. SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE

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Where are they?
- The Canadian ambassador's house.

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- Do they stay put? Are we attempting rescue?
- Hold for the Secretary of State.

117
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Yes. Is White House joining?

118
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They claim the embassy
was a den of espionage.

119
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We wish it was.

120
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We wish it was.
WHITE HOUSE, CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE

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WHITE HOUSE, CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE

122
00:11:44,620 --> 00:11:47,789
Cl's got three people over there, they don't see a
revolution coming? WHITE HOUSE, CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE

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WHITE HOUSE, CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE

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- Call it something other than intelligence.
- Hold for the chief of staff. WHITE HOUSE, CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE

125
00:11:48,624 --> 00:11:50,291
- Call it something other than intelligence.
- Hold for the chief of staff.

126
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- Hodding.
- I'll call him back.

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They're sticking.
No release till we expel the shah.

128
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- Put him on a plane, then. Fuck him.
- He's half-dead and he's in chemo.

129
00:11:57,758 --> 00:11:59,175
We took him in. He's ours now.

130
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Great, so we'll take in any prick
as long as he's got cancer?

131
00:12:01,971 --> 00:12:03,513
No, just the pricks on our side.

132
00:12:03,681 --> 00:12:07,225
So all our other pricks on their prick thrones
know when they get thrown out on a rail...

133
00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:10,562
...they won't get their fucking spleens
taken out by some camel vet in Sinai.

134
00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:13,231
What about the six
who are with the Canadians?

135
00:12:13,649 --> 00:12:16,276
We've got 60 in the embassy with guns
to their heads right now.

136
00:12:16,444 --> 00:12:19,237
The whole world is watching the embassy.
They're safer than the six on the street.

137
00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:21,573
Banisadr's saying it'll be over
in 24 hours.

138
00:12:25,161 --> 00:12:27,662
We leave the six where they are.
I'll go brief the president.

139
00:12:30,958 --> 00:12:32,083
All right, let's get to it.

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00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:35,754
<i>So far official comments about
the incident have been a model of restraint.</i>

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69 DAYS LATER

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A story is a story until people believe it.

143
00:13:06,994 --> 00:13:09,954
And then that story is called the truth.

144
00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:12,332
And the truth now is,
according to the White House...

145
00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:15,752
...that 50 Americans are prisoners
in a 6th-century shithole...

146
00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,880
...because this agency
missed the warning signs.

147
00:13:19,048 --> 00:13:21,758
So now a subcommittee
wants congressional oversight.

148
00:13:21,926 --> 00:13:23,760
Apparently, they wanna see
what they're buying.

149
00:13:23,928 --> 00:13:26,095
I'm a covert exfiltration officer, sir.

150
00:13:26,263 --> 00:13:28,806
If they see what I'm doing,
I'm not doing my job.

151
00:13:28,974 --> 00:13:30,725
Well, the director's upstairs right now...

152
00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:34,854
...sipping a lemon water,
crossing out 800 names.

153
00:13:35,022 --> 00:13:37,857
That's not a story, that's the truth.

154
00:13:38,025 --> 00:13:40,944
Exfiltration readiness freezes
until further notice.

155
00:13:41,111 --> 00:13:42,445
And if assets require it?

156
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Then we're not responsible.

157
00:13:44,281 --> 00:13:46,699
What you're responsible for
is to sit at your desk...

158
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...keep your mouth shut
and do your fucking job.

159
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Can I count on you to do that?

160
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Mostly we're gonna miss kicking his ass
in the office pool, but again...

161
00:14:09,765 --> 00:14:13,643
This is the last white tiger right here.
He's a good man.

162
00:14:13,811 --> 00:14:17,564
He's got a shitty drive swing,
but he's a good man. Heh. Heh, heh.

163
00:14:17,731 --> 00:14:20,650
God bless. I- I just wanna say to Mikey...

164
00:14:20,818 --> 00:14:24,487
Well, first of all, good luck doing less
in retirement than you did at work.

165
00:14:25,864 --> 00:14:28,241
When you're fishing
down in the Everglades...

166
00:14:28,409 --> 00:14:31,286
- ... trying to catch your next ex-wife...
Ooh.

167
00:14:31,453 --> 00:14:33,454
...don't you forget us at Langley.

168
00:14:33,622 --> 00:14:36,499
Twenty-seven years this man
gave his country.

169
00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:40,128
You know what this says.

170
00:14:40,296 --> 00:14:42,046
This is a great American right here.

171
00:14:43,424 --> 00:14:47,135
Give the outfit 27 years,
they give you a trinket with a bird on it.

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00:14:47,595 --> 00:14:50,555
Yeah, I just wanna say that,
yeah, we're gonna miss him.

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00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:52,557
He's- The Red Menace...

174
00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:55,893
My dad was a steelworker, local 43.

175
00:14:56,061 --> 00:14:59,397
When me and my brother were young,
he'd take us to the Chrysler Building and say:

176
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"Look at that. Your dad built that."

177
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You're supposed to be out in the country.

178
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She wanted more time to think.

179
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What are you telling the kid?

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I wanna thank everybody.
- He's smart. He knows.

181
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But I don't wanna stand here
without taking a moment...

182
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...for our 50 men and women
who can't come home, so...

183
00:15:40,981 --> 00:15:43,858
<i>Iran's Revolutionary Guard
has rounded up a gang of terrorists...</i>

184
00:15:44,026 --> 00:15:48,529
<i>...blamed for one murder of a half-dozen
followers of Ayatollah Khomeini.</i>

185
00:15:48,697 --> 00:15:52,450
<i>It says security at Khomeini's home
now has been tightened.</i>

186
00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:57,288
<i>This, by the way, is the 69th day that the
American hostages have been held in Tehran.</i>

187
00:15:57,456 --> 00:15:59,499
<i>There is no change reported
in the hostage situation.</i>

188
00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:04,462
<i>In this country, George Meany died
last night. He was 85 years old.</i>

189
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Yeah.

190
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Yes.

191
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What?

192
00:16:14,348 --> 00:16:16,182
<i>To begin with, of course...</i>

193
00:16:16,350 --> 00:16:20,019
<i>...we wanted to learn about the hostages
held in the American embassy compound.</i>

194
00:16:20,187 --> 00:16:23,564
<i>They may not understand what
their ordeal means to their countrymen.</i>

195
00:16:23,732 --> 00:16:26,025
<i>But this nation, their nation, is outraged.</i>

196
00:16:26,735 --> 00:16:26,818
<i>And we cannot really know what it is like
inside the prison that was once our embassy.</i>

197
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<i>And we cannot really know what it is like inside the prison
that was once our embassy. C.I.A. HEADQUARTERS, VIRGINIA</i>

198
00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:31,656
<i>And we cannot really know what it is like
inside the prison that was once our embassy.</i>

199
00:16:32,074 --> 00:16:36,285
<i>Actions of Iran
have shocked the civilized world.</i>

200
00:16:36,787 --> 00:16:39,247
<i>Our embassy has been seized...</i>

201
00:16:39,415 --> 00:16:44,419
<i>...and more than 60 American citizens
continue to be held as hostages.</i>

202
00:16:44,586 --> 00:16:48,589
<i>The situation in Iran this morning
is unchanged in regard to the hostages.</i>

203
00:16:48,757 --> 00:16:51,968
<i>NBC's situation in Iran has changed,
however.</i>

204
00:16:55,806 --> 00:16:58,725
- Is he back there?
- Office.

205
00:17:03,105 --> 00:17:04,647
What happened?

206
00:17:05,023 --> 00:17:07,608
The six of them went out a back exit.

207
00:17:07,776 --> 00:17:10,278
Brits turned them away,
Kiwis turned them away.

208
00:17:10,446 --> 00:17:12,155
Canadians took them in.

209
00:17:12,322 --> 00:17:14,365
Traffic calls them "The Houseguests."

210
00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:17,660
They haven't left the Canadian
ambassador's house since it happened.

211
00:17:17,828 --> 00:17:20,037
- Why didn't we get them 10 weeks ago?
- Too dangerous.

212
00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:23,666
You got Revolutionary Guards going
door-to-door like Jehovah's Witnesses.

213
00:17:23,834 --> 00:17:27,128
Half of them think that Khomeini's been
too lenient on the ones in the embassy.

214
00:17:27,296 --> 00:17:28,755
What about the White House?

215
00:17:28,922 --> 00:17:31,549
Carter's shitting enough bricks
to build the pyramids.

216
00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:32,759
The Canadians are done.

217
00:17:32,926 --> 00:17:36,596
They say they're bearing too much risk. Their
foreign secretary corners Vance in Brussels...

218
00:17:36,764 --> 00:17:39,307
...and told him she wants
the six of them out.

219
00:17:39,475 --> 00:17:42,018
- Who else knows?
- Just the families.

220
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Meanwhile, some genius in our embassy
was keeping a mug book...

221
00:17:45,063 --> 00:17:47,940
- ... on everybody who worked there.
- Jesus Christ.

222
00:17:48,108 --> 00:17:50,276
We think it got shredded
before they got in.

223
00:17:50,444 --> 00:17:54,489
But now the bastards are using sweatshop
kids to reassemble the shreds.

224
00:17:54,656 --> 00:17:58,367
And once they reassemble that book
they'll know six Americans got out.

225
00:17:58,535 --> 00:18:00,119
And they'll know what they look like.

226
00:18:00,287 --> 00:18:02,663
Standing room only
for beheadings in the square.

227
00:18:02,831 --> 00:18:06,417
- Who's handling?
- State is coordinating in-house.

228
00:18:07,252 --> 00:18:08,711
State?

229
00:18:09,296 --> 00:18:11,172
- They don't do exfils.
- They do now.

230
00:18:11,340 --> 00:18:13,800
They want to run it by us,
strictly as consultants.

231
00:18:13,967 --> 00:18:16,010
Engell says it's a lose-lose.

232
00:18:16,178 --> 00:18:19,889
These people die, they die badly. Publicly.

233
00:18:20,057 --> 00:18:22,058
State wants the blame, we'll give it to them.

234
00:18:23,018 --> 00:18:24,852
What does he want me here for?

235
00:18:25,020 --> 00:18:27,814
So he can tell State
he ran it by his best exfil guy.

236
00:18:34,488 --> 00:18:35,822
Okay.

237
00:18:36,031 --> 00:18:38,741
This is Bob Pender from State O.S.

238
00:18:38,909 --> 00:18:40,785
He's been talking to Morgan at ExtAff.

239
00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:43,329
- Bob?
- Thank you.

240
00:18:43,747 --> 00:18:45,164
All right.

241
00:18:45,499 --> 00:18:47,208
Mark and Cora Lijek.

242
00:18:47,376 --> 00:18:50,795
<i>Twenty-nine and 25. He's a consular officer,
she's an assistant.</i>

243
00:18:51,129 --> 00:18:54,382
<i>Newlyweds. They only just got there
a couple months ago.</i>

244
00:18:55,133 --> 00:18:58,678
No language skills or in-country knowledge.

245
00:18:58,846 --> 00:19:02,223
Henry Lee Schatz.
Agricultural attaché from Idaho.

246
00:19:02,391 --> 00:19:04,183
<i>A bit of an oddball, apparently.</i>

247
00:19:04,351 --> 00:19:07,562
<i>He was there to sell
U.S. tractors to Iranian agro.</i>

248
00:19:08,021 --> 00:19:10,314
Joe Stafford. Late 20s.

249
00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:12,358
<i>He's smart and a climber.</i>

250
00:19:12,526 --> 00:19:13,609
<i>Speaks Farsi.</i>

251
00:19:13,777 --> 00:19:16,612
<i>He arranged the hire of his wife, Kathy.</i>

252
00:19:16,780 --> 00:19:20,074
Embassy was understaffed,
so the faculty wives were the typing pool.

253
00:19:20,242 --> 00:19:22,785
And Bob Anders. Senior consular officer...

254
00:19:22,953 --> 00:19:25,538
<i>...oldest of the group
and most likely to be group leader.</i>

255
00:19:25,706 --> 00:19:28,583
They're in hiding at the Canadian
ambassador's residence.

256
00:19:28,750 --> 00:19:32,545
Fortunately, we do not believe the Iranians
are aware the six have escaped.

257
00:19:32,713 --> 00:19:36,799
So, what we like for this are bicycles.

258
00:19:37,593 --> 00:19:40,595
We've identified back roads
from the Shemiran district.

259
00:19:40,762 --> 00:19:43,097
A couple of rat lines
through the mountains...

260
00:19:43,265 --> 00:19:44,557
...to the crossing near Tabriz.

261
00:19:44,725 --> 00:19:47,602
Cars are off the table
because of the roadblocks.

262
00:19:47,769 --> 00:19:49,312
We wait till the weather clears up...

263
00:19:49,479 --> 00:19:52,857
...then deliver the six bikes, provide them
with maps to the Turkish border.

264
00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:55,651
We have intelligence they can ride bicycles.

265
00:19:55,819 --> 00:19:58,779
Or we're prepared to send in
somebody to teach them.

266
00:20:06,288 --> 00:20:09,790
Or you could just send in training wheels
and meet them at the border with Gatorade.

267
00:20:09,958 --> 00:20:11,417
Tony.

268
00:20:11,585 --> 00:20:13,586
It's 300 miles to the Turkish border.

269
00:20:13,754 --> 00:20:16,172
They'd need a support team
following them with a tire pump.

270
00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:18,716
We were just asked to sharpshoot this.

271
00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:20,259
State is handling the op.

272
00:20:20,427 --> 00:20:21,677
I'm sorry, who is this?

273
00:20:22,095 --> 00:20:26,265
Tony's an exfil spesh. He got a lot
of the shah's people out after the fall.

274
00:20:26,433 --> 00:20:29,018
Sir, if these people can read or add...

275
00:20:29,186 --> 00:20:32,229
...pretty soon they're gonna figure out
they're six short of a full deck.

