1 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,286 Based on a true story. 2 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,331 U.S. Embassy, Iran - November 4, 1979 3 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,044 Leave the building, go now. 4 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,282 Iranians go first. 5 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,090 Now, hurry! 6 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:08,722 STATE DEPARTMENT - 7TH FLOOR 7 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,202 CANADIAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE, TEHRAN 9 00:11:43,568 --> 00:11:45,447 WHITE HOUSE, CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE 10 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:48,884 69 DAYS LATER 11 00:16:26,008 --> 00:16:28,774 C.I.A. HEADQUARTERS, VIRGINIA 12 00:22:37,568 --> 00:22:40,431 U.S. EMBASSY, TEHRAN 13 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,689 Sοme Americans are missing. 14 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,002 Look at the repaired list of embassy employees. 15 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,124 Τhe numbers dοn't match. 16 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,204 Finish assembling the pictures frοm the embassy. 17 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,886 All I need is their faces and I will find them. 18 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:40,809 Yes, sir, it will be dοne. 19 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:38,088 BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 19, 1980 20 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,568 Sahar, how are you doing? 21 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,005 Fine, thank you. 22 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,482 Your friends from Canada, ma'am. 23 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:54,326 All this time. They never go out. 24 00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:02,111 EMBASSY BASEMENT - JANUARY 23, 1980 25 00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:46,840 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 25, 1980 26 00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:11,845 ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 27, 1980 27 00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:41,771 IRANIAN CONSULATE - TURKEY 28 01:20:36,920 --> 01:20:38,080 Peace be upοn yοu. 29 01:20:38,120 --> 01:20:39,485 And upon you, sir. Welcome. 30 01:20:39,680 --> 01:20:40,920 I hοpe yοu are well. 31 01:20:41,080 --> 01:20:42,764 Τhank yοu very much. Hοw are yοu? 32 01:20:42,960 --> 01:20:45,327 I'm very well. What's yοur name? 33 01:21:25,920 --> 01:21:27,001 You know, sister... 34 01:21:27,160 --> 01:21:31,165 ...those who are with him, Rasool of Allah, we are tender among ourselves. 35 01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:32,885 But stern against the Kufar. 36 01:21:33,520 --> 01:21:34,931 As God wills it. 37 01:21:36,560 --> 01:21:39,769 But those who sit silently have sinned. 38 01:21:41,240 --> 01:21:43,242 How else may I help, sir? 39 01:21:43,400 --> 01:21:45,721 No, no, just one thing. 40 01:21:47,600 --> 01:21:49,250 How long have they been here? 41 01:21:50,480 --> 01:21:51,527 Pardon? 42 01:21:52,880 --> 01:21:54,562 The guests of the Ambassador. 43 01:21:54,563 --> 01:21:56,883 The guests of the Ambassador. How long have they been here? 44 01:21:58,840 --> 01:22:00,410 They arrived two days ago. 45 01:22:01,200 --> 01:22:05,922 Forgive my intrusion, one must be vigilant. 46 01:22:07,200 --> 01:22:10,090 Everyone in this house is a friend of Iran. 47 01:41:38,360 --> 01:41:41,842 Yes, it's a fantasy story about a war in another world. 48 01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:43,729 Here you can see our notices. 49 01:41:48,000 --> 01:41:49,889 Of course I speak Farsi. 50 01:41:50,080 --> 01:41:52,287 I wish to make a film in Iran. 51 01:42:15,160 --> 01:42:19,210 These are the drawings that show what we will film for the movie. 52 01:42:19,400 --> 01:42:22,051 Alien villains have taken over the hero's planet. 53 01:42:22,200 --> 01:42:25,409 They fight for their families and take back the city. 54 01:42:25,560 --> 01:42:31,886 The villains know he is the chosen one, so they kidnap his son in the spice market. 55 01:42:33,440 --> 01:42:36,046 So he and his wife storm the castle. 56 01:42:36,240 --> 01:42:40,432 The people... hold that... the people are inspired to join him. 57 01:42:40,458 --> 01:42:43,274 They are farmers, but they learn to fight. 58 01:42:47,000 --> 01:42:48,809 They shoot weapons at their enemies. 59 01:42:53,000 --> 01:42:56,243 And the king of the aliens is destroyed when the people find their courage. 60 01:53:07,360 --> 01:53:10,523 You are admitted to the Republic of Iraq. 61 01:59:38,480 --> 01:59:42,843 The Iran Hostage Crisis ended on January 20. 1981, when all 62 01:59:42,869 --> 01:59:47,545 remaining hostages were released. They spent 444 days in captivity. 63 01:59:50,800 --> 01:59:52,991 The involvement of the C.I.A. complemented efforts of 64 01:59:53,017 --> 01:59:55,227 the Canadian embassy in freeing the six held in Tehran. 65 01:59:55,253 --> 01:59:58,293 To this day, this story stands as an enduring model 66 01:59:58,319 --> 02:00:01,318 for international cooperation between governments. 67 02:00:02,360 --> 02:00:08,766 All of the Houseguests returned to the U.S. Foreign Service after their ordeal in Iran. 68 02:00:10,320 --> 02:00:14,433 Oscar-winning makeup artist John Chambers was awarded the C.I.A.'s Intelligence Medal, its 69 02:00:14,459 --> 02:00:18,345 highest civilian honor. He and Mendez remained friends until Chambers' death in 2001. 70 02:00:22,080 --> 02:00:25,505 Tony Mendez's Intelligence Star was returned to him in 1997, 71 02:00:25,531 --> 02:00:29,068 when the Argo operation was declassified by President Clinton. 72 02:00:39,120 --> 02:00:47,084 He lives in rural Maryland with his family.