1 00:00:37,771 --> 00:00:40,012 This is the Persian empire... 2 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,379 known today as Iran. 3 00:00:43,277 --> 00:00:47,350 For 2500 years, this land was ruled by a series of kings... 4 00:00:47,514 --> 00:00:49,050 known as shahs. 5 00:00:50,284 --> 00:00:54,733 In 1950, the people of Iran elected Mohammad Mosaddegh... 6 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:57,266 a secular democrat, as prime minister. 7 00:00:58,525 --> 00:01:01,699 He nationalized British and U. S. Petroleum holdings... 8 00:01:01,862 --> 00:01:04,809 returning Iran's oil to its people. 9 00:01:05,966 --> 00:01:07,775 But in 1953... 10 00:01:07,935 --> 00:01:12,577 the U. S. and Great Britain engineered a coup deter that deposed Mosaddegh... 11 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:15,743 and installed Reza Pahlavi as shah. 12 00:01:17,044 --> 00:01:20,491 The young shah was known for opulence and excess. 13 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:23,556 His wife was rumored to bathe in milk... 14 00:01:23,717 --> 00:01:27,631 while the shah had his lunches flown in by Concorde from Paris. 15 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:30,466 The people starved. 16 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:35,972 The shah kept power through his ruthless internal police. 17 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:37,904 The SAVAK. 18 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:41,641 An era of torture and fear began. 19 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:47,316 He then began a campaign to westernize Iran... 20 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:52,120 enraging a mostly traditional Shiite population. 21 00:01:52,779 --> 00:01:57,091 In 1979, the people of Iran overthrew the shah. 22 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:03,195 The exiled cleric, Ayatollah Khomeini, returned to rule Iran. 23 00:02:06,426 --> 00:02:11,171 It descended into score-settling, death squads and chaos. 24 00:02:14,434 --> 00:02:18,143 Dying of cancer, the shah was given asylum in the U. S. 25 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,715 The Iranian people took to the streets outside the U.S. embassy... 26 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:26,483 demanding that the shah be returned... 27 00:02:26,647 --> 00:02:27,990 tried... 28 00:02:28,882 --> 00:02:30,293 and hanged. 29 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:42,466 The carnival's a little bigger today, huh? 30 00:03:44,024 --> 00:03:46,937 Windows are supposed to be bulletproof, right? 31 00:03:47,094 --> 00:03:49,131 Well, they've never been tested. 32 00:03:49,362 --> 00:03:53,777 You just need to finish filling out this section here. 33 00:03:53,934 --> 00:03:55,743 We can process your visa. 34 00:04:45,585 --> 00:04:49,123 We need some security. Yes, it's your responsibility. 35 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:50,495 They're over the walls. 36 00:04:50,657 --> 00:04:53,433 We should all split. I'm gonna close up my office. 37 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:14,383 Oh, my God. 38 00:05:15,348 --> 00:05:17,521 Marines to Number One. Fall back. 39 00:05:17,684 --> 00:05:21,188 - Can anyone hear me? We need help. - I need police right now. Right now, goddamn it! 40 00:05:21,354 --> 00:05:23,027 - Jesus. - Can anybody hear me? 41 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:25,033 There was a breach. 42 00:05:26,459 --> 00:05:27,870 Just burn everything! Burn it now! 43 00:05:28,028 --> 00:05:30,804 All right, burn everything! All the files, file cabinet, safe. 44 00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:47,852 Let's get a cart over here. Burn it all. Come on. 45 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:50,893 Burn everything! Burn the classifieds! Everything! 46 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:57,096 Don't fucking shoot anybody. 47 00:05:57,257 --> 00:05:59,999 You don't wanna be the son of a bitch who started a war. 48 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:01,935 They need an hour to burn the classified. 49 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:03,999 I need you to hold. 50 00:06:04,164 --> 00:06:08,203 If you shoot one person, they're gonna kill every single one of us in here. 51 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:20,085 I'm telling you, if we're going to go, we need to go now. 52 00:06:20,247 --> 00:06:23,854 - Okay, we need to make a decision... - Can we wait until the Iranian police come? 53 00:06:24,017 --> 00:06:26,463 No, the police aren't coming. It's been 45 minutes. 54 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:29,624 - How do you know? - The police have abandoned their posts. 55 00:06:29,789 --> 00:06:32,133 If the police are not coming, then the army's gonna come. 56 00:06:32,292 --> 00:06:34,636 The prime minister won't let the embassy be taken over. 57 00:06:34,794 --> 00:06:38,970 The prime minister may come tomorrow, but the Komiteh are here today. So we have to evacuate. 58 00:06:39,132 --> 00:06:41,237 Look at me. No one is coming. 59 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:45,444 Get the desk drawers. Everything. Don't sort it. 60 00:06:45,605 --> 00:06:47,949 Get it down to the incinerator in the vault! Go, now! 61 00:06:48,108 --> 00:06:50,054 Tear gas as a last resort only. 62 00:06:50,210 --> 00:06:52,554 I repeat, only if your life is under threat. 63 00:07:30,317 --> 00:07:33,127 In here, we are in America right now. Outside, we are in Iran. 64 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,789 - It's on American soil... - I'm not going out into that. 65 00:07:35,956 --> 00:07:37,196 They're not safe here. 66 00:07:37,357 --> 00:07:40,338 If they get caught applying for visas to the U.S.? 67 00:07:40,493 --> 00:07:43,440 Mark, we are in the only building with direct access to the street. 68 00:07:43,596 --> 00:07:46,338 - If we're going to go, then we need to go now. - Yeah, I'm in. 69 00:07:46,499 --> 00:07:47,944 - Yeah. - Yeah, let's go. 70 00:07:53,006 --> 00:07:55,043 - I'm going outside. - Why? 71 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:56,687 To reason with them. 72 00:08:23,069 --> 00:08:26,414 Open the door! 73 00:08:26,573 --> 00:08:28,314 Open the fucking door! 74 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:33,020 You said you wanted to see the world, right, Tom? 75 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:35,250 Let me in! Let me in! 76 00:08:43,223 --> 00:08:44,725 Burn it all. Come on. 77 00:08:44,891 --> 00:08:47,667 Get the safe, get the filing cabinets, get it all. 78 00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:57,580 All four drawers, I want them shredded right now. 79 00:08:57,737 --> 00:08:59,546 Not gonna shred fast enough. 80 00:08:59,773 --> 00:09:02,253 Grab the visa plates! 81 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:05,887 All four! And anything else you see out there. 82 00:09:06,079 --> 00:09:07,854 When in doubt, just shred it! 83 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:12,956 We got 10 minutes! Let's go, let's go, let's go! Everything! 84 00:09:22,462 --> 00:09:23,532 Get the shredder. 85 00:09:23,696 --> 00:09:25,232 There are no police. 86 00:09:31,871 --> 00:09:33,077 Jesus. 87 00:09:34,107 --> 00:09:37,054 Leave the building, go now. 88 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:39,281 Iranians go first. 89 00:09:39,446 --> 00:09:41,084 Now, hurry! 90 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:56,507 Who has made this?! 91 00:10:02,802 --> 00:10:04,475 It's done. They're in. 92 00:10:29,863 --> 00:10:33,140 Okay, come on. We gotta get off the streets. 93 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:34,835 This way. Up here to the left. 94 00:11:05,365 --> 00:11:08,645 - These fucks hit us, we can't hit them back? - Mosaddegh, we did it to them first. 95 00:11:08,871 --> 00:11:11,972 You think the Soviets would put up with this shit? They'd fucking invade. 96 00:11:12,472 --> 00:11:15,043 We helped the guy torture and de-ball an entire population. 97 00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:17,415 - How many were there? - At least 50. We're not sure. 98 00:11:17,577 --> 00:11:19,648 - Schafer! - You still haven't found Schafer? 