276
00:20:32,397 --> 00:20:36,400
It's winter. You can't afford to wait around till
spring so it's nice enough to take a bike ride.

277
00:20:36,568 --> 00:20:40,154
The only way out of that city is the airport.
Build new cover identities for them...

278
00:20:40,322 --> 00:20:43,282
...you send in a Moses,
he takes them out on a commercial flight.

279
00:20:43,450 --> 00:20:46,285
- We've explored those options.
They'll never get past airport control.

280
00:20:46,453 --> 00:20:48,996
- Komiteh own the place.
They could pose as reporters.

281
00:20:49,164 --> 00:20:51,207
- The government issued 70-something...
- Seventy-four.

282
00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:52,959
...visas for American journalists.

283
00:20:53,126 --> 00:20:55,127
The Revolutionary Guards
keep them on 74 leashes.

284
00:20:55,295 --> 00:20:59,173
If they're caught with fake journalist creds,
it's Peter Jennings' head in a noose in an hour.

285
00:20:59,341 --> 00:21:01,467
North American accents
gives us limited options.

286
00:21:01,635 --> 00:21:03,636
So we get the Canadians
to issue them passports.

287
00:21:03,804 --> 00:21:06,222
What about English teachers
at the international school?

288
00:21:06,390 --> 00:21:09,058
It's a good idea, but that school's been
closed for eight months.

289
00:21:09,226 --> 00:21:10,851
Okay, so how about the do-gooders?

290
00:21:12,312 --> 00:21:16,148
Six Canadians have been over there inspecting
crops, making sure the kids get enough to eat.

291
00:21:16,316 --> 00:21:18,859
We give them creds,
makes them look like Ag NGOs.

292
00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:22,154
It's a Feed the Kids thing. Okay?

293
00:21:22,322 --> 00:21:23,990
Those kids are black.

294
00:21:24,324 --> 00:21:25,866
Those are African kids.

295
00:21:26,034 --> 00:21:29,245
- We get ethnically appropriate kids.
Are there starving kids in Iran?

296
00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:32,081
I'm sure there's some skinny kids
in Iran, so...

297
00:21:32,249 --> 00:21:35,084
What about missionaries?
- A logo with seeds. Call it "Seeds of Hope."

298
00:21:35,252 --> 00:21:36,293
Hold on.

299
00:21:36,461 --> 00:21:40,006
Sir, do you have this newspaper in front
of you? Would you mind taking a look at it?

300
00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:43,259
What's in this picture?

301
00:21:43,427 --> 00:21:45,678
- Tehran.
Right. What's on the ground?

302
00:21:48,098 --> 00:21:49,515
- Snow.
Right.

303
00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:52,935
So, what crops are the do-gooders
inspecting under Frosty?

304
00:21:55,355 --> 00:21:58,691
Sir, exfils are like abortions.

305
00:21:58,859 --> 00:22:00,526
You don't wanna need one...

306
00:22:00,694 --> 00:22:03,529
...but when you do, you don't do it yourself.

307
00:22:08,535 --> 00:22:10,119
You have a better plan?

308
00:22:11,121 --> 00:22:12,538
No, sir.

309
00:22:15,917 --> 00:22:18,669
<i>Whatever
the conflicting signals from Iran today...</i>

310
00:22:18,837 --> 00:22:20,254
<i>...and for that matter, every day...</i>

311
00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:23,466
<i>...about whether the hostages will
or will not be tried as spies...</i>

312
00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:27,344
<i>...the government of the United States
has not deviated from its basic demand:</i>

313
00:22:27,512 --> 00:22:29,638
<i>The hostages must be freed.</i>

314
00:22:29,806 --> 00:22:32,641
- claims to defend human rights,
it not only does not defend them...

315
00:22:32,809 --> 00:22:35,561
...it violates them for all nations.

316
00:22:35,729 --> 00:22:36,937
<i>We demand extradition...</i>

317
00:22:36,938 --> 00:22:37,563
<i>We demand extradition...
U.S. EMBASSY, TEHRAN</i>

318
00:22:37,564 --> 00:22:37,730
U.S. EMBASSY, TEHRAN

319
00:22:37,731 --> 00:22:41,817
<i>...of a man who, for more than 37 years, with
the United States' support... U.S. EMBASSY, TEHRAN</i>

320
00:22:41,818 --> 00:22:42,109
<i>...of a man who, for more than 37 years,
with the United States' support...</i>

321
00:22:42,277 --> 00:22:45,863
<i>...has killed months-old babies
in the arms of their mothers.</i>

322
00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:49,742
<i>He said if the Americans try
military force to rescue the hostages...</i>

323
00:22:49,910 --> 00:22:53,621
<i>...the students will kill them all
and blow up the embassy.</i>

324
00:22:54,331 --> 00:22:57,750
<i>Americans were outraged at Iran
and anyone Iranian.</i>

325
00:22:57,918 --> 00:23:00,753
<i>Before that decision was taken,
there was a demonstration in Houston.</i>

326
00:23:00,921 --> 00:23:02,671
<i>An Iranian flag was burned...</i>

327
00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:06,675
<i>...when anti-Iranian demonstrators
gathered near the Iranian consulate.</i>

328
00:23:06,843 --> 00:23:10,096
<i>-also is what led to a decision
to scrutinize the visas of Iranians...</i>

329
00:23:10,263 --> 00:23:13,140
They knew exactly what was going to happen.
They knew.

330
00:23:13,308 --> 00:23:15,810
But I don't understand
what they should do now.

331
00:23:15,977 --> 00:23:18,562
Send him back,
just to be tortured and killed?

332
00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:21,107
I don't think that justice is the worst thing.

333
00:23:21,274 --> 00:23:24,068
<i>When did people first tell you that torture
was going on in Iran?</i>

334
00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:28,155
<i>They would never come to me and say,
"Well, sir, we have tortured this fellow."</i>

335
00:23:28,323 --> 00:23:32,076
<i>President Sadat of Egypt,
he calls you, Imam-</i>

336
00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:34,578
<i>Forgive me, his words, not mine.</i>

337
00:23:34,746 --> 00:23:35,913
<i>- a lunatic.</i>

338
00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:39,083
Why didn't he have a choice?
Why do you think he didn't have a choice?

339
00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:40,584
He would've been referred to as a barbarian.

340
00:23:40,752 --> 00:23:43,462
That's why they're saying
that their current regime...

341
00:23:43,630 --> 00:23:45,089
The shah did more for women's rights-

342
00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:48,384
I think you'd better-
Please, everyone, get into the crawlspace.

343
00:24:05,777 --> 00:24:08,779
<i>At one point,
the mob cornered one of the Iranians.</i>

344
00:24:08,947 --> 00:24:12,366
<i>When he tried to protect himself,
this is what happened.</i>

345
00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:14,326
<i>Just hit him again!</i>

346
00:24:14,494 --> 00:24:17,997
<i>We're not gonna take it anymore!
We're sick of it!</i>

347
00:24:19,082 --> 00:24:20,416
<i>America!</i>

348
00:24:20,584 --> 00:24:26,213
<i>Even in our little community here, I mean,
people are drawn up tight, they're tense.</i>

349
00:24:26,548 --> 00:24:30,467
<i>They shouldn't even let those students
in that embassy there.</i>

350
00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:33,804
<i>Just shoot a couple of them,
show them we mean business.</i>

351
00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:35,139
<i>I'm mad as hell.</i>

352
00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:40,060
<i>I'm like the guy screaming on that movie
program in Network, you know? I've had it.</i>

353
00:24:40,228 --> 00:24:43,147
<i>And if need be, I'll bear arms again.</i>

354
00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:46,942
<i>Men who served in Vietnam
for what they believed was right are angry.</i>

355
00:24:47,110 --> 00:24:51,739
<i>They're outlaws,
in my opinion. They're international outlaws.</i>

356
00:24:51,948 --> 00:24:55,576
<i>And that's the way it is
Wednesday, January 16th, 1980.</i>

357
00:25:14,429 --> 00:25:16,388
- Hello?
Buddy man.

358
00:25:16,556 --> 00:25:18,015
I'll get Mom.

359
00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:19,683
I'm looking for you.

360
00:25:20,936 --> 00:25:23,437
<i>- Did you do your homework tonight?
- Yeah.</i>

361
00:25:23,605 --> 00:25:27,316
<i>- Good man. What are we watching?
- Battlestar Galactica.</i>

362
00:25:27,484 --> 00:25:29,944
<i>- What channel is it on?
- Five.</i>

363
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:34,615
All right. Catch me up.

364
00:25:34,824 --> 00:25:38,327
It's the best show in the world.
First thing, the bad guys are called Cylons.

365
00:25:39,037 --> 00:25:40,621
<i>The metal guys, right?</i>

366
00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:43,207
- Now, who's the guy with the cape?
- That's Starbuck.

367
00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:45,668
<i>He shoots at Cylons and he always wins.</i>

368
00:25:45,835 --> 00:25:48,212
Who's the little dog guy?

369
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:51,924
He's not a dog, he's a Dagget,
and his name's Muffet.

370
00:25:54,636 --> 00:25:56,387
No, Dad. That's Star Wars.

371
00:25:57,430 --> 00:26:00,015
Ian, I asked you
to turn the TV off 40 minutes ago.

372
00:26:00,183 --> 00:26:03,018
<i>Hang up the phone.
I need to talk to your dad.</i>

373
00:26:04,145 --> 00:26:05,187
<i>Let's get out of here!</i>

374
00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:07,690
Tony? Yeah.
- Hello.

375
00:26:08,650 --> 00:26:13,028
You know, when you keep him up at night...

376
00:26:13,196 --> 00:26:16,240
...he falls asleep at school.

377
00:26:16,783 --> 00:26:18,909
I'm sorry. I don't-

378
00:26:19,077 --> 00:26:21,328
I miss him.

379
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:28,711
Well, we can figure out a time
for you to come see him.

380
00:26:29,337 --> 00:26:31,547
I miss you too.

381
00:26:42,309 --> 00:26:43,350
I know.

382
00:26:48,690 --> 00:26:50,607
Uh...

383
00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:54,194
Bye.

384
00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:56,071
You there?

385
00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:10,044
<i>This is the hill
my forefathers used to speak about.</i>

386
00:27:29,856 --> 00:27:34,193
Okay. All right, we really have to
get started here.

387
00:27:34,361 --> 00:27:36,362
Our NE's work something up on this?
David?

388
00:27:36,529 --> 00:27:38,906
They would pose as teachers
from the international school.

389
00:27:39,074 --> 00:27:40,991
We went through all that. It's boarded up.

390
00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:44,036
- Suppose the airport guards don't know that.
- Suppose.

391
00:27:44,204 --> 00:27:47,331
Suppose Heckle and Jeckle
go over and save them.

392
00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:49,458
Hi. Sorry.

393
00:27:52,253 --> 00:27:53,879
Have a seat, Tony.

394
00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:59,009
They're a Canadian film crew
on a location scout for a science-fiction movie.

395
00:27:59,469 --> 00:28:02,888
Star Wars, Star Trek, whatever it is.
They need an exotic place to shoot.

396
00:28:03,056 --> 00:28:05,307
Moonscape, Mars, desert, you know.

397
00:28:05,475 --> 00:28:06,558
We put it out there-

398
00:28:06,726 --> 00:28:08,352
The Canadian producers put it out there.

399
00:28:08,728 --> 00:28:11,647
- that we're looking at Egypt, Istanbul.

400
00:28:11,815 --> 00:28:16,151
Then we go to the consulate and say,
"Hey, we wanna look at Iran too."

401
00:28:16,319 --> 00:28:20,906
I fly into Tehran, we all fly out together
as a film crew. Done.

402
00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:24,284
Flamboyant cover identities should be avoided,
as it increases operational visibility.

403
00:28:24,452 --> 00:28:27,496
This is more plausible than foreigners
who wanna go be teachers in Iran.

404
00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:30,165
You wanna blend in with the population,
you don't look like a rodeo clown.

405
00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:33,043
Just gonna wake up tomorrow morning
and be in the movie business?

406
00:28:33,211 --> 00:28:35,045
We already have credentials
for the teachers.

407
00:28:35,213 --> 00:28:37,005
- No, sir, we have a contact in I.A.
- Chambers.

408
00:28:37,173 --> 00:28:39,299
John Chambers.
He's a Hollywood prosthetics guy.

409
00:28:39,467 --> 00:28:43,428
He's got an Oscar, he did Planet of the Apes.
Did a bunch of contract work for us in the past.

410
00:28:43,596 --> 00:28:47,224
I go see him, he sets us up.
One, two days, make it look real.

411
00:29:02,490 --> 00:29:06,410
I went outside for 30 seconds. Could you
give me a break? I can't breathe in this house.

412
00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:09,580
- I need some fresh air. I can't breathe.
Stay inside the fucking house.

413
00:29:09,747 --> 00:29:12,583
- Who saw me go outside? I'm just curious.
- That's not the point, Bob.

414
00:29:12,750 --> 00:29:15,002
- It doesn't matter who saw you go out.
- Did you see me?

415
00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:17,504
- No.
- I did, okay? I saw you.

416
00:29:17,672 --> 00:29:20,674
Bob, it only takes one second
for them to spot you.

417
00:29:25,972 --> 00:29:27,681
S?me Americans are missing.

418
00:29:27,849 --> 00:29:30,017
L??k at the repaired list ?f embassy empl?yees.

419
00:29:31,519 --> 00:29:33,103
?he numbers d?n't match.

420
00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:36,190
Finish assembling the pictures fr?m the embassy.

421
00:29:36,357 --> 00:29:38,901
All I need is their faces and I will find them.

422
00:29:39,068 --> 00:29:40,819
Yes, sir, it will be d?ne.

423
00:29:53,082 --> 00:29:54,541
We want you to go to I.A.

