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They're offering me four times what you guys are offering me.
The bazaar in Tehran is one of the largest in the world.
Bob, it only takes one second for them to spot you.
The whole country is watching you.
Thank you, sir.
What are you shooting?
You know, his opinion got us out in the first place.
- I can't do it. It's backstopped. - Hey, wait a minute.
You've been here an hour.
- Mr. Ambassador. - Ken Taylor.
That's your real name?
- Thank you. - See you soon.
You're each gonna hand them one of these.
...you need somebody who's a somebody to put their name on it.
Everybody knows they'd shoot in Stalingrad with Pol Pot directing if it would sell tickets.
If I'm doing a fake movie, it's gonna be a fake hit.
Hold for the chief of staff's office.
Mike McEwan, cameraman.
وقتی یه خارجی میپرسه از کجایی
Fuck.
Iran.
This is more plausible than foreigners who wanna go be teachers in Iran.
Okay.
Sir, you can call our office.
- Snow. - Right.
I love you.
Is there any way to make this more Middle Eastern?
Up like a carny ride.
Mother of God.
Twenty-nine and 25. He's a consular officer, she's an assistant.
...to boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow....
...and for that matter, every day...
This is the best bad idea we have, sir.
I'll be back tomorrow. We'll get going. Good luck.
They shoot weapons at their enemies.
Since the incident, the number of guards at the airport has doubled.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
Fuck. Goddamn it. I never would have exposed them if I wasn't authorized to get them out.
The whole world is watching the embassy. They're safer than the six on the street.
...one week after humiliation in Illinois.
Star Trek, Star Wars. They need an exotic location to shoot.
David, pick up!
Women gather, offering ecstatic libations to the sky gods.
You want to lie to Hollywood, a town where everybody lies for a living.
--are controlled by capitalists and large oil companies.
...while the shah had his lunches flown in by Concorde from Paris.
Of course I speak Farsi.
You know what? You know, just a little bit longer.
Argo fuck yourself.
Past about a hundred militia at the airport. That's right.
I love you.
We go to the bazaar today, we fly out from the airport tomorrow.
...Mark Lijek.. ..
- Mm-hm. - That was fun.
And all I was thinking was:
What the fuck, Brian?
The United States government considers revolutionaries as terrorists.. .
They just don't know it.
They'll look for the matching white one, which doesn't exist.
I'm sorry.
{\an7}The Iran Hostage Crisis ended on January 20, 1981, when all remaining hostages were released. They spent 444 days in captivity.
...enraging a mostly traditional Shiite population.
I wanna set up a production company and build a cover around making a movie.
...precious metals, all right here.
We think it got shredded before they got in.
We have a--
Here, or anywhere in the world...
It's a good idea, but that school's been closed for eight months.
Okay.
Thank you for what you're doing.
- They'll sniff us out regardless. - The Swedish Consul?
How long have they been here?
--is that you can either sign here...
My apologies. It just came through.
He didn't say.
Sorry?
We got an office.
- Leon? - Shoot him. He's an American spy.
What will be the purpose of your visit to Iran?
Leave the building, go now.
You play along with me today, I promise you, I will get you out tomorrow.
And that's the way it is Wednesday, January 16th, 1980.
In here, we are in America right now. Outside, we are in Iran.
They're getting there.
- They're calling the game. You gotta come back. - What?
Your friends from Canada, ma'am.
...to the crossing near Tabriz.