99 00:11:19,812 --> 00:11:21,973 No, I was screaming his name because I was fucking him. 100 00:11:24,218 --> 00:11:25,898 Come in. 101 00:11:25,986 --> 00:11:27,216 It's confirmed, sir. Six escaped. 102 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:29,393 - I was told five. - No, sir, apparently it's six. 103 00:11:29,556 --> 00:11:32,656 - What happened? - Not clear. We know they escaped the embassy. 104 00:11:32,729 --> 00:11:34,769 - Where are they? - The Canadian ambassador's house. 105 00:11:35,395 --> 00:11:39,104 - Do they stay put? Are we attempting rescue? - Hold for the Secretary of State. 106 00:11:39,265 --> 00:11:41,074 Yes. Is White House joining? 107 00:11:41,234 --> 00:11:42,838 They claiming the embassy was a den of espionage. 108 00:11:43,002 --> 00:11:44,444 We wish it was a fucking den of espionage. 109 00:11:44,607 --> 00:11:47,476 Cl's got three people over there, they don't see a revolution coming? 110 00:11:47,478 --> 00:11:50,438 - Call it something other than intelligence. - Hold for the chief of staff. 111 00:11:50,443 --> 00:11:52,081 - Hodding. - I'll call him back. 112 00:11:52,245 --> 00:11:54,526 They're sticking to it. No release till we expel the shah. 113 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:57,627 - Well put him on a plane, then. Fuck him. - He's half-dead and he's in chemo. 114 00:11:57,750 --> 00:11:59,195 We took him in. He's ours now. 115 00:11:59,352 --> 00:12:01,798 Great, so we'll take in any prick as long as he's got cancer? 116 00:12:01,955 --> 00:12:03,525 No, just the pricks on our side. 117 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:07,228 So all our other pricks on their prick thrones know when they get thrown out on a rail... 118 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:10,567 they won't get their fucking spleens taken out by some camel vet in Sinai. 119 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:13,233 What about the six who are with the Canadians? 120 00:12:13,633 --> 00:12:16,273 We've got 60 in the embassy with guns to their heads right now. 121 00:12:16,436 --> 00:12:19,246 The whole world is watching the embassy. They're safer than the six on the street. 122 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:21,578 Banisadr's saying it'll be over in 24 hours. 123 00:12:25,144 --> 00:12:27,647 We leave the six where they are. I'll go brief the president. 124 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:32,088 All right, let's get to it. 125 00:12:32,252 --> 00:12:35,756 So far official comments about the incident have been a model of restraint. 126 00:13:01,581 --> 00:13:04,460 Iran's Revolutionary Guard has rounded up a gang of terrorists... 127 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:09,123 blamed for one murder of a half-dozen followers of Ayatollah Khomeini. 128 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:13,032 It says security at Khomeini's home now has been tightened. 129 00:13:13,192 --> 00:13:17,868 This, by the way, is the 69th day that the American hostages have been held in Tehran. 130 00:13:18,031 --> 00:13:20,111 There is no change reported in the hostage situation. 131 00:13:21,701 --> 00:13:25,046 In this country, George Meany died last night. He was 85 years old. 132 00:13:27,106 --> 00:13:28,517 Yeah. 133 00:13:29,709 --> 00:13:31,188 Yes. 134 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:34,647 What? 135 00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:36,824 To begin with, of course... 136 00:13:36,983 --> 00:13:40,658 we wanted to learn about the hostages held in the American embassy compound. 137 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:44,199 They may not understand what their ordeal means to their countrymen. 138 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:46,667 But this nation, their nation, is outraged. 139 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:47,460 And we cannot really know what it is like inside the prison that was once our embassy. 140 00:13:47,461 --> 00:13:52,101 And we cannot really know what it is like inside the prison that was once our embassy. 141 00:13:52,699 --> 00:13:56,909 Actions of Iran have shocked the civilized world. 142 00:13:57,403 --> 00:13:59,883 Our embassy has been seized... 143 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:05,045 and more than 60 American citizens continue to be held as hostages. 144 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:09,216 The situation in Iran this morning is unchanged in regard to the hostages. 145 00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:12,591 NBC? Situation in Iran has changed, However. 146 00:14:16,422 --> 00:14:19,369 - Is he back there? - Office. 147 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:25,266 What happened? 148 00:14:25,665 --> 00:14:28,236 The six of them went out a back exit. 149 00:14:28,401 --> 00:14:30,904 Brits turned them away, Kiwis turned them away. 150 00:14:31,070 --> 00:14:32,777 Canadians took them in. 151 00:14:32,939 --> 00:14:35,010 Traffic calls them "The Houseguests." 152 00:14:35,174 --> 00:14:38,280 They haven't left the Canadian ambassadors house since it happened. 153 00:14:38,444 --> 00:14:40,685 - Why didn't we get them 10 weeks ago? - Too dangerous. 154 00:14:40,847 --> 00:14:44,294 You got Revolutionary Guards going door-to-door like Jehovah's Witnesses. 155 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:47,761 Half of them think that Khomeini's been too lenient on the ones in the embassy. 156 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:49,399 What about the White House? 157 00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:52,195 Carter's shitting enough bricks to build the pyramids. 158 00:14:52,358 --> 00:14:53,393 The Canadians are done. 159 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:57,234 They say they're bearing too much risk. Their foreign secretary corners Vance in Brussels... 160 00:14:57,397 --> 00:14:59,934 and told him she wants the six of them out. 161 00:15:00,099 --> 00:15:02,636 - Who else knows? - Just the families. 162 00:15:02,802 --> 00:15:05,544 Meanwhile, some genius in our embassy was keeping a mug book... 163 00:15:05,705 --> 00:15:08,584 on everybody who worked there. Jesus Christ. 164 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:10,914 We think it got shredded before they got in. 165 00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:15,116 But now the bastards are using sweatshop kids to reassemble the shreds. 166 00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:18,990 And once they reassemble that book they'll know six Americans got out. 167 00:15:19,152 --> 00:15:20,756 And they'll know what they look like. 168 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,298 Standing room only for beheadings in the square. 169 00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:27,063 - Who's handling? - State is coordinating in-house. 170 00:15:27,894 --> 00:15:29,339 State? 171 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:31,806 - They don't do exfils. - They do now. 172 00:15:31,964 --> 00:15:34,444 They want to run it by us, strictly as consultants. 173 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,637 Engell says it's a lose-lose. 174 00:15:36,803 --> 00:15:40,512 These people die, they die badly. Publicly. 175 00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:42,675 State wants the blame, we'll give it to them. 176 00:15:43,643 --> 00:15:45,486 What does he want me here for? 177 00:15:45,645 --> 00:15:48,455 So he can tell State he ran it by his best exfil guy. 178 00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:56,464 Okay. 179 00:15:56,656 --> 00:15:59,364 His is Bob Pender from State O.S. 180 00:15:59,525 --> 00:16:01,436 He's been talking to Morgan at ExtAff. 181 00:16:01,594 --> 00:16:03,972 - Bob? - Thank you. 182 00:16:04,363 --> 00:16:05,808 All right. 183 00:16:06,132 --> 00:16:07,839 Mark and Cora Lijek. 184 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,447 Twenty-nine and 25. He's a consular officer, she's an assistant. 185 00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:15,014 Newlyweds. They only just got there a couple months ago. 186 00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:19,313 No language skills or in-country knowledge. 