424
00:29:54,709 --> 00:29:58,170
If you can make the movie thing credible,
we'll take you to the director.

425
00:29:59,005 --> 00:30:00,047
Don't fuck up.

426
00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,674
The whole country is watching you.

427
00:30:03,218 --> 00:30:04,927
They just don't know it.

428
00:30:12,268 --> 00:30:13,352
<i>My creation.</i>

429
00:30:14,854 --> 00:30:16,521
My creation.

430
00:30:22,779 --> 00:30:23,862
What the fuck, Brian?

431
00:30:24,030 --> 00:30:25,239
- Cut.
We're cutting.

432
00:30:25,406 --> 00:30:27,616
What an idiot.
It really hurt.

433
00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:28,992
I'm sorry.

434
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,120
Chambers. John Chambers, makeup!

435
00:30:33,414 --> 00:30:38,085
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 19, 1980

436
00:30:43,925 --> 00:30:47,844
He says the Minotaur prosthetic
is too tight, so he can't act.

437
00:30:48,137 --> 00:30:50,764
If he could act, he wouldn't
be playing the Minotaur.

438
00:30:56,938 --> 00:30:58,355
Mr. Chambers?

439
00:30:59,065 --> 00:31:00,440
Kevin Harkins.

440
00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:03,735
Hey, Tony.

441
00:31:27,927 --> 00:31:29,052
Watch your head.

442
00:31:29,595 --> 00:31:31,138
What are you shooting?

443
00:31:31,472 --> 00:31:33,181
Monster movie.

444
00:31:34,183 --> 00:31:35,350
Yeah? Any good?

445
00:31:37,061 --> 00:31:38,812
Target audience will hate it.

446
00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:40,480
Who's the target audience?

447
00:31:40,690 --> 00:31:42,232
People with eyes.

448
00:31:44,902 --> 00:31:46,153
Talk to me.

449
00:31:48,114 --> 00:31:49,489
It's an exfil.

450
00:31:49,657 --> 00:31:50,824
From where?

451
00:31:51,993 --> 00:31:53,410
Worst place you can think of.

452
00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:54,953
Universal City.

453
00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:03,503
How are you gonna get into the embassy?

454
00:32:03,713 --> 00:32:07,007
They're not in the embassy.
During the takeover, six people escaped.

455
00:32:07,216 --> 00:32:09,009
They're hiding out in Tehran.

456
00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:12,471
- And that's who I'm gonna go get.
- What am I making?

457
00:32:13,473 --> 00:32:15,349
I need you to help me make a fake movie.

458
00:32:15,516 --> 00:32:18,018
Heh. You came to the right place.

459
00:32:18,186 --> 00:32:21,355
I wanna set up a production company
and build a cover around making a movie.

460
00:32:21,522 --> 00:32:23,523
- That we're not gonna make.
- No.

461
00:32:24,108 --> 00:32:26,443
So you wanna come to Hollywood
and act like a big shot?

462
00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:28,570
- Without actually doing anything?
- No.

463
00:32:28,738 --> 00:32:30,322
You'll fit right in.

464
00:32:36,496 --> 00:32:37,704
Let's see.

465
00:32:38,331 --> 00:32:41,750
Well, this one's got an M.A. in English.
She should be your screenwriter.

466
00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:44,836
Sometimes they go along on scouts
because they want the free meals.

467
00:32:45,004 --> 00:32:46,713
Here's your director.

468
00:32:46,881 --> 00:32:49,049
Can you teach somebody
to be a director in a day?

469
00:32:49,258 --> 00:32:51,551
You can teach a rhesus monkey
to be a director in a day.

470
00:32:52,345 --> 00:32:55,555
Look, if you're gonna do this,
you gotta do it.

471
00:32:55,723 --> 00:32:58,016
The Kho-maniacs are Froot Loops,
but they got cousins...

472
00:32:58,184 --> 00:33:00,394
...who sell prayer rugs
and eight-tracks on La Brea.

473
00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:04,523
You can't build cover stories
around a movie that doesn't exist.

474
00:33:04,690 --> 00:33:06,858
You need a script. You need a producer.

475
00:33:07,026 --> 00:33:08,193
- Make me a producer.
- No.

476
00:33:08,361 --> 00:33:11,696
You're an associate producer at best.

477
00:33:12,365 --> 00:33:15,409
If you're gonna do a $20 million
Star Wars rip-off...

478
00:33:15,576 --> 00:33:19,413
...you need somebody who's a somebody
to put their name on it.

479
00:33:19,580 --> 00:33:21,498
Somebody respectable.

480
00:33:22,708 --> 00:33:23,917
With credits.

481
00:33:24,919 --> 00:33:27,587
Who you can trust
with classified information.

482
00:33:28,589 --> 00:33:30,799
Who'll produce a fake movie.

483
00:33:31,426 --> 00:33:32,843
For free.

484
00:33:46,774 --> 00:33:49,943
Hi. I only got a couple of minutes.
I'm getting a lifetime achievement award.

485
00:33:50,111 --> 00:33:51,695
- Mazel tov, Lester.
Ah.

486
00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:54,364
I'd rather stay home and count
the wrinkles on my dog's balls.

487
00:33:55,366 --> 00:33:59,619
Okay, you got six people hiding out
in a town of, what, 4 million people...

488
00:33:59,787 --> 00:34:03,457
...all of whom chant "Death to America"
all the livelong day.

489
00:34:03,624 --> 00:34:05,208
You want to set up a movie in a week.

490
00:34:05,376 --> 00:34:08,795
You want to lie to Hollywood,
a town where everybody lies for a living.

491
00:34:08,963 --> 00:34:11,465
Then you're gonna sneak 007 over here...

492
00:34:11,632 --> 00:34:15,135
...into a country that wants CIA blood
on their breakfast cereal...

493
00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:18,805
...and you're gonna walk the Brady Bunch
out of the most watched city in the world.

494
00:34:18,973 --> 00:34:21,725
Past about a hundred militia
at the airport. That's right.

495
00:34:23,269 --> 00:34:24,644
Right.

496
00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:28,148
Look, I gotta tell you.

497
00:34:28,316 --> 00:34:32,277
We did suicide missions in the Army
that had better odds than this.

498
00:34:32,445 --> 00:34:33,904
Sir, the car is here.

499
00:34:41,537 --> 00:34:44,581
You ever think, Lester,
how this is all for the cameras?

500
00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:47,792
Well, they're getting the ratings,
I'll say that for-

501
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,598
We're gonna need a script.

502
00:35:10,608 --> 00:35:12,692
Here, come on, come on, come on.

503
00:35:12,860 --> 00:35:14,027
- No, it's fine.
- Stop.

504
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,368
Okay.

505
00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:32,629
I love you.

506
00:35:42,431 --> 00:35:44,558
Sahar, how are you doing?

507
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,018
Fine, thank you.

508
00:35:48,312 --> 00:35:50,480
Your friends from Canada, ma'am.

509
00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:54,317
All this time. They never go out.

510
00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:09,416
Sahar knows.

511
00:36:13,045 --> 00:36:15,213
<i>How about The Horses of Achilles?</i>

512
00:36:15,381 --> 00:36:17,841
No good. Nobody does Westerns anymore.

513
00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:22,178
- It's ancient Troy.
- If it's got horses in it, it's a Western.

514
00:36:22,346 --> 00:36:23,388
Hey, Kenny, please.

515
00:36:23,931 --> 00:36:25,932
Yeah, it's John Chambers,
about the office space.

516
00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:28,560
It doesn't matter. It's a fake movie.

517
00:36:28,728 --> 00:36:32,230
If I'm doing a fake movie,
it's gonna be a fake hit.

518
00:36:32,398 --> 00:36:36,026
<i>The cardinal wants
all cover options on his desk Friday morning.</i>

519
00:36:36,193 --> 00:36:39,446
Engell's prepping the bikes option,
the teachers option.

520
00:36:39,614 --> 00:36:42,907
You have 72 hours to make yours better.

521
00:36:43,409 --> 00:36:44,618
Fine.

522
00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:13,229
Hey, is AO06 still on the open list?

523
00:37:13,856 --> 00:37:14,898
Yeah, I'll hold.

524
00:37:15,399 --> 00:37:19,402
"Fade in on a starship landing.
An exotic, Middle Eastern vibe.

525
00:37:19,570 --> 00:37:23,323
Women gather, offering ecstatic
libations to the sky gods.

526
00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:26,951
Argo. A science-fantasy adventure."

527
00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:30,330
- It's in turnaround. It's dog shit.
- It's a space movie in the Middle East.

528
00:37:30,498 --> 00:37:32,123
- Does it matter?
- Can we get the option?

529
00:37:33,250 --> 00:37:34,793
Why do we need the option?

530
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,838
You're worried about the Ayatollah?
Try the WGA.

531
00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:42,092
Just let me do the talking.

532
00:37:42,259 --> 00:37:45,512
I've known this guy for 25 years.
He's full of shit and he comes on hard...

533
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,347
...but I can handle him.

534
00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:52,435
Come in, come in. Please, sit down.

535
00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:54,479
Give my love to Ruthie, Lester.
How's she doing?

536
00:37:54,647 --> 00:37:56,648
- She died.
- Ah, jeez. I'm sorry.

537
00:37:56,816 --> 00:37:59,651
- Nine years ago.
- Well, you know how it is, Lester.

538
00:37:59,819 --> 00:38:04,114
You know, we got a lot on our minds
in this business. So...

539
00:38:04,365 --> 00:38:06,700
You want to go into production
with this in one month?

540
00:38:06,909 --> 00:38:08,535
Up like a carny ride.

541
00:38:08,703 --> 00:38:09,744
One month, yeah.

542
00:38:09,912 --> 00:38:12,288
- Who are you again?
- Kevin Harkins. Studio Six Films.

543
00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:13,832
He's the money.

544
00:38:13,999 --> 00:38:19,087
Look, what do you say 15 thou
and let's close on this?

545
00:38:21,132 --> 00:38:22,799
You want me to be honest with you, Les?

546
00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:25,427
No. I would like you to bullshit me, Max.

547
00:38:25,594 --> 00:38:27,095
All right.

548
00:38:27,513 --> 00:38:29,973
I enjoyed your films. The early ones.

549
00:38:30,141 --> 00:38:34,269
I took this meeting out of respect,
because I wanted to say no to your face.

550
00:38:35,521 --> 00:38:37,313
Thank you. Very respectful.

551
00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:38,982
You're finished, Lester.

552
00:38:39,525 --> 00:38:41,401
Get your cataracts fixed, read the trades.

553
00:38:42,611 --> 00:38:45,155
MGM just capitalized for six new films.

554
00:38:45,322 --> 00:38:47,782
They're screaming for sci-fi.

555
00:38:48,033 --> 00:38:51,161
They're offering me four times
what you guys are offering me.

556
00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:56,124
Well, what can I say?

557
00:38:56,333 --> 00:38:57,917
Congratulations.

558
00:38:58,419 --> 00:39:02,630
But, see, it kind of worries me,
what you said, and let me tell you why.

559
00:39:03,799 --> 00:39:07,552
Couple of weeks ago, I was sitting at
Trader Vic's, I was enjoying a Mai Tai...

560
00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:09,429
...when my pal Warren Beatty comes in.

561
00:39:09,597 --> 00:39:11,681
He wishes me well, we had a little chat.

562
00:39:12,183 --> 00:39:15,143
<i>Seems he was attached
to star in Zulu Empire...</i>

563
00:39:15,311 --> 00:39:17,520
...which was gonna anchor that MGM slate.

564
00:39:17,688 --> 00:39:20,774
But Warren confided in me
that the picture's gone over budget...

565
00:39:20,941 --> 00:39:23,860
...because the Zulu extras wanna unionize.

566
00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:26,613
They may be cannibals,
but they want health and dental...

567
00:39:26,781 --> 00:39:28,072
...so the movie's kaput.

568
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:31,451
Which means that the MGM deal
ain't gonna happen...

569
00:39:31,619 --> 00:39:34,454
...and your script ain't worth
the buffalo shit on a nickel.

570
00:39:35,122 --> 00:39:36,873
So the way it looks to me-

571
00:39:37,082 --> 00:39:38,875
Through the cataracts, I grant you.

572
00:39:39,084 --> 00:39:40,835
- is that you can either sign here...

573
00:39:41,003 --> 00:39:44,005
...and take $10,000
for your toilet paper script...

574
00:39:44,173 --> 00:39:46,382
...or you can go fuck yourself.

575
00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:49,302
With all due respect.

576
00:39:55,601 --> 00:39:57,143
You really know Warren Beatty?

577
00:39:57,311 --> 00:40:01,064
Yes, I do. I took a leak next to him
once at the Golden Globes.

578
00:40:01,732 --> 00:40:03,024
Taco?

579
00:40:21,377 --> 00:40:22,544
Got any kids, Lester?

580
00:40:23,879 --> 00:40:25,755
Yeah. I have two daughters.

581
00:40:27,174 --> 00:40:28,424
You see them much?

582
00:40:29,051 --> 00:40:30,510
I talk to them once a year.

583
00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:33,638
- Maybe.
- Why is that?

584
00:40:37,142 --> 00:40:39,143
I was a terrible father.

585
00:40:40,938 --> 00:40:44,232
The bullshit business,
it's like coal mining.

586
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,694
You come home to your wife and kids,
you can't wash it off.

587
00:40:49,864 --> 00:40:50,947
You?

588
00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:53,783
Yeah, I got a son.

589
00:40:55,035 --> 00:40:57,161
He lives in Virginia with his mother.

590
00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:02,750
You're divorced?

591
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,752
Taking time off.

592
00:41:06,881 --> 00:41:08,965
He needs to be, you know...

593
00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:10,174
...where he is.

594
00:41:12,636 --> 00:41:14,637
Kids need the mother.

595
00:41:24,607 --> 00:41:26,024
<i>So tell me what's happening now.</i>

596
00:41:26,358 --> 00:41:28,109
Dad, just turn on the TV.

