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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Ben Affleck directs & stars in this Academy Award-winning political thriller based on real events that took place during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis In November 1979 the American embassy in Tehran is stormed by militants & 52 Americans are taken hostage In the midst of the chaos six Americans manage to escape & find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador Knowing that it is only a matter of time before they are found out & probably killed CIA &exfiltration& specialist Tony Mendez (Affleck) implements a life-or-death undercover operation to smuggle them safely out of the country The film won three Oscars including Best Picture & Best Adapted Screenplay & also received the Golden Globe Awards & BAFTAs for Best Film & Best Director Actors John Goodman Donovan Tate Ben Affleck Bryan Cranston Alan Arkin Format PAL Subtitled Language English Subtitles Dutch English French Italian Dubbed French Italian Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Italian Audio Description English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Please note the UV copy is only compatible in participating regions please visit the UV website for full details Based on real events the dramatic thriller " Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis focusing on the little-known role that the CIA & Hollywood played-information that was not declassified until many years after the event On November 4 1979 as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point militants storm the US Embassy in Tehran taking 52 Americans hostage But in the midst of the chaos six Americans manage to slip away & find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out & likely killed the Canadian & American governments ask the CIA to intervene The CIA turns to their top "exfiltration" specialist Tony Mendez to come up with a plan to get the six Americans safely out of the country A plan so incredible it could only happen in the movies Actors Bryan Cranston Ben Affleck John Goodman Kyle Chandler Taylor Schilling Alan Arkin Clea Du Vall Adrienne Barbeau Tate Donovan Rory Cochrane Titus Welliver Kerry Bishe Chris Messina & Michael Parks Director Ben Affleck Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 2401 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Additional Languages Castilian Spanish ; French ; German Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Castilian Spanish ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; French ; German ; Norwegian ; Swedish Closed Captions Yes Duration 2 hours (approx)
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Set against the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 & 1980 Ben Affleck’s Argo is a nerve-jangling footnote to the birth of Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamic Republic The movie opens at the crest of the 1979 revolution--the storming of the US embassy in Tehran & the escape of six diplomats to the precarious safety of the Canadian ambassador’s residence To the rescue is Tony Mendez--a composed CIA agent whose heroism remained classified until 1997--and his state-approved plan to get the stranded embassy staff out of Iran under a brazen cover story they’re an innocent film crew on a location hunt for the fake sci-fi blockbuster Argo Hollywood is usually pressed into the service of the state in the name of comedy (either burying dictators in Team America World Police or just bad news in Barry Levinson’s Wag the Dog) but Argo is a true story & the tone of Affleck&s Oscar-winning script is carefully split switching between mounting tension in consular Tehran & a satire of the Hollywood machine as fronted by Alan Arkin & John Goodman--two raffish producers hired by Mendez to reverse-engineer some convincing buzz for the Argo movie Affleck himself takes the role of Mendez the steady-eyed agent betting everything on Hollywood’s age-old efficiency at creating a media circus for a project long before it exists ‘ History starts out as farce & ends up a tragedy’ remarks Goodman but Argo ends on a patriotic upbeat & doesn’t reflect much on history It politely nods at the context of Iran’s attitude to the West & we’re told about but not shown--bar the blank rage of the revolutionary mob--Iran’s anger at the Westerly flow of resources under Shah Pahlavi Instead Argo concentrates on the eggshell complexities of deception in plain sight including a climactic set-piece in which Mendez’ team must fend their way through layers of suspicious Iranian airport security--with imminent capture execution & political calamity only on the other side of their paper-thin pretext It may have the ring of historical escapism but Argo holds its nerve as a great Hollywood escape ...

You&re waking up from the hibernation pods The hibernation room doesn&t look like the one in which you were being sent to sleep In the nearby pods other crew members are also slowly emerging from their pods Your eyes are not yet completely open when alarms start flashing red & a metallic voice shouts from the loudspeakers (Alien presence detected evacuation in progress self-destruction in GRRRRZZZRRRRR minutes) In Argo a group of astronauts attempts desperately to survive as they explore a mysterious space station & are besieged by horrible alien monsters The only hope is to reach the shuttles However the seats are limited not everyone will be able to escape This leads to a frantic every-man-for-itself race where the others are at best obstacles & at worst bait to hold the fierce Aliens back while you run But be careful If too many die the Aliens win! So while this is a competitive game some level of cooperation will be required lest everyone lose to the Aliens 2-4 Players 45-90 Min Playing Time Age 9 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Based on real events the dramatic thriller Argo chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis focusing on the little-known role that the CIA & Hollywood played--information that was not declassified until many years after the event On November 4 1979 as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point militants storm the US Embassy in Tehran taking 52 Americans hostage But in the midst of the chaos six Americans manage to slip away & find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out & likely killed the Canadian & American governments ask the CIA to intervene The CIA turns to their top "exfiltration" specialist Tony Mendez to come up with a plan to get the six Americans safely out of the country A plan so incredible it could only happen in the movies Actors Ben Affleck Bryan Cranston John Goodman Alan Arkin Donovan Tate Language English Czech Hungarian Subtitles English Arabic Czech Greek Hebrew Hungarian Romanian Audio Description English Number of discs 1 Run Time 115 minutes ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Based on real events Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play the dramatic thriller " Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis focusing on the little-known role that the CIA & Hollywood played-information that was not declassified until many years after the event On November 4 1979 as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point militants storm the US Embassy in Tehran taking 52 Americans hostage But in the midst of the chaos six Americans manage to slip away & find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out & likely killed the Canadian & American governments ask the CIA to intervene The CIA turns to their top "exfiltration" specialist Tony Mendez to come up with a plan to get the six Americans safely out of the country A plan so incredible it could only happen in the movies Actors Bryan Cranston Ben Affleck John Goodman Kyle Chandler Taylor Schilling Alan Arkin Clea Du Vall Adrienne Barbeau Tate Donovan Rory Cochrane Titus Welliver Kerry Bishe Chris Messina & Michael Parks Director Ben Affleck Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 2401 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages French ; Italian Subtitles English ; Dutch ; French ; Italian Duration 1 hour & 55 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play 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 US hostage crisis in Iran in 1980 Extended Edition Special Features Argo Declassified Ben Affleck&s Balancing Act Argo "" Yourself ...

Please note this is a region 2 Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region Free Blu-ray Player in order to play Ben Affleck directs & stars in this extended cut of the Academy Award-winning political thriller based on real events that took place during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis In November 1979 the American embassy in Tehran is stormed by militants & 52 Americans are taken hostage In the midst of the chaos six Americans manage to escape & find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador Knowing that it is only a matter of time before they are found out & probably killed CIA &exfiltration& specialist Tony Mendez (Affleck) implements a life-or-death undercover operation to smuggle them safely out of the country The film won three Oscars including Best Picture & Best Adapted Screenplay & also received the Golden Globe Awards & BAFTAs for Best Film & Best Director Actors Ben Affleck Alan Arkin Bryan Cranston John Goodman Tate Donovan Directors Ben Affleck Producers George Clooney Grant Heslov David Klawans Language English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...