187 00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:22,858 Henry Lee Schatz. Agricultural attaché from Idaho. 188 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:24,824 A bit of an oddball, apparently. 189 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:28,193 He was there to sell U. S. tractors to Iranian agro. 190 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:30,964 Joe Stafford. Late 20s. 191 00:16:31,123 --> 00:16:33,000 He's smart and a climber. 192 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:34,229 Speaks Farsi. 193 00:16:34,393 --> 00:16:37,237 He arranged the hire of his wife, Kathy. 194 00:16:37,396 --> 00:16:40,707 Embassy was understaffed, so the faculty wives were the typing pool. 195 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:43,404 And Bob Anders. Senior consular officer... 196 00:16:43,569 --> 00:16:46,175 oldest of the group and most likely to be group leader. 197 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:49,218 They're in hiding at the Canadian ambassador's residence. 198 00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:53,187 Fortunately, we do not believe the Iranians are aware the six have escaped. 199 00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:57,419 So, what we like for this are bicycles. 200 00:16:58,217 --> 00:17:01,221 We've identified back roads from the Shemiran district. 201 00:17:01,387 --> 00:17:03,731 A couple of rat lines through the mountains... 202 00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:05,198 to the crossing near Tabriz. 203 00:17:05,358 --> 00:17:08,237 Cars are off the table because of the roadblocks. 204 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:09,930 We wait till the weather clears up... 205 00:17:10,096 --> 00:17:13,509 then deliver the six bikes, provide them with maps to the Turkish border. 206 00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:16,272 We have intelligence they can ride bicycles. 207 00:17:16,435 --> 00:17:19,416 Or we're prepared to send in somebody to teach them. 208 00:17:26,913 --> 00:17:30,417 Or you could just send in training wheels and meet them at the border with Gatorade. 209 00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:32,062 Tony. 210 00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:34,220 It's 300 miles to the Turkish border. 211 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,799 They'd need a support team following them with a tire pump. 212 00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:39,368 We were just asked to sharpshoot this. 213 00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:40,902 State is handling the op. 214 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,300 I'm sorry, who is this? 215 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:46,904 Tony's an exfil spesh. He got a lot of the shah's people out after the fall. 216 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:49,637 Sir, if these people can read or add... 217 00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:52,874 pretty soon they're gonna figure out they're six short of a full deck. 218 00:17:53,039 --> 00:17:57,044 It's winter. You can't afford to wait around till spring so it's nice enough to take a bike ride. 219 00:17:57,209 --> 00:18:00,782 The only way out of that city is the airport. Build new cover identities for them... 220 00:18:00,947 --> 00:18:03,928 you send in a Moses, he takes them out on a commercial flight. 221 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:06,963 - We've explored those options. - They'll never get past airport control. 222 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:09,623 - Komiteh own the place. - They could pose as reporters. 223 00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:11,950 - The government issued 70-something... - Seventy-four. 224 00:18:11,991 --> 00:18:13,595 Visas for American journalists. 225 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:15,761 The Revolutionary Guards keep them on 74 leashes. 226 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:19,808 If they're caught with fake journalist creds, it's Peter Jennings' head in a noose in an hour. 227 00:18:19,966 --> 00:18:22,105 North American accents gives us limited options. 228 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:24,270 So we get the Canadians to issue them passports. 229 00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:26,849 What about English teachers at the international school? 230 00:18:27,006 --> 00:18:29,680 It's a good idea, but that school's been closed for eight months. 231 00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:31,480 Okay, so how about the do-gooders? 232 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:36,791 Six Canadians have been over there inspecting crops, making sure the kids get enough to eat. 233 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:39,486 We give them creds, makes them look like Ag NGOs. 234 00:18:40,086 --> 00:18:42,794 It's a Feed the Kids thing. Okay? 235 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:44,628 Those kids are black. 236 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:46,493 Those are African kids. 237 00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:49,868 - We get ethnically appropriate kids. - Are there starving kids in Iran? 238 00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:52,703 I'm sure there's some skinny kids in Iran, so... 239 00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:55,709 - What about missionaries? - A logo with seeds. Call it "Seeds of Hope." 240 00:18:55,868 --> 00:18:56,938 Hold on. 241 00:18:57,103 --> 00:19:00,641 Sir, do you have this newspaper in front of you? Would you mind taking a look at it? 242 00:19:02,608 --> 00:19:03,882 What's in this picture? 243 00:19:04,043 --> 00:19:06,319 - Tehran. - Right. What's on the ground? 244 00:19:08,714 --> 00:19:10,159 - Snow. - Right. 245 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:13,555 So, what crops are the do-gooders inspecting under Frosty? 246 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:19,333 Sir, exfils are like abortions. 247 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:21,165 You don't wanna need one... 248 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:24,171 but when you do, you don't do it yourself. 249 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:30,738 You have a better plan? 250 00:19:31,737 --> 00:19:33,182 No, sir. 251 00:19:36,542 --> 00:19:39,318 Whatever the conflicting signals from Iran today... 252 00:19:39,478 --> 00:19:40,918 and for that matter, every day... 253 00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:44,085 about whether the hostages will or will not be tried as spies... 254 00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:47,993 the government of the United States has not deviated from its basic demand. 255 00:19:48,154 --> 00:19:50,259 The hostages must be freed. 256 00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:53,267 Claims to defend human rights, it not only does not defend them... 257 00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:56,202 it violates them for all nations. 258 00:19:56,362 --> 00:19:58,198 We demand extradition... 259 00:19:58,367 --> 00:20:02,742 of a man who, for more than 37 years, with the United States' support... 260 00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:06,509 has killed months-old babies in the arms of their mothers. 261 00:20:06,672 --> 00:20:10,381 He said if the Americans try military force to rescue the hostages... 262 00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:14,252 the students will kill them all and blow up the embassy. 263 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:18,394 Americans were outraged at Iran and anyone Iranian. 264 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:21,395 Before that decision was taken, there was a demonstration in Houston. 265 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:23,295 An Iranian flag was burned... 266 00:20:23,456 --> 00:20:27,302 when anti-Iranian demonstrators gathered near the Iranian consulate. 