597
00:41:28,277 --> 00:41:30,945
I don't have the same channels
where I am, bud.

598
00:41:31,113 --> 00:41:32,655
You gotta explain it to me.

599
00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:38,202
There are these giant spiders,
and they're attacking all these people.

600
00:41:38,370 --> 00:41:40,830
And these people have to fight
the giant spiders.

601
00:41:42,249 --> 00:41:44,751
They're scared. They can't fight a spider.

602
00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:49,088
<i>The thing about the spiders is,
they're from an inter-dimensional gateway.</i>

603
00:41:49,256 --> 00:41:50,882
What is that? Like a black hole?

604
00:41:51,091 --> 00:41:53,509
Yes, it is a black hole. I know all about it.

605
00:41:54,511 --> 00:41:59,349
They caught the shah's chief of security
trying to get on a plane to Paris.

606
00:42:00,225 --> 00:42:01,392
<i>Listen.</i>

607
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,937
Since the incident, the number of guards
at the airport has doubled.

608
00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:08,024
Thorough background examinations
should be expected.

609
00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:11,402
The movie cover isn't strong enough yet.
I need another week, Jack.

610
00:42:11,862 --> 00:42:13,696
You don't have it.

611
00:42:15,699 --> 00:42:16,741
We got an office.

612
00:42:17,743 --> 00:42:19,827
We got business cards.

613
00:42:19,995 --> 00:42:21,829
We got a poster.

614
00:42:22,748 --> 00:42:26,042
If I'm the Revolutionary Guard,
that's nothing we couldn't have made at home.

615
00:42:26,251 --> 00:42:28,169
Six people's lives depend on this.

616
00:42:29,588 --> 00:42:33,591
It's not enough. If we're gonna fool
these people, it has to be big.

617
00:42:33,759 --> 00:42:36,761
And it has to have something
that says it's authentic.

618
00:42:37,721 --> 00:42:40,932
I did a movie with Rock Hudson one time.

619
00:42:41,892 --> 00:42:44,227
If you wanna sell a lie...

620
00:42:45,270 --> 00:42:47,772
You get the press to sell it for you.

621
00:42:48,732 --> 00:42:52,485
No, no, no. Press event and then
they're gonna read through the script.

622
00:42:52,653 --> 00:42:56,614
Well, they got a bunch of actors,
they're gonna read from beginning to end.

623
00:42:56,782 --> 00:42:58,616
They have costumes and everything.

624
00:42:58,784 --> 00:43:02,537
No, no, no, I can't.
Variety has an exclusive on that.

625
00:43:02,705 --> 00:43:05,873
Is there any way to make this
more Middle Eastern?

626
00:43:06,542 --> 00:43:08,126
Mesopotamia? Egypt?

627
00:43:08,293 --> 00:43:09,377
Iran.

628
00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:13,131
Look, I can get you in, but you're
gonna have to promise me at least half a page.

629
00:43:13,298 --> 00:43:16,426
No, no, this thing's an event.
It's gonna be a spectacle.

630
00:44:18,363 --> 00:44:22,116
Lester?
- Nina. You look fabulous.

631
00:44:22,284 --> 00:44:23,367
You're doing the reading?

632
00:44:23,577 --> 00:44:25,703
I'm playing Serksi, the Galactic Witch.

633
00:44:25,871 --> 00:44:27,830
Great. I'll call you.

634
00:44:29,291 --> 00:44:31,876
Keep that fucking space witch
away from me.

635
00:44:32,085 --> 00:44:34,378
- You know her?
- I was married to her.

636
00:44:34,588 --> 00:44:36,214
Oh, my God, Iraq is amazing.

637
00:44:36,381 --> 00:44:37,507
Oh, we're shooting in Iran.

638
00:44:37,674 --> 00:44:39,091
Iran with an N?

639
00:44:39,259 --> 00:44:40,843
Yeah. We're very excited.

640
00:44:41,011 --> 00:44:42,303
You ever watch the news?

641
00:44:42,471 --> 00:44:44,222
What does the title refer to?

642
00:44:44,973 --> 00:44:47,558
The Argo. You know, it's the thing.

643
00:44:47,726 --> 00:44:49,477
Like Jason and the Golden Fleece,
or what?

644
00:44:49,645 --> 00:44:51,562
No, no. It's the ship. It's the spaceship.

645
00:44:51,730 --> 00:44:56,567
It goes everywhere.
It goes all throughout space.

646
00:44:57,194 --> 00:44:58,361
So it's the Argonaut.

647
00:44:58,987 --> 00:45:00,029
No.

648
00:45:00,197 --> 00:45:02,323
- What does "Argo" mean?
- I don't know.

649
00:45:02,491 --> 00:45:03,574
You don't know?

650
00:45:03,742 --> 00:45:06,202
It means "Argo fuck yourself."

651
00:45:08,330 --> 00:45:11,040
Excuse me. May I have
your attention, ladies and gentlemen?

652
00:45:11,208 --> 00:45:15,753
If our artists could settle in.
We're just about ready to begin the reading.

653
00:45:15,921 --> 00:45:19,674
Argo, by Mary Ann Boyd.

654
00:45:19,842 --> 00:45:22,051
"Fade in on starship landing.

655
00:45:22,219 --> 00:45:23,761
Exterior, bazaar.

656
00:45:23,929 --> 00:45:26,764
An exotic, Middle Eastern vibe."

657
00:45:34,439 --> 00:45:37,608
<i>The people working here are not diplomats.</i>

658
00:45:37,776 --> 00:45:40,236
<i>In fact, as Imam Khomeini said...</i>

659
00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:44,282
<i>...we have found no evidence that proves
that these people are diplomats.</i>

660
00:45:44,449 --> 00:45:48,953
<i>All evidence proves
that these people are spies.</i>

661
00:45:49,121 --> 00:45:52,790
In the name of God,
the beneficent, the merciful...

662
00:45:52,958 --> 00:45:55,585
...our message to the awakened peoples
of the world:

663
00:45:55,752 --> 00:45:58,462
At this time we want
to expose the hateful acts...

664
00:45:58,630 --> 00:46:00,798
Our world has changed.

665
00:46:01,258 --> 00:46:04,218
The fire of hope stopped burning
in this galaxy long ago.

666
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:06,470
The ship is turning around.

667
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,139
Fire the thrusters!

668
00:46:08,307 --> 00:46:10,725
He says a gravitational field
that strong will kill anyone.

669
00:46:10,893 --> 00:46:13,269
<i>- were completely unjustified.</i>

670
00:46:13,437 --> 00:46:15,104
<i>They and all others must know...</i>

671
00:46:15,939 --> 00:46:18,816
<i>...that the United States of America
will not yield...</i>

672
00:46:18,984 --> 00:46:21,694
<i>...to international terrorism or to blackmail.</i>

673
00:46:21,862 --> 00:46:25,573
Sir! We'll be crushed!
There's not enough time!

674
00:46:25,741 --> 00:46:28,826
-are controlled by capitalists
and large oil companies.

675
00:46:28,994 --> 00:46:32,496
The United States government considers
revolutionaries as terrorists...

676
00:46:32,664 --> 00:46:37,501
...but itself and its CIA are the most
terrorizing organization of all time.

677
00:46:37,711 --> 00:46:40,463
<i>"The story was told,
but there are infinitely more.</i>

678
00:46:40,631 --> 00:46:43,507
<i>Three setting suns.
The princess's robes fall from her body."</i>

679
00:46:43,675 --> 00:46:46,510
<i>If we find his ship
we will find our chance.</i>

680
00:46:47,512 --> 00:46:51,307
Aboard the Argo lies
my hope, my hero, my husband.

681
00:46:51,475 --> 00:46:54,852
We will begin the trials
and carry out the sentences.

682
00:46:55,020 --> 00:46:58,898
<i>You wonder where and how this
seemingly endless parade of hatred will end.</i>

683
00:46:58,899 --> 00:46:59,023
<i>You wonder where and how this seemingly endless parade of hatred will end. EMBASSY BASEMENT
- JANUARY 23, 1980</i>

684
00:46:59,024 --> 00:46:59,190
EMBASSY BASEMENT - JANUARY 23, 1980

685
00:46:59,191 --> 00:47:02,985
<i>What do they want? They say the question should be not "what?" but "who?" EMBASSY BASEMENT
- JANUARY 23, 1980</i>

686
00:47:02,986 --> 00:47:03,653
<i>What do they want? They say the question
should be not "what?" but "who?"</i>

687
00:47:03,820 --> 00:47:06,489
<i>The answer to that is clear.
They want their former shah.</i>

688
00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:09,867
<i>-Carter and his administration
shameful to talk about human rights.</i>

689
00:47:10,035 --> 00:47:14,288
Carter and his government have given
asylum to the worst criminal of all.

690
00:47:14,456 --> 00:47:15,498
<i>For life?</i>

691
00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:19,043
<i>They will remain until the shah is returned.</i>

692
00:47:19,336 --> 00:47:22,838
<i>But if the exiled shah,
now in a New York City hospital...</i>

693
00:47:23,006 --> 00:47:26,175
<i>...leaves the United States
for any place other than Iran...</i>

694
00:47:26,343 --> 00:47:28,552
<i>...harsher decisions will be taken
against the hostages.</i>

695
00:47:34,851 --> 00:47:37,478
<i>"We cut outside to the Shidoori Dome...</i>

696
00:47:37,646 --> 00:47:39,480
<i>...holding on a single red flower...</i>

697
00:47:39,648 --> 00:47:43,067
...as it grows from the ruins
of a starship in the desert.

698
00:47:43,235 --> 00:47:46,862
Fade to black." The end.

699
00:48:07,217 --> 00:48:09,093
- Hello.
- Hey.

700
00:48:09,594 --> 00:48:11,470
<i>- Hi.
- Hi.</i>

701
00:48:12,347 --> 00:48:13,639
How you doing?

702
00:48:13,807 --> 00:48:17,601
<i>- Good. You sound good.
- I am.</i>

703
00:48:18,562 --> 00:48:21,105
It's like, we might be
doing something good.

704
00:48:23,150 --> 00:48:26,944
You know, we're having his birthday party
at a bowling alley.

705
00:48:28,780 --> 00:48:30,573
So you should come.

706
00:48:33,118 --> 00:48:36,287
- When is it?
- On his birthday.

707
00:48:36,455 --> 00:48:39,040
<i>- I see. Nice choice.
- Mm-hm. Mm-hm.</i>

708
00:48:39,207 --> 00:48:42,209
I just didn't know if it was a weekend, or-
But that's fine.

709
00:48:42,377 --> 00:48:44,670
Okay, I might come. I'll try.

710
00:48:44,838 --> 00:48:47,214
Don't try, Tony. Just come.

711
00:48:50,927 --> 00:48:52,928
Hey, did you brush your teeth?

712
00:48:55,223 --> 00:48:57,141
I gotta go enforce this.

713
00:48:57,517 --> 00:49:01,187
Okay. Go enforce. I'll talk to you soon.

714
00:49:08,862 --> 00:49:10,154
Huh.

715
00:49:10,363 --> 00:49:12,948
<i>- Well, why'd he do it?
He did it because he did it.</i>

716
00:49:13,116 --> 00:49:17,953
He saw a covert intelligence officer
saying "cheese" with R2-D2.

717
00:49:18,747 --> 00:49:20,289
They're going with the teachers.

718
00:49:20,457 --> 00:49:22,458
It's a fucking death sentence, Jack.

719
00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:25,377
Well, then it's on Engell.

720
00:49:25,545 --> 00:49:27,755
It's done, Tony. Wash your hands.

721
00:49:38,683 --> 00:49:40,142
Listen, I've done 30 movies.

722
00:49:40,310 --> 00:49:43,312
Half of them, the pricks upstairs
tried to shut down.

723
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:44,772
Not this one.

724
00:49:44,940 --> 00:49:49,068
My ass is staying right here
and I'm gonna run a movie company.

725
00:49:50,570 --> 00:49:53,489
Hey. First shot of the picture.

726
00:49:58,787 --> 00:50:00,079
Argo fuck yourself.

727
00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:02,665
Argo fuck yourself.

728
00:50:07,712 --> 00:50:10,131
How'd you get around the pricks upstairs?

729
00:50:30,193 --> 00:50:31,735
How'd you get the meeting?

730
00:50:31,903 --> 00:50:34,697
I went over D. Op's head.

731
00:50:34,865 --> 00:50:37,366
And I used your name.

732
00:50:37,534 --> 00:50:41,287
You can forget about that time-share
in Ocean City, Jack.

733
00:50:43,373 --> 00:50:45,833
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
JANUARY 25, 1980

734
00:50:57,387 --> 00:51:01,974
Brace yourself. It's like talking to
those two old fucks on The Muppets.

735
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:06,729
Aliens and robots?

736
00:51:08,106 --> 00:51:09,648
Yes, sir.

737
00:51:10,191 --> 00:51:13,527
You're telling me that there is a movie
company in Hollywood right now...

738
00:51:13,695 --> 00:51:15,487
...that is funded by the CIA?

739
00:51:16,114 --> 00:51:17,281
Yes, sir.

740
00:51:18,617 --> 00:51:22,202
- What's wrong with the bikes again?
- We tried to get the message upstairs, sir.

741
00:51:22,370 --> 00:51:24,997
You think this is more plausible
than teachers?

742
00:51:25,165 --> 00:51:28,542
Yes, we do.
One, there are no more foreign teachers in Iran.

743
00:51:28,710 --> 00:51:30,920
And we think everybody
knows Hollywood people.

744
00:51:31,129 --> 00:51:35,633
Everybody knows they'd shoot in Stalingrad
with Pol Pot directing if it would sell tickets.

745
00:51:35,842 --> 00:51:38,093
There are only bad options.

746
00:51:38,261 --> 00:51:39,762
It's about finding the best one.

