Do you know that every day they catch another friend of the shah at the airport?
Kangaroo trials and then firing squads...
just for having American names in their phone books.
You've been here an hour.
And you're asking us to trust you with our lives, Mr...?
Harkins.
That's your real name?
No.
I know there are risks involved. Serious risks.
But it is time to go.
We've got orders to close the embassy and go back. There's nowhere for them to stay.
We will never make it through immigration at the airport. I'm serious.
No, no, no, this is what, the part when we say this is so crazy it might actually work?
Joe, I saw it in Burma. They get people out.
Snitches in banana republics? They get them over the border after the coup.
That's your opinion, Joe.
You know, his opinion got us out in the first place.
If we go out there with fake passports, we are spies, period. That's execution.
- You got a problem lying, Joe? - Point is, we can't stay here.
If we get caught, you and Pat go on trial for harboring the enemy, you know that?
Pat and I have discussed it. It's the risk we took.
That man out there has got bad cards and he is going to lose.
And if he loses, it's our lives.
And his life too.
Look, we don't have any alternatives.
We gotta go.
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These cover identities were created specifically for each one of you.
What you need to do is memorize everything that's inside.
Who you are, what you are, where you've been. Complete bio.
And then add to that.
Where do you vacation? What are your allergies? Who'd you have an affair with?
The only way this works...
is if you believe that you're these people so much that you dream like them.
Get started tonight.
I'll be back tomorrow. We'll get going. Good luck.
Well, my guy kind of sucks.
What's your name?
Mike McEwan? Heh.
That was convincing.
Kathy, what's your name?
The Love Boat will be seen 15 minutes from now.
The State Department insisted today that the crisis in Afghanistan...
will not divert the attention of the United States from the plight of the hostages.
- -Is perceived to be if not impotent, then at least reluctant...
Now the United States finds itself in such bitter confrontation with the Soviet Union...
over that country's invasion of Afghanistan...
The United States is now moving toward a decision...
to boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow...
Bad news, bad news. Even when it's good news, it's bad news.
John Wayne's in the ground six months, this is what's left of America.
"The Minister of Culture and Guidance has approved your location scout.
He will send his representative to meet you and your crew...
at the Khayyam entrance to the Grand Bazaar tomorrow at 3 p.m."
They called your bluff.
- Maybe they're cooperating. - Absolutely not.
Seven Americans walking the bazaar is asking for a riot. It's the hive.
Seven Canadians, Jack.
Never give them multiple shots at a cover.
Are they even ready?
They're getting there.
There's no prize for "Most improved."
I don't have a choice. We say no, they show up at the residence...
and drag everyone out. You think their covers are gonna hold up...
when they're getting their fingernails pulled out?
You want us to go to the Grand Bazaar at 3:00 in the afternoon?
You said a day to learn our covers, then straight to the airport.
They suspect something?
What I know is, we need to pretend to be a movie crew.
We go to the bazaar today, we fly out from the airport tomorrow.
We won't do it.
He told them that there were six of us. So they're expecting six.
It would be suspicious not to show up at this point.
What else do we have to do, all right?
He's about to show them the only cards that we're holding...
which is that they don't know we're here! - That's the ball game, okay?
Look, we don't have any other choice!
Who says that we'll know our covers well enough?
We're not in the CIA.
It's suicide.
I'm asking you to trust me.
I don't trust you.
This is the game, Joe. What world are you living in?
The one where they're hanging people from construction cranes, Bob.
It's too dangerous. I won't bring my wife into the bazaar.
Joe?
So we'll see you at 2.
So don't be recognizable but look exactly like your passport photo.
I haven't been this nervous since our wedding.
Only this isn't a huge mistake, hopefully.
Sorry. Okay.
Hello?
Who was that?
- Mark? - Yeah?
I'm scared.
It's okay.
Where are they?
In the kitchen.
This is what I do. I get people out.
And I've never left anyone behind.
I wish I could believe you, Mr. Harkins.
My name is Tony Mendez. I'm from New York.
My father worked construction. My mother teaches elementary school.
I have a wife and a 10-year-old son.
You play along with me today, I promise you, I will get you out tomorrow.
Fuck.
Shit.
Hang on.
You all right?
Okay. Tell me who you are.
Mike McEwan, cameraman.
Robert Baker, director.
