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Argo

2012

IMDb

Ben Affleck

2012·R·United KingdomUnited Kingdom, United StatesUnited States
Award tierGold
Metascore
BiographyDramaHistoryThriller

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.

Cast

Ben Affleck·Bryan Cranston·Alan Arkin·John Goodman

Producers

Ben Affleck·Chris Brigham·Chay Carter·George Clooney·Tim Headington

Languages

United KingdomEnglishIranPersianGermanyGermanSAArabic

Major Awards

9 wins · 10 nominations

Wins (9)

Best Picture

César Awards, France (2013)

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)

Ben Affleck
BAFTA Awards (2013)

Best Film

George ClooneyBen AffleckGrant Heslov
PGA Awards (2013)

Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

George ClooneyBen AffleckGrant Heslov
Golden Globes, USA (2013)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Critics Choice Awards (2013)

Best Picture

Best Director

BAFTA Awards (2013)

Best Director

Ben Affleck
Golden Globes, USA (2013)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Ben Affleck
Critics Choice Awards (2013)

Best Director

Ben Affleck

Best Screenplay

Writers Guild of America, USA (2013)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Chris Terrio

Nominations (10)

Festival Grand Prize

Toronto International Film Festival (2012)

People's Choice Award

Ben Affleck

Best Picture

AACTA International Awards (2013)

Best Film

George ClooneyBen AffleckGrant Heslov
David di Donatello Awards (2013)

Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)

Ben Affleck
London Critics Circle Film Awards (2013)

Film of the Year

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (2012)

Best Film Editing

William Goldenberg
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2012)

Best Film

Best Director

New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2012)

Best Director

Ben Affleck

Best Screenplay

BAFTA Awards (2013)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Chris Terrio
Golden Globes, USA (2013)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Chris Terrio

Best Actor

BAFTA Awards (2013)

Best Leading Actor

Ben Affleck