747
00:51:40,764 --> 00:51:42,765
You don't have a better bad idea than this?

748
00:51:42,933 --> 00:51:45,684
This is the best bad idea we have, sir.

749
00:51:45,852 --> 00:51:46,894
By far.

750
00:51:55,195 --> 00:51:59,198
The United States government has just
sanctioned your science-fiction movie.

751
00:52:00,325 --> 00:52:01,367
Thank you, sir.

752
00:52:37,821 --> 00:52:42,741
I'm required to remind you that if you are
detained, the agency will not claim you.

753
00:52:44,411 --> 00:52:45,577
Barely claim me as it is.

754
00:52:47,789 --> 00:52:49,498
Your "in case of's" good?

755
00:52:50,583 --> 00:52:52,084
It's just Christine.

756
00:52:54,963 --> 00:52:56,964
I should've brought some books
to read in prison.

757
00:52:57,132 --> 00:52:58,173
No.

758
00:52:58,842 --> 00:53:00,843
They'll kill you long before prison.

759
00:53:02,846 --> 00:53:04,013
- Thanks for the ride.
- Yeah.

760
00:53:14,315 --> 00:53:15,357
Studio Six.

761
00:53:15,525 --> 00:53:18,777
We got a green light. Keep the office
running until you hear otherwise.

762
00:53:19,279 --> 00:53:22,239
Argo fuck yourself.

763
00:53:33,710 --> 00:53:36,128
It's getting kind of late. Is he gonna show?

764
00:53:40,175 --> 00:53:43,010
Some people have it worse.

765
00:53:44,137 --> 00:53:46,472
Some people have it better.

766
00:54:09,370 --> 00:54:11,163
<i>Your attention, please.</i>

767
00:54:11,331 --> 00:54:14,833
<i>This is the final boarding call
for British Airways Flight 87.</i>

768
00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:48,867
<i>"We are a nation of 35 million.</i>

769
00:54:50,245 --> 00:54:54,039
And many of these people are looking
forward to martyrdom."

770
00:54:57,210 --> 00:54:59,545
- Hey.
- Hey.

771
00:55:00,255 --> 00:55:01,630
Come to bed.

772
00:55:02,632 --> 00:55:03,799
In five minutes.

773
00:55:15,645 --> 00:55:18,021
You know, she pleaded with me.

774
00:55:18,690 --> 00:55:22,025
When it started in the streets
nine months ago...

775
00:55:23,069 --> 00:55:25,571
...she begged for us to leave.

776
00:55:26,656 --> 00:55:29,575
She packed our bags, and I said:

777
00:55:29,742 --> 00:55:32,911
"You know what?
You know, just a little bit longer."

778
00:55:35,248 --> 00:55:37,332
And all I was thinking was:

779
00:55:39,502 --> 00:55:41,044
"Stay.

780
00:55:42,046 --> 00:55:43,839
This is good for me.

781
00:55:44,966 --> 00:55:46,425
Stay.

782
00:55:49,470 --> 00:55:51,096
Show Newsom you got the balls."

783
00:55:56,936 --> 00:55:59,771
I can't believe I put Kathy in this position.

784
00:56:08,323 --> 00:56:10,699
I think we're gonna die here.

785
00:56:39,187 --> 00:56:42,064
<i>- Hello.
Christine, hi. Jack O'Donnell.</i>

786
00:56:42,231 --> 00:56:45,192
Tony wanted me to let you know
that he's gonna-

787
00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:48,737
Gonna be away and won't be able
to call you for a while.

788
00:56:48,905 --> 00:56:51,114
Where's he going?

789
00:56:52,158 --> 00:56:54,993
Jack, is he safe?

790
00:56:55,161 --> 00:56:58,372
Yes. Of course, he's safe.

791
00:57:00,750 --> 00:57:02,292
You should've stopped after "yes."

792
00:57:07,757 --> 00:57:11,843
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 27, 1980

793
00:57:30,279 --> 00:57:34,700
"Iran is 100 percent
not in a prerevolutionary state."

794
00:57:34,867 --> 00:57:37,911
CIA brief, November 1st, 1979.

795
00:57:38,079 --> 00:57:40,080
Can't be right all the time.

796
00:57:40,581 --> 00:57:41,748
Kevin.

797
00:57:42,250 --> 00:57:43,458
When'd you get back?

798
00:57:44,669 --> 00:57:46,878
The shah escaped in a 747...

799
00:57:47,088 --> 00:57:50,424
...so laden with gold bars,
it nearly didn't make it off the runway.

800
00:57:50,591 --> 00:57:51,633
But you kept busy.

801
00:57:51,801 --> 00:57:56,847
Ferrying out the torture apparatus
of our friend's fallen dictatorship.

802
00:57:57,306 --> 00:57:58,807
It's getting worse.

803
00:57:58,975 --> 00:58:01,935
Everyone who lands at Mehrabad
now fills in one of these.

804
00:58:03,104 --> 00:58:06,982
That slip makes a copy to the one underneath.
Passenger keeps yellow, airport keeps white.

805
00:58:07,150 --> 00:58:08,692
When you leave, they match them up...

806
00:58:08,860 --> 00:58:11,236
...to verify you came into the country
when you say you did.

807
00:58:11,404 --> 00:58:15,365
So if they look, they'll see I didn't come
into the country with six people.

808
00:58:16,117 --> 00:58:17,868
If they look.

809
00:58:19,912 --> 00:58:24,916
When you land, you should go straight to
the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance...

810
00:58:25,126 --> 00:58:26,543
...to kiss the ring.

811
00:58:26,711 --> 00:58:29,921
Get on record as having applied
for a film permit.

812
00:58:30,256 --> 00:58:33,842
If they catch you later, at least they'll be
confused while they're torturing you.

813
00:58:37,805 --> 00:58:41,767
IRANIAN CONSULATE - TURKEY

814
00:58:51,569 --> 00:58:53,695
What will be the purpose
of your visit to Iran?

815
00:58:54,072 --> 00:58:57,199
Uh, film production. Business.

816
00:58:59,577 --> 00:59:02,370
Why didn't you get your visa in Canada?

817
00:59:03,748 --> 00:59:07,584
I would've loved to, except my boss
didn't send a telex till I got here.

818
00:59:08,252 --> 00:59:11,838
Guy had an intelligent thought in his head,
it would die of loneliness.

819
00:59:32,819 --> 00:59:35,529
The Times and AP found out six escaped.

820
00:59:35,696 --> 00:59:39,032
They know who they are and they know
they're hiding out with the Canadians.

821
00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:40,992
Somebody with one of the families talked.

822
00:59:41,202 --> 00:59:42,536
Mother of God.

823
00:59:42,703 --> 00:59:45,497
Yeah, I just put Vance on a plane
to take the editors to Le Cirque.

824
00:59:45,665 --> 00:59:48,125
He thinks he can
get them to sit on it, for now.

825
00:59:49,127 --> 00:59:51,086
Your guy better get them...

826
00:59:51,754 --> 00:59:53,630
...and get the hell out.

827
00:59:54,423 --> 00:59:57,384
<i>The captain has informed
us that we have entered Iranian airspace.</i>

828
00:59:57,552 --> 01:00:02,055
<i>We'll be coming through to collect
any remaining alcoholic beverages.</i>

829
01:02:40,256 --> 01:02:41,923
This film crew is just yourself?

830
01:02:42,466 --> 01:02:45,427
No, we have six more from Canada
meeting us today.

831
01:02:45,594 --> 01:02:47,429
You like to film at the bazaar?

832
01:02:47,930 --> 01:02:49,764
The bazaar, maybe the palace.

833
01:02:50,599 --> 01:02:52,225
Landmark sites.

834
01:02:52,435 --> 01:02:54,019
I see.

835
01:02:54,812 --> 01:02:56,688
The exotic Orient.

836
01:02:57,106 --> 01:03:00,483
Snake charmers, flying carpets.

837
01:03:01,402 --> 01:03:04,279
You came to us at a complicated time.

838
01:03:04,447 --> 01:03:08,450
Before the revolution, 40 percent of the movie
theaters in Tehran were showing pornography.

839
01:03:09,618 --> 01:03:10,869
I understand.

840
01:03:11,037 --> 01:03:14,205
The function of this office is purification...

841
01:03:14,415 --> 01:03:17,667
...as well as promotion for the arts.

842
01:03:18,961 --> 01:03:21,546
I'll review this for the minister.

843
01:03:22,298 --> 01:03:23,715
Okay. Thank you.

844
01:03:32,141 --> 01:03:34,934
Lester, you're working late.

845
01:03:35,102 --> 01:03:37,020
Till the dawn's early light.

846
01:03:37,188 --> 01:03:41,066
You got stamina, Lester. I wanna be you.

847
01:03:41,275 --> 01:03:44,110
Well, I'm 150 years old,
so you wouldn't be me for long.

848
01:03:54,038 --> 01:03:56,206
Mr. Ambassador.
- Ken Taylor.

849
01:03:56,374 --> 01:03:57,874
Thank you for what you're doing.

850
01:03:58,667 --> 01:04:01,503
I was expecting more of a G-man look.

851
01:04:02,588 --> 01:04:04,589
I think you're thinking of the FBI, sir.

852
01:04:05,383 --> 01:04:07,717
Ah. This way.

853
01:04:19,855 --> 01:04:23,566
- These are blank, you know. Stamps...
- Yeah, I'll take care of this.

854
01:04:25,778 --> 01:04:26,903
How long?

855
01:04:27,113 --> 01:04:29,906
A day, prep their covers.
Two if they need it.

856
01:04:30,074 --> 01:04:31,408
And you'll fly out with them?

857
01:04:31,826 --> 01:04:33,451
Yeah.

858
01:04:33,619 --> 01:04:35,286
There's something you should know.

859
01:04:35,496 --> 01:04:38,748
We think our housekeeper
has figured out who they are.

860
01:04:39,291 --> 01:04:43,753
We don't know if we can trust her,
so sooner is better.

861
01:05:33,637 --> 01:05:34,929
Hi.

862
01:05:35,097 --> 01:05:36,973
My name's Kevin Harkins...

863
01:05:38,058 --> 01:05:39,642
...and I'm gonna get you home.

864
01:05:41,103 --> 01:05:43,730
These are the screenplays
for your cover identities.

865
01:05:45,357 --> 01:05:47,817
It's theater of the absurd.

866
01:05:47,985 --> 01:05:50,570
- What are our chances?
- Your chances are good.

867
01:05:50,738 --> 01:05:53,865
"Good"? Well, what's the number value
of "good"?

868
01:05:54,074 --> 01:05:56,784
Thirty percent chance
of being publicly executed?

869
01:05:56,952 --> 01:06:00,497
Can you tell me what the objection was
to normal cover identities?

870
01:06:00,664 --> 01:06:02,874
There are no Canadians in the country
for normal reasons.

871
01:06:03,042 --> 01:06:04,584
- They'll sniff us out regardless.
The Swedish Consul?

872
01:06:04,752 --> 01:06:08,421
They accused him of being an American
at the airport. They held him for an hour.

873
01:06:08,589 --> 01:06:11,633
We can't hold up under that.
We don't know what the hell movie people do.

874
01:06:11,800 --> 01:06:12,926
That's why I'm here.

875
01:06:13,093 --> 01:06:16,596
I'm gonna help you. I'll be with you
the whole way. This is what I do.

876
01:06:16,764 --> 01:06:18,806
Have you gotten people out
this way before?

877
01:06:20,142 --> 01:06:21,643
This would be a first.

878
01:06:23,145 --> 01:06:26,731
Do you know that every day they catch
another friend of the shah at the airport?

879
01:06:26,899 --> 01:06:29,400
Kangaroo trials and then firing squads...

880
01:06:29,610 --> 01:06:32,320
...just for having American names
in their phone books.

881
01:06:32,488 --> 01:06:33,947
You've been here an hour.

882
01:06:34,114 --> 01:06:36,533
And you're asking us to trust you
with our lives, Mr...?

883
01:06:36,700 --> 01:06:38,034
Harkins.

884
01:06:38,244 --> 01:06:40,036
That's your real name?

885
01:06:40,704 --> 01:06:41,871
No.

886
01:06:44,833 --> 01:06:48,628
I know there are risks involved.
Serious risks.

887
01:06:49,129 --> 01:06:50,838
But it is time to go.

888
01:06:53,300 --> 01:06:56,928
We've got orders to close the embassy
and go back. There's nowhere for them to stay.

889
01:06:59,431 --> 01:07:03,142
We will never make it through
immigration at the airport. I'm serious.

890
01:07:03,310 --> 01:07:07,230
No, no, no, this is what, the part when
we say this is so crazy it might actually work?

891
01:07:07,398 --> 01:07:09,232
Joe, I saw it in Burma. They get people out.

892
01:07:09,400 --> 01:07:12,652
Snitches in banana republics?
They get them over the border after the coup.

893
01:07:12,820 --> 01:07:13,861
That's your opinion, Joe.

894
01:07:14,029 --> 01:07:16,197
You know, his opinion got us out
in the first place.

895
01:07:16,699 --> 01:07:20,827
If we go out there with fake passports,
we are spies, period. That's execution.

896
01:07:20,995 --> 01:07:23,538
- You got a problem lying, Joe?
- Point is, we can't stay here.

897
01:07:24,206 --> 01:07:27,834
If we get caught, you and Pat go on trial
for harboring the enemy, you know that?

898
01:07:28,002 --> 01:07:30,587
Pat and I have discussed it.
It's the risk we took.

899
01:07:31,380 --> 01:07:34,299
That man out there
has got bad cards and he is going to lose.

900
01:07:34,466 --> 01:07:37,760
And if he loses, it's our lives.

901
01:07:39,054 --> 01:07:41,055
And his life too.

902
01:07:42,474 --> 01:07:44,392
Look, we don't have any alternatives.