Timothy Harris, location manager.
Mary Ann Boyd, screenwriter.
Rachel Dewart, production designer.
Sean Bissett, associate producer.
All right. Let's go make a movie.
Welcome, welcome. My name is Reza Bolhani.
- Kevin Harkins. I'm the producer. - Nice to meet you.
This is Mike McEwan, our cameraman.
This is Tim. This is Mary, our screenwriter.
And this is our director, Bob Baker.
- You are the director? - Yes.
Is this film a foreign-bride film?
Sorry?
A film where a foreign bride comes to Iran...
but she doesn't understand the language or the customs...
and there is misunderstandings and laughs.
No.
The bazaar in Tehran is one of the largest in the world.
This bazaar has been on this spot for over 8000 years.
You can find many items such as paper, spices...
precious metals, all right here.
Right this way, please.
This way.
- Mike? - Yeah.
If I was to say you're looking through the wrong end of that viewfinder, would I be right?
Yup.
Just a little further.
Please wait here. Let's stay together.
He wants the photograph you took.
It's okay, it's her job to take photographs. She's the production designer.
He says he did not give you permission to take a photograph of his store.
That's okay. You can tell him he can have it.
Please, please, just take the photograph.
Peace be upon you.
And upon you, sir. Welcome.
I hope you are well.
Thank you very much. How are you?
I'm very well. What's your name?
Sahan
He's saying that the shah killed his son with an American gun.
No, no, no! No! Canada!
Canada!
I would like to suggest that we end our visit.
You know, sister...
those who are with him, Rasool of Allah, we are tender among ourselves.
But stern against the Kufar.
As God wills it.
But those who sit silently have sinned.
How else may I help, sir?
No, no, just one thing.
How long have they been here?
Pardon?
The guests of the Ambassador.
How long have they been here?
They arrived two days ago.
Forgive my intrusion, one must be vigilant.
Everyone in this house is a friend of Iran.
How'd it go?
What about tomorrow?
Tomorrow they'll be ready.
For Kennedy, a stunning turnaround...
one week after humiliation in Illinois.
I love New York.
And I love Connecticut too.
How did he win here? Well, he had help.
I'm responsible for anything that goes wrong in this government.
A man in Scranton is placing a flag in his lawn for every day of captivity.
When he runs out of lawn, Kennedy wins the primary.
The six with the Canadians are coming out.
Who signed off on this?
- You. Where was your passport issued? - Vancouver.
- Where were you born? - Toronto.
"Torono." Canadians don't pronounce the T.
Some Komiteh guard is actually gonna know that?
If you're detained for questioning, they will bring in someone who knows that. Yes.
Mary, who were the last three prime ministers of Canada?
Trudeau, Pearson and Diefenbaker.
- What's your father's name? - Howard.
- What's his occupation? - Fisherman.
- Where were you born? - Halifax, Nova Scotia.
What's your date of birth?
February 21st, 1952.
- Good. What's your job on the movie? - Producer.
- Associate. Last movie you produced? - High and Dry.
- Who paid for that? - CFDC.
What's your middle name? What's your middle name?
- Leon? - Shoot him. He's an American spy.
Look, they're gonna try to break you, okay? By trying to get you agitated.
You have to know your résumé back to front.
You really believe your little story's gonna make a difference when there's a gun to our heads?
I think my story's the only thing between you and a gun to your head.
Okay.
Hey, they made it through the location scout.
You have a call.
What is it?
Go to black on green.
Go.
- It all just changed. - What?
- They're calling the game. You gotta come back. - What?
Joint Chiefs are planning a military rescue of the hostages.
Delta Force has started training to storm the grounds.
So if the six of them...
are brought down there, they won't be held for long.
Fuck. Goddamn it. I never would have exposed them if I wasn't authorized to get them out.
- It's over, Tony. - If they stay here, they will be taken.
- Probably not alive. - Listen to me. The thinking has changed.
Six Americans get pulled out of a Canadian diplomat's house and executed...
it's a world outrage.
Six Americans get caught playing movie make-believe...
with the CIA at the airport and executed?
It's a national embarrassment. They are calling the operation.
We're responsible for these people.
What we are is required to follow orders.
I'm sorry.
Fuck!
Come in.
Ready to try again.
You're ready. You worked hard.
Probably the best thing to do for you right now would be...
just to relax.
