Argo

Based on a True Story

English - September 12, 2016 11:00 - 28 minutes - ★★★★★ - 486 ratings
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Even though Argo starts off with text that says it's based on a true story, the movie was actually based primarily on two sources: a book by Tony Mendez, the CIA agent Ben Affleck plays, and a 2007 article on Wired by Joshuah Bearman.
So how much of Argo is true? And how much of it was fictionalized for the film?

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So how much of Argo is true? And how much of it was fictionalized for the film?