903
01:07:44,560 --> 01:07:45,768
We gotta go.

904
01:07:52,276 --> 01:07:55,737
These cover identities were created
specifically for each one of you.

905
01:07:55,904 --> 01:07:58,448
What you need to do is memorize
everything that's inside.

906
01:07:58,616 --> 01:08:01,534
Who you are, what you are,
where you've been. Complete bio.

907
01:08:01,702 --> 01:08:02,785
And then add to that.

908
01:08:02,953 --> 01:08:06,372
Where do you vacation? What are your
allergies? Who'd you have an affair with?

909
01:08:06,540 --> 01:08:07,707
The only way this works...

910
01:08:07,875 --> 01:08:11,544
...is if you believe that you're these people
so much that you dream like them.

911
01:08:12,504 --> 01:08:14,213
Get started tonight.

912
01:08:14,923 --> 01:08:17,925
I'll be back tomorrow.
We'll get going. Good luck.

913
01:08:23,515 --> 01:08:25,224
Well, my guy kind of sucks.

914
01:08:25,392 --> 01:08:26,768
What's your name?

915
01:08:27,478 --> 01:08:29,771
Mike McEwan, eh? Heh.

916
01:08:30,731 --> 01:08:31,773
That was convincing.

917
01:08:31,940 --> 01:08:33,608
Kathy, what's your name?

918
01:09:01,595 --> 01:09:04,806
<i>The Love Boat
will be seen 15 minutes from now.</i>

919
01:09:04,973 --> 01:09:08,768
<i>The State Department insisted today
that the crisis in Afghanistan...</i>

920
01:09:08,936 --> 01:09:13,022
<i>...will not divert the attention of the
United States from the plight of the hostages.</i>

921
01:09:13,190 --> 01:09:15,900
<i>- is perceived to be if not impotent,
then at least reluctant...</i>

922
01:09:16,068 --> 01:09:20,571
<i>Now the United States finds itself in such
bitter confrontation with the Soviet Union...</i>

923
01:09:20,739 --> 01:09:23,574
<i>...over that country's invasion
of Afghanistan...</i>

924
01:09:23,784 --> 01:09:26,202
<i>The United States
is now moving toward a decision...</i>

925
01:09:26,370 --> 01:09:28,413
<i>...to boycott the Summer Olympics
in Moscow...</i>

926
01:09:29,581 --> 01:09:32,792
Bad news, bad news.
Even when it's good news, it's bad news.

927
01:09:33,168 --> 01:09:37,296
John Wayne's in the ground six months,
this is what's left of America.

928
01:10:05,826 --> 01:10:09,454
<i>"The Minister of Culture and Guidance
has approved your location scout.</i>

929
01:10:09,621 --> 01:10:11,539
He will send his representative to meet
you and your crew...

930
01:10:11,707 --> 01:10:15,293
...at the Khayyam entrance
to the Grand Bazaar tomorrow at 3 p.m."

931
01:10:16,170 --> 01:10:17,336
They called your bluff.

932
01:10:17,504 --> 01:10:20,089
<i>- Maybe they're cooperating.
- Absolutely not.</i>

933
01:10:20,507 --> 01:10:24,886
Seven Americans walking the bazaar
is asking for a riot. It's the hive.

934
01:10:25,053 --> 01:10:26,387
Seven Canadians, Jack.

935
01:10:26,555 --> 01:10:29,682
<i>Never give them multiple shots at a cover.</i>

936
01:10:30,392 --> 01:10:31,684
Are they even ready?

937
01:10:31,852 --> 01:10:33,102
They're getting there.

938
01:10:33,270 --> 01:10:34,812
There's no prize for "Most Improved."

939
01:10:34,980 --> 01:10:37,690
I don't have a choice.
We say no, they show up at the residence...

940
01:10:37,858 --> 01:10:40,485
...and drag everyone out.
You think their covers are gonna hold up...

941
01:10:40,652 --> 01:10:42,487
...when they're getting their fingernails
pulled out?

942
01:11:03,258 --> 01:11:06,511
You want us to go to the Grand Bazaar
at 3:00 in the afternoon?

943
01:11:07,596 --> 01:11:10,598
You said a day to learn our covers,
then straight to the airport.

944
01:11:10,766 --> 01:11:12,391
They suspect something?

945
01:11:12,559 --> 01:11:15,311
What I know is,
we need to pretend to be a movie crew.

946
01:11:15,479 --> 01:11:18,898
We go to the bazaar today,
we fly out from the airport tomorrow.

947
01:11:20,984 --> 01:11:22,401
We won't do it.

948
01:11:24,196 --> 01:11:26,906
He told them that there were six of us.
So they're expecting six.

949
01:11:27,074 --> 01:11:29,283
It would be suspicious
not to show up at this point.

950
01:11:29,451 --> 01:11:31,577
What else do we have to do, all right?

951
01:11:31,745 --> 01:11:34,288
He's about to show them
the only cards that we're holding...

952
01:11:34,456 --> 01:11:38,125
- ... which is that they don't know we're here!
- That's the ball game, okay?

953
01:11:38,293 --> 01:11:40,419
Look, we don't have any other choice!

954
01:11:40,587 --> 01:11:42,922
Who says that we'll know our covers
well enough?

955
01:11:43,090 --> 01:11:44,841
We're not in the CIA.

956
01:11:45,968 --> 01:11:47,593
It's suicide.

957
01:11:47,761 --> 01:11:49,846
I'm asking you to trust me.

958
01:11:51,265 --> 01:11:52,431
I don't trust you.

959
01:11:54,977 --> 01:11:57,520
This is the game, Joe.
What world are you living in?

960
01:11:57,688 --> 01:12:01,315
The one where they're hanging people
from construction cranes, Bob.

961
01:12:02,109 --> 01:12:04,569
It's too dangerous.
I won't bring my wife into the bazaar.

962
01:12:06,655 --> 01:12:07,989
Joe?

963
01:12:14,705 --> 01:12:16,539
So we'll see you at 2.

964
01:12:39,396 --> 01:12:44,483
So don't be recognizable
but look exactly like your passport photo.

965
01:12:45,736 --> 01:12:48,195
I haven't been this nervous
since our wedding.

966
01:12:49,990 --> 01:12:52,074
Only this isn't a huge mistake, hopefully.

967
01:12:53,535 --> 01:12:55,411
Sorry. Okay.

968
01:12:58,165 --> 01:13:05,504
Hello?

969
01:13:12,387 --> 01:13:13,679
Who was that?

970
01:13:17,017 --> 01:13:18,726
- Mark?
- Yeah?

971
01:13:21,021 --> 01:13:22,605
I'm scared.

972
01:13:24,942 --> 01:13:26,192
It's okay.

973
01:14:14,074 --> 01:14:15,241
Where are they?

974
01:14:15,409 --> 01:14:16,742
In the kitchen.

975
01:14:33,677 --> 01:14:37,138
This is what I do. I get people out.

976
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:41,475
And I've never left anyone behind.

977
01:14:43,186 --> 01:14:45,521
I wish I could believe you, Mr. Harkins.

978
01:14:50,652 --> 01:14:53,946
My name is Tony Mendez.
I'm from New York.

979
01:14:54,114 --> 01:14:56,866
My father worked construction.
My mother teaches elementary school.

980
01:14:57,034 --> 01:14:59,410
I have a wife and a 10-year-old son.

981
01:15:01,830 --> 01:15:06,500
You play along with me today,
I promise you, I will get you out tomorrow.

982
01:15:10,881 --> 01:15:12,590
Fuck.

983
01:15:53,173 --> 01:15:55,049
Shit.

984
01:16:22,077 --> 01:16:23,577
Hang on.

985
01:17:11,751 --> 01:17:13,377
You all right?

986
01:17:18,633 --> 01:17:20,801
Okay. Tell me who you are.

987
01:17:21,511 --> 01:17:23,762
Mike McEwan, cameraman.

988
01:17:24,306 --> 01:17:26,515
Robert Baker, director.

989
01:17:26,975 --> 01:17:28,976
Timothy Harris, location manager.

990
01:17:29,144 --> 01:17:31,145
Mary Ann Boyd, screenwriter.

991
01:17:31,313 --> 01:17:33,063
Rachel Dewart, production designer.

992
01:17:33,273 --> 01:17:34,982
Sean Bissett, associate producer.

993
01:17:35,150 --> 01:17:37,693
All right. Let's go make a movie.

994
01:17:50,999 --> 01:17:53,000
Welcome, welcome.
My name is Reza Bolhani.

995
01:17:53,168 --> 01:17:55,544
- Kevin Harkins. I'm the producer.
- Nice to meet you.

996
01:17:55,712 --> 01:17:57,338
This is Mike McEwan, our cameraman.

997
01:17:57,505 --> 01:17:59,715
This is Tim.
This is Mart, our screenwriter.

998
01:17:59,883 --> 01:18:01,383
And this is our director, Bob Baker.

999
01:18:01,551 --> 01:18:03,302
- You are the director?
- Yes.

1000
01:18:03,470 --> 01:18:05,930
Is this film a foreign-bride film?

1001
01:18:06,848 --> 01:18:08,140
Sorry?

1002
01:18:08,308 --> 01:18:10,768
A film where a foreign bride comes to Iran...

1003
01:18:10,936 --> 01:18:14,480
...but she doesn't understand the language
or the customs...

1004
01:18:14,648 --> 01:18:17,191
...and there is misunderstandings
and laughs.

1005
01:18:17,359 --> 01:18:18,817
Oh, no.

1006
01:18:24,032 --> 01:18:29,495
The bazaar in Tehran
is one of the largest in the world.

1007
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:34,250
This bazaar has been on this spot
for over 8000 years.

1008
01:18:34,417 --> 01:18:38,629
You can find many items
such as paper, spices...

1009
01:18:38,838 --> 01:18:41,340
...precious metals, all right here.

1010
01:18:41,508 --> 01:18:42,716
Right this way, please.

1011
01:18:48,098 --> 01:18:49,473
This way.

1012
01:19:04,572 --> 01:19:05,864
Uh, Mike?
Yeah.

1013
01:19:06,032 --> 01:19:10,202
If I was to say you're looking through the
wrong end of that viewfinder, would I be right?

1014
01:19:12,497 --> 01:19:14,081
Yup.

1015
01:19:21,298 --> 01:19:22,423
Just a little further.

1016
01:19:52,412 --> 01:19:55,664
Please wait here. Let's stay together.

1017
01:20:12,474 --> 01:20:14,224
He wants the photograph you took.

1018
01:20:14,392 --> 01:20:17,478
It's okay, it's her job to take photographs.
She's the production designer.

1019
01:20:17,645 --> 01:20:20,898
He says he did not give you permission
to take a photograph of his store.

1020
01:20:21,066 --> 01:20:23,734
That's okay. You can tell him he can have it.

1021
01:20:25,028 --> 01:20:27,112
Please, please, just take the photograph.

1022
01:20:36,915 --> 01:20:37,956
Peace be up?n y?u.

1023
01:20:38,124 --> 01:20:39,500
And up?n y?u, sir. Welc?me.

1024
01:20:39,667 --> 01:20:40,918
I h?pe y?u are well.

1025
01:20:41,086 --> 01:20:42,753
?hank y?u very much. H?w are y?u?

1026
01:20:42,962 --> 01:20:45,339
I'm very well. What's y?ur name?

1027
01:20:45,507 --> 01:20:46,673
Sahar.

1028
01:20:57,685 --> 01:21:00,854
He's saying that the shah killed his son
with an American gun.

1029
01:21:10,532 --> 01:21:12,908
No, no, no! No! Canada!

1030
01:21:13,076 --> 01:21:14,118
Canada!

1031
01:21:14,285 --> 01:21:16,578
I would like to suggest that we end our visit.

1032
01:21:25,922 --> 01:21:27,005
Y?u kn?w, sister...

1033
01:21:27,173 --> 01:21:31,176
...th?se wh? are with him, Ras??l ?f Allah,
we are tender am?ng ?urselves.

1034
01:21:31,344 --> 01:21:32,886
But stern against the Kufar.

1035
01:21:33,513 --> 01:21:34,930
As G?d wills it.

1036
01:21:36,558 --> 01:21:39,768
But th?se wh? sit silently have sinned.

1037
01:21:41,229 --> 01:21:43,230
H?w else may I help, sir?

1038
01:21:43,398 --> 01:21:45,732
N?, n?, just ?ne thing.

1039
01:21:47,610 --> 01:21:49,236
H?w I?ng have they been here?

1040
01:21:50,488 --> 01:21:51,530
Pard?n?

1041
01:21:52,866 --> 01:21:54,575
The guests of the Ambassador.

1042
01:21:54,576 --> 01:21:55,951
The guests of the Ambassador.
How long have they been here?

1043
01:21:58,830 --> 01:22:00,414
?hey arrived tw? days ag?.

1044
01:22:01,207 --> 01:22:05,919
F?rgive my intrusi?n, ?ne must be vigilant.

1045
01:22:07,213 --> 01:22:10,090
Every?ne in this h?use is a friend ?f Iran.

1046
01:22:44,626 --> 01:22:46,084
How'd it go?

1047
01:22:47,712 --> 01:22:49,338
What about tomorrow?

1048
01:22:50,673 --> 01:22:52,216
Tomorrow they'll be ready.

1049
01:22:56,137 --> 01:22:58,430
<i>For Kennedy, a stunning turnaround...</i>

1050
01:22:58,598 --> 01:23:00,641
<i>...one week after humiliation in Illinois.</i>

1051
01:23:00,808 --> 01:23:02,100
<i>I love New York.</i>

1052
01:23:03,478 --> 01:23:06,021
<i>And I love Connecticut too.</i>

1053
01:23:06,189 --> 01:23:08,815
<i>How did he win here? Well, he had help.</i>

1054
01:23:08,983 --> 01:23:13,612
<i>I'm responsible for anything
that goes wrong in this government.</i>

1055
01:23:13,780 --> 01:23:17,824
A man in Scranton is placing a flag
in his lawn for every day of captivity.