Okay.
You did good.
Thanks.
Scorched-earth policy tonight.
Nothing gets left.
So you know.
ExtAff wants you to burn the passports before you leave.
If we tell them now, they'll panic. I think it's best if you just don't show.
It was always a fucked mission.
You came closer than anybody else.
If it keeps on rainin' Levee's goin' to break
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay
Ahem. It's off. They want us to pack up the office.
This can wait. Let's go get a drink.
He's late.
O'Donnell.
Somebody's responsible...
when things happen, Jack.
I'm responsible.
- I'm taking them through. - Tony?
Alan. Alan. We need to confirm those seven tickets out of Tehran on Swissair.
- N.E. shut that down. - I say it's back on.
- I can't do it. It's backstopped. - Hey, wait a minute.
What the hell you talking about, backstopped? What the hell's that mean?
Carter's gotta say yes for us to get the tickets.
It's time to go.
All right.
- Where's Engell? - He's in a meeting.
- Pull him out...
Pull him out!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
- Thank you. - See you soon.
- Sahar's on a bus. - Great.
Sahar will be fine.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- You two leave right now, right? - We'll be on a train in half an hour.
Good.
N.E. said no.
This is not a long leasher, and it never has been, and you don't decide if it goes!
It is going!
Jack, you are this close.
Am I? Am I really that close?
You are this goddamn close to the line with me.
I am not gonna leave him at the airport with six people and his dick in his hand.
You tell the director to call the White House. Do your fucking job!
Get to your plane, Claude.
First time anyone's gonna ask you a question is at the first checkpoint.
The first checkpoint is just to get a look at your passports.
Passports came straight from Ottawa last week. They're clean.
Find the White House chief of staff.
How would I find him?
We're a fucking spy agency! Find him!
The second checkpoint is immigration.
You're each gonna hand them one of these.
It says that you landed in the country two days ago.
They'll look for the matching white one, which doesn't exist.
You'll say you don't know what happened.
And if you believe they lost the white slip...
they'll believe it too.
Jordan's in the West Wing. He's not taking calls.
Where are his kids?
What?
Where do his kids go to school?
Thank you, thank you.
Pace Academy, Buckhead, Georgia.
White House.
Yes, this is Mr. Murphy from Pace Academy calling for Mr. Jordan.
Yeah, I'm afraid it is an emergency.
Hold for the chief of staff's office.
The third checkpoint is the trap.
It's manned by the Revolutionary Guard.
Most of them were educated in the U.S. or Europe.
And all of whom are looking for Americans.
Hello?
- Jack O'Donnell, from C. I. - Wait, wait, who?
Tehran Houseguest operation is ready now. We don't have the president's go-ahead.
They are going to be captured.
David, pick up!
Zurich. It's under Harkins.
I'm sorry, sir, I don't seem to have these reservations.
Telex on flash.
Would you mind checking again, please?
Copy D.S. Confirm the tickets! Go!
My apologies. It just came through-.
Swissair says they picked up the tickets.
Get the L.A. office, tell them to be ready in case they call.
We told them to shut that down.
There you go.
Not here.
When did you come to Iran?
Two days ago.
What was the purpose of your visit?
We are looking for locations for a film.
We have a...
Yeah. I've got a letter from the Ministry of Culture.
If you want to take a look at that. All right?
- Ahem. - You can go.
Come on, come on.
Swissair Flight 363 is now boarding Rows 18 to 35.
We're going to...
We're together, yes. The six of us, we're from Canada.
Purser's telling Swissair they're not on the plane.
They should have boarded already.
Still no answer in L.A.
Sir.
Yes, it's a fantasy story about a war in another world.
Here you can see our notices.
Of course I speak Farsi.
I wish to make a film in Iran.
No, I'm the writer.
Kevin, give me the storyboards.
These are the drawings that show what we will film for the movie.
Alien villains have taken over the hero's planet.
They fight for their families and take back the city.
The villains know he is the chosen one, so they kidnap his son in the spice market.
So he and his wife storm the castle.
The people... hold that... the people are inspired tojoin him. They are farmers, but they learn to fight.
They shoot weapons at their enemies.
And the king of the aliens is destroyed when the people find their courage.
You don't go until we verify.
I understand.
Sir, you can call our office.
They'll verify.