267 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:30,737 Also is what led to a decision to scrutinize the visas of Iranians... 268 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:33,775 They knew exactly what was going to happen. They knew. 269 00:20:33,933 --> 00:20:36,436 But I don't understand what they should do now. 270 00:20:36,602 --> 00:20:39,208 Send him back, just to be tortured and killed? 271 00:20:39,371 --> 00:20:41,749 I don't think that justice is the worst thing. 272 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,717 When did people first tell you that torture was going on in Iran? 273 00:20:44,877 --> 00:20:48,791 They would never come to me and say, "Well, sir, we have tortured this fellow." 274 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:52,725 President Sadat of Egypt, he calls you, Imam... 275 00:20:52,885 --> 00:20:55,229 Forgive me, his words, not mine. 276 00:20:55,387 --> 00:20:56,559 A lunatic. 277 00:20:56,722 --> 00:20:59,726 Why didn't he have a choice? Why do you think he didn't have a choice? 278 00:20:59,892 --> 00:21:01,235 He would've been referred to as a barbarian. 279 00:21:01,393 --> 00:21:04,101 That's why they're saying that their current regime... 280 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,824 The shah did more for women's rights... 281 00:21:05,898 --> 00:21:09,004 I think you'd better... Please, everyone, get into the crawlspace. 282 00:21:26,418 --> 00:21:29,422 At one point, the mob cornered one of the Iranians. 283 00:21:29,588 --> 00:21:33,001 When he tried to protect himself, this is what happened. 284 00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:34,969 Just hit him again! 285 00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:38,631 We 're not gonna take it anymore! We're sick of it! 286 00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:41,041 America! 287 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:46,843 Even in our little community here, I mean, people are drawn up tight, they're tense. 288 00:21:47,173 --> 00:21:51,053 They shouldn't even let those students in that embassy there. 289 00:21:51,210 --> 00:21:54,453 Just shoot a couple of them, show them we mean business. 290 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:57,784 Men who served in Vietnam for what they believed was right are angry. 291 00:21:57,950 --> 00:21:59,020 I'm mad as hell. 292 00:21:59,185 --> 00:22:03,964 I'm like the guy screaming on that movie program in Network, you know? I've had it. 293 00:22:04,123 --> 00:22:07,696 And if need be, I'll bear arms again. 294 00:22:07,860 --> 00:22:11,501 And that's the way it is Wednesday, January 16th, 1980. 295 00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:15,908 The 74th day of captivity for 50 Americans in Iran. 296 00:22:24,476 --> 00:22:26,422 - Hello? - Buddy man. 297 00:22:26,579 --> 00:22:28,058 I'll get Mom. 298 00:22:28,214 --> 00:22:29,716 I'm looking for you. 299 00:22:31,584 --> 00:22:33,188 Did you do your homework tonight? 300 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:36,094 - Yeah, it was easy. - Excellent. What are we watching? 301 00:22:36,255 --> 00:22:38,360 Battle for the Planet of the Apes. 302 00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:39,867 Tell me, what channel is it on? 303 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:41,264 Five. 304 00:22:45,331 --> 00:22:46,366 All right. 305 00:22:48,434 --> 00:22:51,540 - What'd you do at school today? - Nothing. I don't know. Nothing. 306 00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:55,942 Can't be nothing. Something must've happened. 307 00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:57,951 After school I got some baseball cards. 308 00:22:58,110 --> 00:22:59,555 - Mm-hm. - That was fun. 309 00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:19,038 Okay, you know those science-fiction movies? 310 00:23:19,198 --> 00:23:21,804 Star Trek, Star Wars. They need an exotic location to shoot. 311 00:23:21,967 --> 00:23:24,447 Moonscape, Mars, desert, you know. 312 00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:25,911 Now, imagine this: 313 00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:31,315 They're a Canadian film crew on a location scout for a science-fiction movie. 314 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:32,984 We put it out there... 315 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:34,954 The Canadian producers put it out there. 316 00:23:35,114 --> 00:23:36,752 That we're looking at Egypt, Istanbul. 317 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:42,429 Then we go to the consulate and say, "Hey, we wanna look at Iran too." 318 00:23:42,588 --> 00:23:47,128 I fly into Tehran, we all fly out together as a film crew. Done. 319 00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:50,497 Flamboyant cover identities should be avoided, as it increases operational visibility. 320 00:23:50,663 --> 00:23:53,735 This is more plausible than foreigners who wanna go be teachers in Iran. 321 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:56,402 You wanna blend in with the population, you don't look like a rodeo clown. 322 00:23:56,568 --> 00:23:59,276 Just gonna wake up tomorrow morning and be in the movie business? 323 00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:01,281 We already have credentials for the teachers. 324 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,320 - No, sir, we have a contact in L.A. - Chambers. 325 00:24:03,409 --> 00:24:05,514 John Chambers. He's a Hollywood prosthetics guy. 326 00:24:05,678 --> 00:24:09,649 He's got an Oscar, he did Planet of the Apes. Did a bunch of contract work for us in the past. 327 00:24:09,815 --> 00:24:13,456 I go see him, he sets us up. One, two days, make it look real. 328 00:24:28,701 --> 00:24:32,649 I went outside for 30 seconds. Could you give me a break? I can't breathe in this house. 329 00:24:32,805 --> 00:24:35,809 - I need some fresh air. I can't breathe. - Stay inside the fucking house. 330 00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:38,819 - Who saw me go outside? I'm just curious. - That's not the point, Bob. 331 00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:41,259 - It doesn't matter who saw you go out. - Did you see me? 332 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:43,724 - No. - I did, okay? I saw you. 333 00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:46,886 Bob, it only takes one second for them to spot you. 334 00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:53,898 Some Americans are missing. 335 00:24:54,059 --> 00:24:56,232 Look at the repaired list of embassy employees. 336 00:24:57,730 --> 00:24:59,334 The numbers don't match. 337 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:02,411 Finish assembling the pictures from the embassy. 338 00:25:02,568 --> 00:25:05,139 All I need is their faces and I will find them. 339 00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:07,045 Yes, sir, it will be done. 340 00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:20,763 We want you to go to L.A. 341 00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:24,389 if you can make the movie thing credible, we'll take you to the director. 342 00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:26,259 Don't fuck up. 343 00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:28,896 The whole country is watching you. 344 00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:31,169 They just don't know it. 345 00:25:38,504 --> 00:25:39,574 My creation. 346 00:25:41,073 --> 00:25:42,746 My creation. 347 00:25:49,014 --> 00:25:50,084 What the fuck, Brian? 348 00:25:50,249 --> 00:25:51,455 - Cut. - We're cutting. 349 00:25:51,617 --> 00:25:53,858 - What an idiot. - It really hurt 350 00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:55,225 I'm sorry. 351 00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:58,368 Chambers. John Chambers, makeup! 352 00:26:10,135 --> 00:26:14,083 He says the Minotaur prosthetic is too tight, so he can't act. 353 00:26:14,373 --> 00:26:16,979 If he could act, he wouldn't be playing the Minotaur. 354 00:26:23,148 --> 00:26:24,593 Mr. Chambers? 355 00:26:25,284 --> 00:26:26,661 Kevin Harkins. 