1056
01:23:18,826 --> 01:23:21,954
When he runs out of lawn,
Kennedy wins the primary.

1057
01:23:22,497 --> 01:23:24,915
The six with the Canadians
are coming out.

1058
01:23:35,969 --> 01:23:37,553
Who signed off on this?

1059
01:23:37,720 --> 01:23:40,514
- You. Where was your passport issued?
- Vancouver.

1060
01:23:40,682 --> 01:23:41,974
- Where were you born?
- Toronto.

1061
01:23:42,141 --> 01:23:44,142
"Torono." Canadians don't pronounce the T.

1062
01:23:44,310 --> 01:23:46,728
Some Komiteh guard
is actually gonna know that?

1063
01:23:46,896 --> 01:23:50,691
If you're detained for questioning, they will
bring in someone who knows that. Yes.

1064
01:23:50,858 --> 01:23:54,069
Mart, who were the last three prime ministers
of Canada?

1065
01:23:54,529 --> 01:23:57,030
Trudeau, Pearson and Diefenbaker.

1066
01:23:57,198 --> 01:23:58,865
- What's your father's name?
- Howard.

1067
01:23:59,033 --> 01:24:00,784
- What's his occupation?
Fisherman.

1068
01:24:00,952 --> 01:24:03,203
Where were you born?
- Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1069
01:24:03,371 --> 01:24:05,122
What's your date of birth?

1070
01:24:05,290 --> 01:24:07,457
February 21st, 1952.

1071
01:24:07,667 --> 01:24:09,585
- Good. What's your job on the movie?
Producer.

1072
01:24:09,752 --> 01:24:12,504
<i>Associate. Last movie you produced?
- High and Dry.</i>

1073
01:24:12,672 --> 01:24:14,172
- Who paid for that?
- CFDC.

1074
01:24:14,340 --> 01:24:16,675
What's your middle name?
What's your middle name?

1075
01:24:16,843 --> 01:24:18,552
- Leon?
- Shoot him. He's an American spy.

1076
01:24:20,263 --> 01:24:24,016
Look, they're gonna try to break you, okay?
By trying to get you agitated.

1077
01:24:24,183 --> 01:24:26,310
You have to know your résumé
back to front.

1078
01:24:26,477 --> 01:24:30,814
You really believe your little story's gonna make
a difference when there's a gun to our heads?

1079
01:24:31,733 --> 01:24:34,901
I think my story's the only thing
between you and a gun to your head.

1080
01:24:38,239 --> 01:24:39,281
Okay.

1081
01:24:44,495 --> 01:24:47,456
Hey, they made it through
the location scout.

1082
01:24:59,719 --> 01:25:01,094
You have a call.

1083
01:25:12,023 --> 01:25:13,065
What is it?

1084
01:25:13,232 --> 01:25:14,316
Go to black on green.

1085
01:25:17,028 --> 01:25:18,111
Go.

1086
01:25:18,279 --> 01:25:19,738
<i>- It all just changed.
- What?</i>

1087
01:25:19,906 --> 01:25:22,491
<i>- They're calling the game. You gotta come back.
- What?</i>

1088
01:25:22,659 --> 01:25:25,369
Joint Chiefs are planning
a military rescue of the hostages.

1089
01:25:25,536 --> 01:25:28,080
<i>Delta Force has started training
to storm the grounds.</i>

1090
01:25:28,247 --> 01:25:30,123
<i>So if the six of them...</i>

1091
01:25:30,291 --> 01:25:33,919
...are brought down there,
they won't be held for long.

1092
01:25:34,754 --> 01:25:38,465
Fuck. Goddamn it. I never would have exposed
them if I wasn't authorized to get them out.

1093
01:25:38,633 --> 01:25:41,343
- It's over, Tony.
- If they stay here, they will be taken.

1094
01:25:41,511 --> 01:25:46,264
- Probably not alive.
- Listen to me. The thinking has changed.

1095
01:25:46,432 --> 01:25:50,102
Six Americans get pulled out
of a Canadian diplomat's house and executed...

1096
01:25:50,269 --> 01:25:52,187
...it's a world outrage.

1097
01:25:52,355 --> 01:25:55,315
Six Americans get caught playing
movie make-believe...

1098
01:25:55,483 --> 01:25:58,151
...with the CIA at the airport and executed?

1099
01:25:58,319 --> 01:26:03,198
It's a national embarrassment.
They are calling the operation.

1100
01:26:05,451 --> 01:26:07,994
We're responsible for these people.

1101
01:26:08,996 --> 01:26:11,790
What we are is required to follow orders.

1102
01:26:12,667 --> 01:26:14,042
<i>I'm sorry.</i>

1103
01:26:23,428 --> 01:26:24,803
Fuck!

1104
01:26:31,644 --> 01:26:32,686
Come in.

1105
01:26:34,313 --> 01:26:35,897
Ready to try again.

1106
01:26:38,151 --> 01:26:40,902
You're ready. You worked hard.

1107
01:26:42,071 --> 01:26:44,948
Probably the best thing to do for you
right now would be...

1108
01:26:45,825 --> 01:26:47,242
...just to relax.

1109
01:26:48,077 --> 01:26:49,119
Okay.

1110
01:26:49,662 --> 01:26:51,121
You did good.

1111
01:26:52,039 --> 01:26:53,331
Thanks.

1112
01:27:05,720 --> 01:27:09,014
Scorched-earth policy tonight.

1113
01:27:10,725 --> 01:27:12,559
Nothing gets left.

1114
01:27:19,692 --> 01:27:21,109
So you know.

1115
01:27:22,904 --> 01:27:26,698
ExtAff wants you to burn the passports
before you leave.

1116
01:27:28,868 --> 01:27:32,871
If we tell them now, they'll panic.
I think it's best if you just don't show.

1117
01:27:35,374 --> 01:27:37,417
It was always a fucked mission.

1118
01:27:38,085 --> 01:27:40,378
You came closer than anybody else.

1119
01:27:44,342 --> 01:27:56,645
<i>If it keeps on rainin'
Levee's goin' to break</i>

1120
01:27:58,064 --> 01:28:03,735
<i>When the levee breaks
I'll have no place to stay</i>

1121
01:29:44,837 --> 01:29:47,672
A little closer. Keep going.

1122
01:29:49,258 --> 01:29:51,259
Now. Stop.

1123
01:29:55,890 --> 01:29:57,474
Nope.

1124
01:29:58,351 --> 01:29:59,392
- Yeah.
- It's from Dad.

1125
01:30:00,728 --> 01:30:01,978
Here, look.

1126
01:30:10,571 --> 01:30:12,572
Here you go.

1127
01:30:38,683 --> 01:30:44,020
Ahem. It's off.
They want us to pack up the office.

1128
01:30:45,731 --> 01:30:47,857
This can wait. Let's go get a drink.

1129
01:31:13,175 --> 01:31:15,093
He's late.

1130
01:31:28,524 --> 01:31:29,566
O'Donnell.

1131
01:31:29,734 --> 01:31:30,984
<i>Somebody's responsible...</i>

1132
01:31:31,152 --> 01:31:32,986
...when things happen, Jack.

1133
01:31:33,654 --> 01:31:35,196
I'm responsible.

1134
01:31:35,406 --> 01:31:37,991
- I'm taking them through.
- Tony?

1135
01:31:47,918 --> 01:31:52,338
Alan. Alan. We need to confirm those
seven tickets out of Tehran on Swissair.

1136
01:31:52,506 --> 01:31:54,799
- N.E. shut that down.
- I say it's back on.

1137
01:31:54,967 --> 01:31:57,719
- I can't do it. It's backstopped.
- Hey, wait a minute.

1138
01:31:57,887 --> 01:32:00,889
What the hell you talking about, backstopped?
What the hell's that mean?

1139
01:32:01,057 --> 01:32:03,850
Carter's gotta say yes for us
to get the tickets.

1140
01:32:13,652 --> 01:32:14,861
It's time to go.

1141
01:32:25,206 --> 01:32:26,247
All right.

1142
01:32:28,000 --> 01:32:30,794
- Where's Engell?
- He's in a meeting.

1143
01:32:30,961 --> 01:32:33,880
- Pull him out.
- Uh...

1144
01:32:34,048 --> 01:32:35,215
Pull him out!

1145
01:32:35,382 --> 01:32:37,217
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.

1146
01:32:37,802 --> 01:32:39,469
Thank you.
See you soon.

1147
01:32:39,637 --> 01:32:41,554
- Sahar's on a bus.
Great.

1148
01:32:41,722 --> 01:32:43,139
Sahar will be fine.

1149
01:32:43,307 --> 01:32:45,058
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

1150
01:32:45,309 --> 01:32:48,561
- You two leave right now, right?
- We'll be on a train in half an hour.

1151
01:32:48,729 --> 01:32:49,813
Good.

1152
01:32:53,400 --> 01:32:54,609
<i>N.E. said no.</i>

1153
01:32:54,777 --> 01:32:59,447
<i>This is not a long leasher, and it never
has been, and you don't decide if it goes!</i>

1154
01:32:59,615 --> 01:33:00,824
It is going!

1155
01:33:00,991 --> 01:33:02,992
Jack, you are this close.

1156
01:33:03,160 --> 01:33:05,036
Am I? Am I really that close?

1157
01:33:05,204 --> 01:33:07,163
You are this goddamn close to the line
with me.

1158
01:33:07,331 --> 01:33:10,875
I am not gonna leave him at the airport
with six people and his dick in his hand.

1159
01:33:11,043 --> 01:33:14,504
You tell the director to call the White House.
Do your fucking job!

1160
01:33:23,139 --> 01:33:24,222
Get to your plane, Claude.

1161
01:33:31,230 --> 01:33:34,691
First time anyone's gonna ask you
a question is at the first checkpoint.

1162
01:33:35,359 --> 01:33:37,861
<i>The first checkpoint is just
to get a look at your passports.</i>

1163
01:33:38,237 --> 01:33:42,031
<i>Passports came straight from Ottawa
last week. They're clean.</i>

1164
01:33:42,449 --> 01:33:44,284
Find the White House chief of staff.

1165
01:33:44,451 --> 01:33:45,535
How would I find him?

1166
01:33:45,703 --> 01:33:48,705
We're a fucking spy agency! Find him!

1167
01:33:49,456 --> 01:33:52,792
The second checkpoint is immigration.

1168
01:33:52,960 --> 01:33:54,711
You're each gonna hand them one of these.

1169
01:33:54,879 --> 01:33:57,463
<i>It says that you landed in the country
two days ago.</i>

1170
01:33:58,215 --> 01:34:01,050
<i>They'll look for the matching white one,
which doesn't exist.</i>

1171
01:34:01,218 --> 01:34:03,011
<i>You'll say you don't know what happened.</i>

1172
01:34:03,179 --> 01:34:05,096
<i>And if you believe they lost the white slip...</i>

1173
01:34:06,348 --> 01:34:07,432
<i>...they'll believe it too.</i>

1174
01:34:08,309 --> 01:34:11,394
Jordan's in the West Wing.
He's not taking calls.

1175
01:34:12,897 --> 01:34:14,397
Where are his kids?

1176
01:34:14,565 --> 01:34:15,607
What?

1177
01:34:15,774 --> 01:34:17,317
Where do his kids go to school?

1178
01:34:24,408 --> 01:34:25,825
Thank you, thank you.

1179
01:34:25,993 --> 01:34:28,244
Pace Academy, Buckhead, Georgia.

1180
01:34:31,624 --> 01:34:32,665
White House.

1181
01:34:32,833 --> 01:34:37,420
Yes, this is Mr. Murphy from Pace Academy
calling for Mr. Jordan.

1182
01:34:37,588 --> 01:34:39,923
Yeah, I'm afraid it is an emergency.

1183
01:34:40,090 --> 01:34:42,300
Hold for the chief of staff's office.

1184
01:34:42,509 --> 01:34:45,053
The third checkpoint is the trap.

1185
01:34:45,221 --> 01:34:46,846
It's manned by the Revolutionary Guard.

1186
01:34:47,473 --> 01:34:49,724
Most of them were educated
in the U.S. or Europe.

1187
01:34:50,267 --> 01:34:53,144
And all of whom are looking for Americans.

1188
01:35:04,990 --> 01:35:06,032
Hello?

1189
01:35:06,200 --> 01:35:07,992
Jack O'Donnell, from C.I.
- Wait, wait, who?

1190
01:35:08,160 --> 01:35:11,955
Tehran Houseguest operation is ready now.
We don't have the president's go-ahead.

1191
01:35:12,122 --> 01:35:14,207
<i>They are going to be captured.</i>

1192
01:35:14,375 --> 01:35:15,500
David, pick up!

1193
01:35:33,143 --> 01:35:35,687
Zurich. It's under Harkins.

1194
01:35:43,862 --> 01:35:46,531
I'm sorry, sir, I don't seem
to have these reservations.

1195
01:35:50,077 --> 01:35:51,995
Telex on flash.

1196
01:35:52,913 --> 01:35:54,998
Would you mind checking again, please?

1197
01:36:03,674 --> 01:36:06,426
Copy D.S. Confirm the tickets! Go!

1198
01:36:19,940 --> 01:36:21,524
My apologies. It just came through.

1199
01:36:29,199 --> 01:36:30,908
Swissair says they picked up the tickets.

1200
01:36:31,076 --> 01:36:33,745
Get the I.A. office,
tell them to be ready in case they call.

1201
01:36:33,912 --> 01:36:36,039
We told them to shut that down.

1202
01:37:07,154 --> 01:37:08,571
There you go.

1203
01:37:25,422 --> 01:37:26,839
Not here.

1204
01:38:30,070 --> 01:38:31,821
When did you come to Iran?

1205
01:38:32,364 --> 01:38:34,157
Two days ago.