- It'd go all the way throughout the '30s. - We're shooting right now.
- We're just going to the Producers Building. - Yeah, I understand. We're shooting right now.
Swissair announces final boarding for Flight 363 to Zurich.
Reset! We're back to one.
- All right, reset. - We're going again!
- We're just right at the Producers... - Right away, everyone! And rolling!
- We're going to the Producers Building. - We're rolling.
Sorry, pal. We're gonna be in the movie. Call my agent.
Sir!
Studio Six Productions.
May I speak to a Mr. Kevin Harkins?
I'm sorry, Mr. Harkins is out of country on a location scout. May I take a message?
Doors are closing for Flight 363 to Zurich.
We can go.
You keep these. It's a gift.
Miss.
Swissair 363, clearance for taxi?
Swissair 363, you are number two for departure.
Ladies and gentlemen, from the ﬂight deck, we are number two for takeoff.
Swissair 363, you are cleared for takeoff.
Swissair 363, cleared for takeoff.
We got wheels up.
Wait.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is our pleasure to announce...
that alcoholic beverages are now available as we have cleared Iranian airspace.
I love you.
They're clear. Ha-ha-ha!
Yes! Yes!
- Yeah! - Yes!
Yeah, man.
They're out!
- They're out! They're out! - We got them out!
They're out!
Yes!
Great work, boys.
We did it!
You are admitted to the Republic of Iraq.
We made history tonight.
History starts out as farce and ends up as tragedy.
Quote's the other way around.
- Yeah, who said it? - Marx.
Groucho said that?
Call the Times, nail it to the goddamn door.
CIA are the good guys.
The Canadians are the good guys.
Yeah, we're not greedy. Them too.
Only. Canada takes the credit, or they retaliate against the hostages.
Great Satan wasn't involved.
No CIA.
Is that right, Jack?
Involved in what?
We were as surprised as anybody.
Thank you, Canada.
We knew that each day they stayed there...
the danger was becoming greater.
We had been looking for a solution to have them leave the country during the past three months.
Day 87, and finally a sliver of really good news.
The U.S. Department of State hereby honors Joe Stafford...
Kathy Stafford...
Mark Lijek...
We Americans will be forever grateful to our great friend and ally to the north...
for the protection and the safe passage provided for our diplomats.
Bob Anders.
Here, or anywhere in the world...
Canada will pay...
for this violation of the sovereignty of Iran.
Thank you to Pat and Ken Taylor and the great nation of Canada.
So I'm sitting in Jerry's this morning, I'm having breakfast.
Waitress comes over to me, she's waving a newspaper, and she says:
"You see what those Canadians pulled off? Why can't we do something like that?"
And I said to her... Do you know what I said?
No, what?
"Argo fuck yourself."
All set.
Thanks a lot.
Ha!
Heh. And I left my autograph book at home.
His Eminence called me.
He wants to see you.
Probably wants to fire me himself.
He wants to give you the Intelligence Star.
You're getting the highest award of merit...
of the Clandestine Services of these United States.
Ceremony's on the 14th.
If they push it a week, I can bring Ian. That's his winter break.
The op was classified, so the ceremony's classified.
He can't know about it. Nobody can know about it.
So they're just gonna give me an award and then they're gonna take it back.
That's right.
If we wanted applause, we would've joined the circus.
- I thought we did. - Ha.
Carter said you were a great American.
Great American what?
He didn't say.
What happened to your picture?
It's in turnaround.
Can I come in?
The Iran Hostage Crisis ended on January 20, 1981, when all remaining hostages were released. They spent 444 days in captivity.
The involvement of the C.l.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.
All of the Houseguests returned to the U.S. Foreign Service after their ordeal in Iran.
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.
Tony Mendez's Intelligence Star was returned to him in 1997, when the Argo operation was declassified by President Clinton.
He lives in rural Maryland with his family.
They went in, as you know, under the guise of creating a motion-picture film.
But that it had a very high possibility of failure.
And after it was successful, of course...
it was a great temptation to reveal all the stories...
so maybe I could take a little bit of credit for it, since I was president...
but we had to keep it secret. Tony Mendez has gone down in CIA history...
after his retirement...
as one of the 5O most important CIA operatives of all time.
Eventually we got every hostage back home, safe and sound...
and we upheld the integrity of our country, and we did it peacefully.
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