356 00:26:28,487 --> 00:26:29,966 Hey, Tony. 357 00:26:54,146 --> 00:26:55,284 Watch your head. 358 00:26:55,814 --> 00:26:57,350 What are you shooting? 359 00:26:57,683 --> 00:26:59,424 Monster movie. 360 00:27:00,419 --> 00:27:01,591 Yeah? Any good? 361 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:05,029 Target audience will hate it. 362 00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:06,692 Who's the target audience? 363 00:27:06,925 --> 00:27:08,461 People with eyes. 364 00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:12,370 Talk to me. 365 00:27:14,333 --> 00:27:15,710 It's an exfil. 366 00:27:15,868 --> 00:27:17,040 From where? 367 00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:19,648 Worst place you can think of. 368 00:27:19,805 --> 00:27:21,182 Universal City. 369 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,721 How are you gonna get into the embassy? 370 00:27:29,948 --> 00:27:33,225 They're not in the embassy. During the takeover, six people escaped. 371 00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:35,227 They're hiding out in Tehran. 372 00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:38,692 - And that's who I'm gonna go get. - What am I making? 373 00:27:39,691 --> 00:27:41,568 I need you to help me make a fake movie. 374 00:27:41,727 --> 00:27:44,230 Heh. You came to the right place. 375 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:47,570 I wanna set up a production company and build a cover around making a movie. 376 00:27:47,733 --> 00:27:49,735 - That we're not gonna make. - No. 377 00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:52,679 So you wanna come to Hollywood and act like a big shot? 378 00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:54,818 - Without actually doing anything? - No. 379 00:27:54,973 --> 00:27:56,543 You'll fit right in. 380 00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:03,920 Let's see. 381 00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:07,997 Well, this one's got an M.A. in English. She should be your screenwriter. 382 00:28:08,153 --> 00:28:11,066 Sometimes they go along on scouts because they want the free meals. 383 00:28:11,223 --> 00:28:12,930 Here's your director. 384 00:28:13,091 --> 00:28:15,264 Can you teach somebody to be a director in a day? 385 00:28:15,494 --> 00:28:17,770 You can teach a rhesus monkey to be a director in a day. 386 00:28:18,564 --> 00:28:21,773 Look, if you're gonna do this, you gotta do it. 387 00:28:21,934 --> 00:28:24,244 The Kho-maniacs are Froot Loops, but they got cousins... 388 00:28:24,403 --> 00:28:26,610 who sell prayer rugs and eight-tracks on La Brea. 389 00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:30,750 You can't build cover stories around a movie that doesn't exist. 390 00:28:30,909 --> 00:28:33,082 You need a script. You need a producer. 391 00:28:33,245 --> 00:28:34,417 - Make me a producer. - No. 392 00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:37,925 You're an associate producer at best. 393 00:28:38,584 --> 00:28:41,622 If you're gonna do a $20 million Star Wars rip-off... 394 00:28:41,787 --> 00:28:45,633 you need somebody who's a somebody to put their name on it. 395 00:28:45,791 --> 00:28:47,737 Somebody respectable. 396 00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:50,133 With credits. 397 00:28:51,129 --> 00:28:53,803 Who you can trust with classified information. 398 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,041 Who'll produce a fake movie. 399 00:28:57,636 --> 00:28:59,081 For free. 400 00:29:12,985 --> 00:29:16,159 Hi. I only got a couple of minutes. I'm getting a lifetime achievement award. 401 00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:17,925 - Mazel tov, Lester. - Ah. 402 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:20,593 I'd rather stay home and count the wrinkles on my dog's balls. 403 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:25,837 Okay, you got six people hiding out in a town of, what, 4 million people... 404 00:29:25,998 --> 00:29:29,673 all of whom chant "Death to America" all the livelong day. 405 00:29:29,835 --> 00:29:31,439 You want to set up a movie in a week. 406 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:35,016 You want to lie to Hollywood, a town where everybody lies for a living. 407 00:29:35,173 --> 00:29:37,676 Then you're gonna sneak 007 over here... 408 00:29:37,843 --> 00:29:41,347 into a country that wants CIA blood on their breakfast cereal... 409 00:29:41,513 --> 00:29:45,017 and you're gonna walk the Brady Bunch out of the most watched city in the world. 410 00:29:45,183 --> 00:29:47,959 Past about a hundred militia at the airport. That's right. 411 00:29:49,488 --> 00:29:50,865 Right. 412 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:54,365 Look, I gotta tell you. 413 00:29:54,526 --> 00:29:58,497 We did suicide missions in the Army that had better odds than this. 414 00:29:58,664 --> 00:30:00,143 Sir, the car is here. 415 00:30:07,773 --> 00:30:10,811 You ever think, Lester, how this is all for the cameras? 416 00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:14,014 Well, they're getting the ratings, I'll say that for... 417 00:30:25,891 --> 00:30:27,837 We're gonna need a script. 418 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:38,906 Here, come on, come on, come on. 419 00:30:39,071 --> 00:30:40,243 - No, it's fine. - Stop. 420 00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:58,860 I love you. 421 00:31:08,667 --> 00:31:10,772 Sahar, how are you doing? 422 00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:13,249 Fine, thank you. 423 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:16,712 Your friends from Canada, ma'am. 424 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:20,550 All this time. They never go out. 425 00:31:33,792 --> 00:31:35,635 Sahar knows. 426 00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:41,437 How about The Horses of Achilles? 427 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,080 No good. Nobody does Westerns anymore. 428 00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:48,412 - It's ancient Troy. - If it's got horses in it, it's a Western. 429 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:49,608 Hey, Kenny, please. 430 00:31:50,142 --> 00:31:52,144 Yeah, it's John Chambers, about the office space. 431 00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:54,790 It doesn't matter. It's a fake movie. 432 00:31:54,946 --> 00:31:58,450 If I'm doing a fake movie, it's gonna be a fake hit. 433 00:31:58,617 --> 00:32:02,258 The cardinal wants all cover options on his desk Friday morning. 434 00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:05,664 Engell's prepping the bikes option, the teachers option. 435 00:32:05,824 --> 00:32:09,135 You have 72 hours to make yours better. 436 00:32:09,628 --> 00:32:10,834 Fine. 437 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:39,466 Hey, is A006 still on the open list? 438 00:32:40,091 --> 00:32:41,126 Yeah, I'll hold. 439 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:45,631 "Fade in on a starship landing. An exotic, Middle Eastern vibe." 440 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:49,540 Women gather, offering ecstatic libations to the sky gods. 441 00:32:50,135 --> 00:32:53,173 "Argo. A science-fantasy adventure." 442 00:32:53,338 --> 00:32:56,547 - it's in turnaround. It's dog shit. - It's a space movie in the Middle East. 443 00:32:56,708 --> 00:32:58,348 - Does it matter? - Can we get the option? 444 00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:01,014 Why do we need the option? 445 00:33:01,179 --> 00:33:05,059 You're worried about the Ayatollah? Try the WGA. 446 00:33:06,885 --> 00:33:08,330 Just let me do the talking. 447 00:33:08,487 --> 00:33:11,730 I've known this guy for 25 years. He's full of shit and he comes on hard... 448 00:33:11,890 --> 00:33:13,563 but I can handle him. 449 00:33:16,161 --> 00:33:18,038 You want to go into production with this in one month? 450 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:19,834 Up like a carny ride. 451 00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:21,033 One month, yeah. 452 00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:23,577 - Who are you again? - Kevin Harkins. Studio Six Films. 453 00:33:23,735 --> 00:33:25,146 He's the money. 