1206
01:38:34,324 --> 01:38:35,992
What was the purpose of your visit?

1207
01:38:37,077 --> 01:38:39,662
We are looking for locations for a film.

1208
01:38:46,462 --> 01:38:47,545
We have a-

1209
01:38:47,713 --> 01:38:52,592
Oh, yeah. I've got a letter
from the Ministry of Culture.

1210
01:38:53,510 --> 01:38:55,761
If you want to take a look at that. All right?

1211
01:39:15,949 --> 01:39:17,992
Ahem.
- You can go.

1212
01:39:27,544 --> 01:39:29,212
Come on, come on.

1213
01:39:39,723 --> 01:39:46,187
<i>Swissair Flight 363
is now boarding Rows 18 to 35.</i>

1214
01:40:20,597 --> 01:40:22,848
We're going to...

1215
01:40:51,378 --> 01:40:55,089
We're together, yes.
The six of us, we're from Canada.

1216
01:40:56,592 --> 01:40:58,676
Purser's telling Swissair
they're not on the plane.

1217
01:40:58,844 --> 01:41:00,344
They should have boarded already.

1218
01:41:00,512 --> 01:41:02,096
Still no answer in I.A.

1219
01:41:27,164 --> 01:41:28,331
Sir.

1220
01:41:38,342 --> 01:41:41,844
Yes, it's a fantasy story
about a war in another world.

1221
01:41:42,012 --> 01:41:43,721
Here you can see our notices.

1222
01:41:48,018 --> 01:41:49,894
Of course I speak Farsi.

1223
01:41:50,062 --> 01:41:52,271
I wish to make a film in Iran.

1224
01:42:09,039 --> 01:42:12,500
No, I'm the writer.

1225
01:42:12,709 --> 01:42:14,585
Kevin, give me the storyboards.

1226
01:42:15,170 --> 01:42:19,215
These are the drawings that show
what we will film for the movie.

1227
01:42:19,383 --> 01:42:22,051
Alien villains have taken over the hero's planet.

1228
01:42:22,219 --> 01:42:25,388
They fight for their families and
take back the city.

1229
01:42:25,555 --> 01:42:31,894
The villains know he is the chosen one,
so they kidnap his son in the spice market.

1230
01:42:33,438 --> 01:42:36,065
So he and his wife storm the castle.

1231
01:42:36,233 --> 01:42:43,239
The people... hold that... the people are inspired to join him.
They are farmers, but they learn to fight.

1232
01:42:46,993 --> 01:42:48,786
They shoot weapons at their enemies.

1233
01:42:52,999 --> 01:42:56,252
And the king of the aliens is destroyed
when the people find their courage.

1234
01:43:05,429 --> 01:43:07,555
You don't go until we verify.

1235
01:43:12,102 --> 01:43:14,145
I understand.

1236
01:43:14,312 --> 01:43:16,480
Sir, you can call our office.

1237
01:43:16,648 --> 01:43:17,982
They'll verify.

1238
01:43:43,258 --> 01:43:46,093
- It'd go all the way throughout the '30s.
We're shooting right now.

1239
01:43:46,261 --> 01:43:50,139
- We're just going to the Producers Building.
- Yeah, I understand. We're shooting right now.

1240
01:44:24,174 --> 01:44:27,885
<i>Swissair announces
final boarding for Flight 363 to Zurich.</i>

1241
01:44:35,852 --> 01:44:37,603
Reset! We're back to one.

1242
01:44:37,771 --> 01:44:39,730
All right, reset.
We're going again!

1243
01:44:39,898 --> 01:44:42,900
- We're just right at the Producers-
- Right away, everyone! And rolling!

1244
01:44:43,068 --> 01:44:45,361
- We're going to the Producers Building.
- We're rolling.

1245
01:45:21,690 --> 01:45:24,650
Sorry, pal. We're gonna be in the movie.
Call my agent.

1246
01:45:24,860 --> 01:45:26,151
Sir!

1247
01:45:38,081 --> 01:45:40,082
Studio Six Productions.

1248
01:45:41,001 --> 01:45:43,419
May I speak to a Mr. Kevin Harkins?

1249
01:45:43,587 --> 01:45:47,756
I'm sorry, Mr. Harkins is out of country
on a location scout. May I take a message?

1250
01:46:05,400 --> 01:46:08,819
<i>Doors are closing for Flight 363 to Zurich.</i>

1251
01:46:17,078 --> 01:46:18,287
We can go.

1252
01:46:27,505 --> 01:46:29,673
You keep these. It's a gift.

1253
01:46:57,160 --> 01:46:58,327
Miss.

1254
01:49:02,952 --> 01:49:04,953
Swissair 363, clearance for taxi?

1255
01:49:08,124 --> 01:49:11,627
Swissair 363,
you are number two for departure.

1256
01:49:18,968 --> 01:49:22,805
<i>Ladies and gentlemen, from
the flight deck, we are number two for takeoff.</i>

1257
01:50:00,009 --> 01:50:02,928
Swissair 363, you are cleared for takeoff.

1258
01:50:07,016 --> 01:50:08,892
Swissair 363, cleared for takeoff.

1259
01:51:14,209 --> 01:51:15,250
We got wheels up.

1260
01:51:15,793 --> 01:51:16,835
Wait.

1261
01:51:32,435 --> 01:51:35,103
Ladies and gentlemen,
it is our pleasure to announce...

1262
01:51:35,271 --> 01:51:38,982
...that alcoholic beverages are now available
as we have cleared Iranian airspace.

1263
01:51:43,988 --> 01:51:45,489
<i>I love you.</i>

1264
01:52:27,532 --> 01:52:29,825
They're clear. Ha-ha-ha!

1265
01:52:29,993 --> 01:52:31,493
Yes! Yes!

1266
01:52:32,370 --> 01:52:34,496
Yeah!
Yes!

1267
01:52:34,664 --> 01:52:35,831
Yeah, man.

1268
01:52:36,291 --> 01:52:38,000
They're out!

1269
01:52:38,167 --> 01:52:41,378
- They're out! They're out!
- We got them out!

1270
01:52:44,716 --> 01:52:45,841
They're out!

1271
01:52:50,221 --> 01:52:51,847
Yes!

1272
01:52:52,015 --> 01:52:54,182
Great work, boys.

1273
01:52:54,350 --> 01:52:55,350
We did it!

1274
01:53:07,363 --> 01:53:10,532
You are admitted to the Republic of Iraq.

1275
01:53:55,078 --> 01:53:56,912
<i>We made history tonight.</i>

1276
01:53:58,081 --> 01:54:01,416
History starts out as farce
and ends up as tragedy.

1277
01:54:01,959 --> 01:54:03,585
Quote's the other way around.

1278
01:54:04,253 --> 01:54:06,755
- Yeah, who said it?
- Marx.

1279
01:54:07,673 --> 01:54:08,715
Groucho said that?

1280
01:54:13,262 --> 01:54:15,764
Call the Times, nail it to the goddamn door.

1281
01:54:15,932 --> 01:54:17,641
CIA are the good guys.

1282
01:54:17,809 --> 01:54:19,643
The Canadians are the good guys.

1283
01:54:19,811 --> 01:54:21,520
Yeah, we're not greedy. Them too.

1284
01:54:22,271 --> 01:54:26,775
Only. Canada takes the credit,
or they retaliate against the hostages.

1285
01:54:27,610 --> 01:54:29,444
Great Satan wasn't involved.

1286
01:54:30,196 --> 01:54:32,197
No CIA.

1287
01:54:32,407 --> 01:54:33,949
Is that right, Jack?

1288
01:54:36,119 --> 01:54:37,828
Involved in what?

1289
01:54:38,830 --> 01:54:41,331
We were as surprised as anybody.

1290
01:54:44,293 --> 01:54:46,002
Thank you, Canada.

1291
01:54:46,212 --> 01:54:48,880
<i>MacDONALD
We knew that each day they stayed there...</i>

1292
01:54:49,048 --> 01:54:51,716
<i>...the danger was becoming greater.</i>

1293
01:54:51,926 --> 01:54:55,971
<i>We had been looking for a solution to have them
leave the country during the past three months.</i>

1294
01:54:56,139 --> 01:54:58,807
<i>Day 87, and finally a sliver
of really good news.</i>

1295
01:54:58,975 --> 01:55:02,769
The U.S. Department of State
hereby honors Joe Stafford...

1296
01:55:04,272 --> 01:55:05,689
...Kathy Stafford...

1297
01:55:06,983 --> 01:55:08,692
<i>... Mark Lijek...</i>

1298
01:55:09,277 --> 01:55:11,945
<i>- Ian.
- ... Cora Lijek...</i>

1299
01:55:12,905 --> 01:55:15,198
Look at this.

1300
01:55:16,701 --> 01:55:18,285
<i>...Bob Anders.</i>

1301
01:55:19,787 --> 01:55:25,000
<i>We Americans will be forever grateful
to our great friend and ally to the north...</i>

1302
01:55:25,168 --> 01:55:29,421
<i>...for the protection and the safe passage
provided for our diplomats.</i>

1303
01:55:29,630 --> 01:55:31,214
<i>Canada will pay...</i>

1304
01:55:32,550 --> 01:55:36,553
<i>...for this violation
of the sovereignty of Iran.</i>

1305
01:55:36,721 --> 01:55:40,932
<i>Thank you to Pat and Ken Taylor
and the great nation of Canada.</i>

1306
01:55:47,899 --> 01:55:50,609
So I'm sitting in Jerry's this morning,
I'm having breakfast.

1307
01:55:50,776 --> 01:55:53,862
Waitress comes over to me,
she's waving a newspaper, and she says:

1308
01:55:54,030 --> 01:55:57,407
"You see what those Canadians pulled off?
Why can't we do something like that?"

1309
01:55:58,201 --> 01:56:00,035
And I said to her- Do you know what I said?

1310
01:56:00,453 --> 01:56:01,578
No, what?

1311
01:56:02,121 --> 01:56:03,580
"Argo fuck yourself."

1312
01:56:32,360 --> 01:56:33,401
All set.

1313
01:56:34,362 --> 01:56:35,737
Thanks a lot.

1314
01:56:46,874 --> 01:56:47,874
Ha!

1315
01:56:49,252 --> 01:56:52,754
Heh. And I left my autograph book at home.

1316
01:56:58,386 --> 01:57:00,095
His Eminence called me.

1317
01:57:00,263 --> 01:57:01,471
He wants to see you.

1318
01:57:01,973 --> 01:57:03,682
Probably wants to fire me himself.

1319
01:57:04,809 --> 01:57:07,143
He wants to give you the Intelligence Star.

1320
01:57:08,354 --> 01:57:10,188
You're getting the highest award of merit...

1321
01:57:10,398 --> 01:57:13,733
...of the Clandestine Services
of these United States.

1322
01:57:14,694 --> 01:57:16,611
Ceremony's on the 14th.

1323
01:57:16,779 --> 01:57:19,948
If they push it a week, I can bring Ian.
That's his winter break.

1324
01:57:21,450 --> 01:57:25,787
The op was classified,
so the ceremony's classified.

1325
01:57:25,955 --> 01:57:28,999
He can't know about it.
Nobody can know about it.

1326
01:57:30,543 --> 01:57:33,628
So they're just gonna give me an award
and then they're gonna take it back.

1327
01:57:34,213 --> 01:57:35,255
That's right.

1328
01:57:37,133 --> 01:57:39,467
If we wanted applause,
we would've joined the circus.

1329
01:57:41,178 --> 01:57:43,305
- I thought we did.
- Ha.

1330
01:57:43,973 --> 01:57:46,766
Carter said you were a great American.

1331
01:57:47,476 --> 01:57:49,144
Great American what?

1332
01:57:49,687 --> 01:57:51,146
He didn't say.

1333
01:58:04,493 --> 01:58:05,744
What happened to your picture?

1334
01:58:07,371 --> 01:58:08,580
It's in turnaround.

1335
01:58:50,873 --> 01:58:52,457
Can I come in?

1336
01:59:38,462 --> 01:59:49,264
The Iran Hostage Crisis ended on January 20, 1981, when all
remaining hostages were released. They spent 444 days in captivity.

1337
01:59:50,808 --> 02:00:00,942
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.

1338
02:00:02,361 --> 02:00:08,783
All of the Houseguests returned to the U.S.
Foreign Service after their ordeal in Iran.

1339
02:00:10,327 --> 02:00:20,295
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.

1340
02:00:22,089 --> 02:00:29,053
Tony Mendez's Intelligence Star was returned to him in 1997,
when the Argo operation was declassified by President Clinton.

1341
02:00:39,106 --> 02:00:47,071
He lives in rural Maryland with his family.

1342
02:02:39,518 --> 02:02:44,522
<i>They went in, as you know, under
the guise of creating a motion-picture film.</i>

1343
02:02:44,732 --> 02:02:49,360
<i>But that it had a very high possibility
of failure.</i>

1344
02:02:49,528 --> 02:02:51,821
<i>And after it was successful, of course...</i>

1345
02:02:51,989 --> 02:02:54,782
<i>...it was a great temptation
to reveal all the stories...</i>

1346
02:02:54,950 --> 02:02:58,369
<i>...so maybe I could take a little bit
of credit for it, since I was president...</i>

1347
02:02:58,537 --> 02:03:03,124
<i>...but we had to keep it secret.
Tony Mendez has gone down in CIA history...</i>

1348
02:03:03,292 --> 02:03:05,168
<i>...after his retirement...</i>

1349
02:03:05,336 --> 02:03:12,175
<i>...as one of the 50 most important
CIA operatives of all time.</i>

1350
02:03:12,801 --> 02:03:18,181
<i>Eventually we got every hostage
back home, safe and sound...</i>

1351
02:03:18,349 --> 02:03:22,352
<i>...and we upheld the integrity of our country,
and we did it peacefully.</i>