454 00:33:25,303 --> 00:33:30,377 Look, what do you say 15 thou and let's close on this? 455 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:34,083 You want me to be honest with you, Les? 456 00:33:34,246 --> 00:33:36,726 No. I would like you to bullshit me, Max. 457 00:33:36,882 --> 00:33:38,384 All right. 458 00:33:38,817 --> 00:33:41,263 I enjoyed your films. The early ones. 459 00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:45,561 I took this meeting out of respect, because I wanted to say no to your face. 460 00:33:46,825 --> 00:33:48,600 Thank you. Very respectful. 461 00:33:48,927 --> 00:33:50,270 You're finished, Lester. 462 00:33:50,829 --> 00:33:52,706 Get your cataracts fixed, read the trades. 463 00:33:53,899 --> 00:33:56,436 MGM just capitalized for six new films. 464 00:33:56,601 --> 00:33:59,081 They're screaming for sci-fi. 465 00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:02,443 They're offering me four times what you guys are offering me. 466 00:34:03,942 --> 00:34:07,412 Well, what can I say? 467 00:34:07,612 --> 00:34:09,216 Congratulations. 468 00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:13,924 But, see, it kind of worries me, what you said, and let me tell you why. 469 00:34:15,086 --> 00:34:18,863 Couple of weeks ago, I was sitting at Trader Vic's, I was enjoying a Mai Tai... 470 00:34:19,024 --> 00:34:20,731 when my pal Warren Beatty comes in. 471 00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:22,963 He wishes me well, we had a little chat. 472 00:34:23,461 --> 00:34:26,442 Seems he was attached to star in Zulu Empire... 473 00:34:26,598 --> 00:34:28,805 which was gonna anchor that MGM slate. 474 00:34:28,967 --> 00:34:32,073 But Warren confided in me that the picture's gone over budget... 475 00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:35,150 because the Zulu extras wanna unionize. 476 00:34:35,307 --> 00:34:37,913 They may be cannibals, but they want health and dental... 477 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:39,384 so the movie's kaput. 478 00:34:39,544 --> 00:34:42,753 Which means that the MGM deal ain't gonna happen... 479 00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:45,758 and your script ain't worth the buffalo shit on a nickel. 480 00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:48,159 So the way it looks to me- 481 00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:50,161 Through the cataracts, I grant you. 482 00:34:50,388 --> 00:34:52,129 Is that you can either sign here... 483 00:34:52,290 --> 00:34:55,294 and take $10,000 for your toilet paper script... 484 00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:57,667 or you can go fuck yourself. 485 00:34:58,496 --> 00:35:00,601 With all due respect. 486 00:35:06,905 --> 00:35:08,441 You really know Warren Beatty? 487 00:35:08,607 --> 00:35:12,350 Yes, I do. I took a leak next to him once at the Golden Globes. 488 00:35:13,011 --> 00:35:14,319 Taco? 489 00:35:32,664 --> 00:35:33,836 Got any kids, Lester? 490 00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:37,043 Yeah. I have two daughters. 491 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:39,710 You see them much? 492 00:35:40,338 --> 00:35:41,817 I talk to them once a year. 493 00:35:42,874 --> 00:35:44,945 - Maybe. - Why is that? 494 00:35:48,446 --> 00:35:50,448 I was a terrible father. 495 00:35:52,217 --> 00:35:55,528 The bullshit business, it's like coal mining. 496 00:35:55,687 --> 00:35:58,998 You come home to your wife and kids, you can't wash it off. 497 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:02,229 You? 498 00:36:03,561 --> 00:36:05,063 Yeah, I got a son. 499 00:36:06,331 --> 00:36:08,470 He lives in Virginia with his mother. 500 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:14,047 You're divorced? 501 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:16,048 Taking time off. 502 00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,247 He needs to be, you know... 503 00:36:20,412 --> 00:36:21,482 where he is. 504 00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:25,917 Kids need the mother. 505 00:36:34,559 --> 00:36:38,019 They caught the shah's chief of security trying to get on a plane to Paris. 506 00:36:40,265 --> 00:36:41,437 Listen. 507 00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:45,012 Since the incident, the number of guards at the airport has doubled. 508 00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:48,083 Thorough background examinations should be expected. 509 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,448 The movie cover isn't strong enough yet. I need another week, Jack. 510 00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:53,753 You don't have it. 511 00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:56,782 We got an office. 512 00:36:57,782 --> 00:36:59,887 We got business cards. 513 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:01,894 We got a poster. 514 00:37:02,787 --> 00:37:06,098 If I'm the Revolutionary Guard, that's nothing we couldn't have made at home. 515 00:37:06,291 --> 00:37:08,237 Six people's lives depend on this. 516 00:37:09,627 --> 00:37:13,632 It's not enough. If we're gonna fool these people, it has to be big. 517 00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:16,802 And it has to have something that says it's authentic. 518 00:37:17,769 --> 00:37:20,978 I did a movie with Rock Hudson one time. 519 00:37:21,940 --> 00:37:24,284 If you wanna sell a lie... 520 00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:27,813 You get the press to sell it for you. 521 00:37:28,780 --> 00:37:32,557 No, no, no. Press event and then they're gonna read through the script. 522 00:37:32,717 --> 00:37:36,665 Well, they got a bunch of actors, they're gonna read from beginning to end. All the way through. 523 00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:38,664 They have costumes and everything. 524 00:37:38,823 --> 00:37:42,600 No, no, no, I can't. Variety has an exclusive on that. 525 00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:45,935 Is there any way to make this more Middle Eastern? 526 00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:48,168 Mesopotamia? Egypt? 527 00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:49,437 Iran. 528 00:37:49,601 --> 00:37:53,174 Look, I can get you in, but you're gonna have to promise me at least half a page. 529 00:37:53,338 --> 00:37:56,478 No, no, this thing's an event. It's gonna be a spectacle. 530 00:38:58,403 --> 00:39:02,180 - Lester? - Nina. You look fabulous. 531 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:03,410 You're doing the reading? 532 00:39:03,641 --> 00:39:05,746 I'm playing Serksi, the Galactic Witch. 533 00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:07,890 Great. I'll call you. 534 00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:11,918 Keep that fucking space witch away from me. 535 00:39:12,150 --> 00:39:14,426 - You know her? - I was married to her. 536 00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:16,256 Oh, my God, Iraq is amazing. 537 00:39:16,421 --> 00:39:17,559 Oh, we're shooting in Iran. 538 00:39:17,722 --> 00:39:19,167 Iran with an N? 539 00:39:19,324 --> 00:39:20,894 Yeah. We're very excited. 540 00:39:21,059 --> 00:39:22,367 You ever watch the news? 541 00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:24,268 What does the title refer to? 542 00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:27,600 The Argo. You know, it's the thing. 543 00:39:27,765 --> 00:39:29,540 Like Jason and the Golden Fleece, or what? 544 00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:31,612 No, no. It's the ship. It's the spaceship. 545 00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:36,616 It goes everywhere. It goes all throughout space. 546 00:39:37,242 --> 00:39:38,414 So it's the Argonaut. 547 00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:40,078 No. 548 00:39:40,245 --> 00:39:42,384 - What does "Argo" mean? - I don't know. 549 00:39:42,547 --> 00:39:43,617 You don't know? 550 00:39:43,781 --> 00:39:46,261 It means "Argo fuck yourself." 551 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:51,094 Excuse me. May I have your attention, ladies and gentlemen? 552 00:39:51,256 --> 00:39:55,796 If our artists could settle in. We're just about ready to begin the reading. 553 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,737 Argo, by Mary Ann Boyd. 554 00:39:59,898 --> 00:40:02,105 "Fade in on starship landing." 555 00:40:02,267 --> 00:40:03,803 Exterior, bazaar. 556 00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:06,812 "An exotic, Middle Eastern vibe." 557 00:40:14,479 --> 00:40:17,653 The people working here are not diplomats. 558 00:40:17,815 --> 00:40:20,295 In fact, as Imam Khomeini said... 559 00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:24,331 we have found no evidence that proves that these people are diplomats. 560 00:40:24,489 --> 00:40:28,995 All evidence proves that these people are spies. 561 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,835 In the name of God, the beneficent, the merciful... 562 00:40:32,997 --> 00:40:35,637 our message to the awakened peoples of the world: 563 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,508 At this time we want to expose the hateful acts... 564 00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:40,843 Our world has changed. 565 00:40:41,306 --> 00:40:44,287 The fire of hope stopped burning in this galaxy long ago. 566 00:40:44,776 --> 00:40:46,517 The ship is turning around. 567 00:40:46,744 --> 00:40:48,189 Fire the thrusters! 568 00:40:48,346 --> 00:40:50,792 He says a gravitational field that strong will kill anyone. 569 00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:53,327 Were completely unjustified. 570 00:40:53,484 --> 00:40:55,157 They and all others must know... 571 00:40:55,987 --> 00:40:58,866 that the United States of America will not yield... 572 00:40:59,023 --> 00:41:01,765 to international terrorism or to blackmail. 573 00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:05,635 Sir! We'll be crushed! There's not enough time! 574 00:41:05,797 --> 00:41:08,869 Are controlled by capitalists and large oil companies. 575 00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:12,537 The United States government considers revolutionaries as terrorists... 576 00:41:12,704 --> 00:41:17,551 but itself and its CIA are the most terrorizing organization of all time. 577 00:41:17,775 --> 00:41:20,517 "The story was told, but there are infinitely more." 578 00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:23,557 Three setting suns. The princess's robes fall from her body.“ 579 00:41:23,715 --> 00:41:26,559 If we find his ship we will find our chance. 580 00:41:27,552 --> 00:41:31,364 Aboard the Argo lies my hope, my hero, my husband. 581 00:41:31,522 --> 00:41:34,901 We will begin the trials and carry out the sentences. 582 00:41:35,059 --> 00:41:39,063 You wonder where and how this seemingly endless parade of hatred will end. 583 00:41:39,241 --> 00:41:43,505 What do they want? They say the question should be not "what?" but "who?" 584 00:41:43,868 --> 00:41:46,542 The answer to that is clear. They want their former shah. 585 00:41:46,704 --> 00:41:49,913 Carter and his administration shameful to talk about human rights. 586 00:41:50,074 --> 00:41:54,352 Carter and his government have given asylum to the worst criminal of all. 587 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:55,547 For life? 588 00:41:55,713 --> 00:41:59,092 They will remain until the shah is returned. 589 00:41:59,384 --> 00:42:02,888 But if the exiled shah, now in a New York City hospital... 590 00:42:03,054 --> 00:42:06,228 leaves the United States for any place other than Iran... 591 00:42:06,391 --> 00:42:08,598 “harsher decisions will be taken against the hostages. 592 00:42:14,899 --> 00:42:17,539 "We cut outside to the Shidoori Dome..." 593 00:42:17,702 --> 00:42:19,545 holding on a single red flower... 594 00:42:19,704 --> 00:42:23,117 as it grows from the ruins of a starship in the desert. 595 00:42:23,274 --> 00:42:26,915 "Fade to black." The end. 596 00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:34,924 There is it. What'd I tell you? 597 00:42:35,286 --> 00:42:37,061 First shot of the picture. 598 00:42:41,359 --> 00:42:42,633 Argo fuck yourself. 599 00:42:43,227 --> 00:42:45,229 Argo fuck yourself. 600 00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:26,774 Brace yourself. It's like talking to those two old fucks on The Muppets. 601 00:43:30,308 --> 00:43:31,514 Aliens and robots? 602 00:43:32,910 --> 00:43:34,446 Yes, sir. 603 00:43:34,979 --> 00:43:38,324 You're telling me that there is a movie company in Hollywood right now... 604 00:43:38,483 --> 00:43:40,292 that is funded by the CIA? 605 00:43:40,918 --> 00:43:42,090 Yes, sir. 606 00:43:43,421 --> 00:43:46,994 - What's wrong with the bikes again? - We tried to get the message upstairs, sir. 607 00:43:47,158 --> 00:43:49,798 You think this is more plausible than teachers? 608 00:43:49,961 --> 00:43:53,340 Yes, we do. One, there are no more foreign teachers in Iran. 609 00:43:53,498 --> 00:43:55,705 And we think everybody knows Hollywood people. 610 00:43:55,933 --> 00:44:00,439 Everybody knows they'd shoot in Stalingrad with Pol Pot directing if it would sell tickets. 611 00:44:00,638 --> 00:44:02,879 There are only bad options. 612 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:04,542 It's about finding the best one. 613 00:44:05,543 --> 00:44:07,545 You don't have a better bad idea than this? 614 00:44:07,712 --> 00:44:10,488 This is the best bad idea we have, sir. 615 00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:11,683 By far. 616 00:44:19,991 --> 00:44:23,996 The United States government has just sanctioned your science-fiction movie. 617 00:44:25,129 --> 00:44:26,164 Thank you, sir. 618 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:07,549 I'm required to remind you that if you are detained, the agency will not claim you. 619 00:45:09,207 --> 00:45:10,379 Barely claim me as it is. 620 00:45:12,577 --> 00:45:14,284 Your "in case of's" good? 621 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:16,881 It's just Christine. 622 00:45:19,750 --> 00:45:21,752 I should've brought some books to read in prison. 623 00:45:21,919 --> 00:45:22,954 No. 624 00:45:23,621 --> 00:45:25,623 They'll kill you long before prison. 625 00:45:27,625 --> 00:45:28,797 - Thanks for the ride. - Yeah. 626 00:45:39,103 --> 00:45:40,138 Studio Six. 627 00:45:40,304 --> 00:45:43,581 We got a green light. Keep the office running until you hear otherwise. 628 00:45:44,075 --> 00:45:45,145 Argo fuck yourself. 629 00:45:45,977 --> 00:45:47,047 Argo fuck yourself. 630 00:46:05,730 --> 00:46:07,505 Your attention, please. 631 00:46:07,665 --> 00:46:11,169 This is the final boarding call for British Airways Flight 87. 632 00:46:43,534 --> 00:46:45,207 "We are a nation of 35 million. 633 00:46:46,604 --> 00:46:50,381 And many of these people are looking forward to martyrdom." 634 00:46:53,544 --> 00:46:55,913 - Hey. - Hey. 635 00:46:56,614 --> 00:46:57,991 Come to bed. 636 00:46:58,983 --> 00:47:00,155 In five minutes. 637 00:47:11,996 --> 00:47:14,374 You know, she pleaded with me. 638 00:47:15,032 --> 00:47:18,377 When it started in the streets nine months ago... 639 00:47:19,403 --> 00:47:21,906 she begged for us to leave. 640 00:47:23,007 --> 00:47:25,920 She packed our bags, and I said... 641 00:47:26,077 --> 00:47:29,251 "You know what? You know, just a little bit longer." 642 00:47:31,582 --> 00:47:33,687 And all I was thinking was. 643 00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:37,389 "Stay." 644 00:47:38,389 --> 00:47:40,198 This is good for me. 645 00:47:41,325 --> 00:47:42,770 Stay. 646 00:47:45,830 --> 00:47:47,434 "Show Newsom you got the balls." 647 00:47:53,270 --> 00:47:56,114 I can't believe I put Kathy in this position. 648 00:48:04,682 --> 00:48:07,060 I think we're gonna die here. 649 00:48:56,567 --> 00:49:00,982 "Iran is 100 percent not in a prerevolutionary state." 650 00:49:01,138 --> 00:49:04,176 CIA brief, November 1st, 1979. 651 00:49:04,341 --> 00:49:06,343 Can't be right all the time. 652 00:49:06,844 --> 00:49:08,016 Kevin. 653 00:49:08,512 --> 00:49:09,752 When'd you get back? 654 00:49:10,948 --> 00:49:13,155 The shah escaped in a 747... 655 00:49:13,350 --> 00:49:16,695 so laden with gold bars, it nearly didn't make it off the runway. 656 00:49:16,854 --> 00:49:17,924 But you kept busy. 657 00:49:18,088 --> 00:49:23,128 Ferrying out the torture apparatus of our friend's fallen dictatorship. 658 00:49:23,594 --> 00:49:25,096 It's getting worse. 659 00:49:25,262 --> 00:49:28,209 Everyone who lands at Mehrabad now fills in one of these. 660 00:49:29,366 --> 00:49:33,280 That slip makes a copy to the one underneath. Passenger keeps yellow, airport keeps white. 661 00:49:33,437 --> 00:49:34,973 When you leave, they match them up... 662 00:49:35,139 --> 00:49:37,517 to verify you came into the country when you say you did. 663 00:49:37,675 --> 00:49:41,646 So if they look, they'll see I didn't come into the country with six people. 664 00:49:42,379 --> 00:49:44,154 If they look. 665 00:49:46,183 --> 00:49:51,189 When you land, you should go straight to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance... 666 00:49:51,388 --> 00:49:52,833 to kiss the ring. 667 00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:56,199 Get on record as having applied for a film permit. 668 00:49:56,527 --> 00:50:00,134 If they catch you later, at least they'll be confused while they're torturing you. 669 00:50:17,848 --> 00:50:19,987 What will be the purpose of your visit to Iran? 670 00:50:20,351 --> 00:50:23,491 Uh, film production. Business. 671 00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:28,666 Why didn't you get your visa in Canada? 672 00:50:30,027 --> 00:50:33,873 I would've loved to, except my boss didn't send a telex till I got here. 673 00:50:34,532 --> 00:50:38,105 Guy had an intelligent thought in his head, it would die of loneliness. 674 00:50:59,089 --> 00:51:01,797 The Times and AP found out six escaped. 675 00:51:01,959 --> 00:51:05,304 They know who they are and they know they're hiding out with the Canadians. 676 00:51:05,462 --> 00:51:07,271 Somebody with one of the families talked. 677 00:51:07,464 --> 00:51:08,807 Mother of God. 678 00:51:08,966 --> 00:51:11,776 Yeah, I just put Vance on a plane to take the editors to Le Cirque. 679 00:51:11,936 --> 00:51:14,416 He thinks he can get them to sit on it, for now. 680 00:51:15,406 --> 00:51:17,386 Your guy better get them... 681 00:51:18,042 --> 00:51:19,919 and get the hell out. 682 00:51:20,711 --> 00:51:23,658 The captain has informed us that we have entered Iranian airspace. 683 00:51:23,814 --> 00:51:28,320 We'll be coming through to collect any remaining alcoholic beverages. 684 00:54:06,543 --> 00:54:08,216 This film crew is just yourself? 685 00:54:08,746 --> 00:54:11,727 No, we have six more from Canada meeting us today. 686 00:54:11,882 --> 00:54:13,725 You like to film at the bazaar? 687 00:54:14,218 --> 00:54:16,061 The bazaar, maybe the palace. 688 00:54:16,887 --> 00:54:18,491 Landmark sites. 689 00:54:18,722 --> 00:54:20,292 I see. 690 00:54:21,091 --> 00:54:22,968 The exotic Orient. 691 00:54:23,393 --> 00:54:26,772 Snake charmers, flying carpets. 692 00:54:27,664 --> 00:54:30,577 You came to us at a complicated time. 693 00:54:30,734 --> 00:54:34,739 Before the revolution, 40 percent of the movie theaters in Tehran were showing pornography. 694 00:54:35,906 --> 00:54:37,146 I understand. 695 00:54:37,307 --> 00:54:40,481 The function of this office is purification... 696 00:54:40,677 --> 00:54:43,954 as well as promotion for the arts. 697 00:54:45,249 --> 00:54:47,820 I'll review this for the minister. 698 00:54:48,585 --> 00:54:49,996 Okay. Thank you. 699 00:54:58,428 --> 00:55:01,204 Lester, you're working late. 700 00:55:01,365 --> 00:55:03,311 Till the dawn's early light. 701 00:55:03,467 --> 00:55:07,347 You got stamina, Lester. I wanna be you. 702 00:55:07,538 --> 00:55:10,382 Well, I'm 150 years old, so you wouldn't be me for long. 703 00:55:20,317 --> 00:55:22,490 - Mr. Ambassador. - Ken Taylor. 704 00:55:22,653 --> 00:55:24,155 Thank you for what you're doing. 705 00:55:24,955 --> 00:55:27,799 I was expecting more of a G-man look. 706 00:55:28,859 --> 00:55:30,861 I think you're thinking of the FBI, sir. 707 00:55:31,662 --> 00:55:34,006 Ah. This way. 708 00:55:46,143 --> 00:55:49,852 - These are blank, you know. Stamps... - Yeah, I'll lake care of this. 709 00:55:52,049 --> 00:55:53,187 How long? 710 00:55:53,383 --> 00:55:56,193 A day, prep their covers. Two if they need it. 711 00:55:56,353 --> 00:55:57,696 And you'll fly out with them? 712 00:55:58,088 --> 00:55:59,726 Yeah. 713 00:55:59,890 --> 00:56:01,563 There's something you should know. 714 00:56:01,758 --> 00:56:05,035 We think our housekeeper has figured out who they are. 715 00:56:05,562 --> 00:56:10,033 We don't know if we can trust her, so sooner is better. 716 00:56:59,917 --> 00:57:01,225 Hi. 717 00:57:01,385 --> 00:57:03,262 My name's Kevin Harkins... 718 00:57:04,321 --> 00:57:05,925 and I'm gonna get you home. 719 00:57:07,391 --> 00:57:09,997 These are the screenplays for your cover identities. 720 00:57:11,628 --> 00:57:14,108 It's theater of the absurd. 721 00:57:14,264 --> 00:57:16,835 - What are our chances? - Your chances are good. 722 00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:20,140 "Good"? Well, what's the number value of "good"? 723 00:57:20,337 --> 00:57:23,079 Thirty percent chance of being publicly executed? 724 00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:26,778 Can you tell me what the objection was to normal cover identities? 725 00:57:26,944 --> 00:57:29,185 There are no Canadians in the country for normal reasons. 726 00:57:29,313 --> 00:57:30,849 - They'll sniff us out regardless. - The Swedish Consul? 727 00:57:31,014 --> 00:57:34,689 They accused him of being an American at the airport. They held him for an hour. 728 00:57:34,851 --> 00:57:37,923 We can't hold up under that. We don't know what the hell movie people do. 729 00:57:38,088 --> 00:57:39,192 That's why I'm here. 730 00:57:39,356 --> 00:57:42,860 I'm gonna help you. I'll be with you the whole way. This is what I do. 731 00:57:43,026 --> 00:57:45,097 Have you gotten people out this way before? 732 00:57:46,430 --> 00:57:47,932 This would be a first. 733 00:57:49,433 --> 00:57:53,006 Do you know that every day they catch another friend of the shah at the airport? 734 00:57:53,170 --> 00:57:55,673 Kangaroo trials and then firing squads... 735 00:57:55,872 --> 00:57:58,614 just for having American names in their phone books. 736 00:57:58,775 --> 00:58:00,220 You've been here an hour. 737 00:58:00,377 --> 00:58:02,823 And you're asking us to trust you with our lives, Mr...? 738 00:58:02,980 --> 00:58:04,323 Harkins. 739 00:58:04,514 --> 00:58:06,323 That's your real name? 740 00:58:06,984 --> 00:58:08,156 No. 741 00:58:11,121 --> 00:58:14,898 I know there are risks involved. Serious risks. 742 00:58:15,392 --> 00:58:17,133 But it is time to go. 743 00:58:19,563 --> 00:58:23,204 We've got orders to close the embassy and go back. There's nowhere for them to stay. 744 00:58:25,702 --> 00:58:29,411 We will never make it through immigration at the airport. I'm serious. 745 00:58:29,573 --> 00:58:33,521 No, no, no, this is what, the part when we say this is so crazy it might actually work? 746 00:58:33,677 --> 00:58:35,520 Joe, I saw it in Burma. They get people out. 747 00:58:35,679 --> 00:58:38,922 Snitches in banana republics? They get them over the border after the coup. 748 00:58:39,082 --> 00:58:40,152 That's your opinion, Joe. 749 00:58:40,317 --> 00:58:42,490 You know, his opinion got us out in the first place. 750 00:58:42,986 --> 00:58:47,093 If we go out there with fake passports, we are spies, period. That's execution. 751 00:58:47,257 --> 00:58:49,828 - You got a problem lying, Joe? - Point is, we can't stay here. 752 00:58:50,494 --> 00:58:54,101 If we get caught, you and Pat go on trial for harboring the enemy, you know that? 753 00:58:54,264 --> 00:58:56,870 Pat and I have discussed it. It's the risk we took. 754 00:58:57,667 --> 00:59:00,580 That man out there has got bad cards and he is going to lose. 755 00:59:00,737 --> 00:59:04,048 And if he loses, it's our lives. 756 00:59:05,342 --> 00:59:07,344 And his life too. 757 00:59:08,745 --> 00:59:10,691 Look, we don't have any alternatives. 758 00:59:10,847 --> 00:59:12,053 We gotta go. 759 00:59:18,555 --> 00:59:22,025 These cover identities were created specifically for each one of you. 760 00:59:22,192 --> 00:59:24,729 What you need to do is memorize everything that's inside. 761 00:59:24,754 --> 00:59:26,754 Who you are, what...