Argo [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with GK Films a Smokehouse Pictures production ; produced by Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney ; screenplay by Chris Terrio ; directed by Ben Affleck.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 2000074463 | Warner Home Video3000048770 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2013]Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; production designer, Sharon Seymour ; editor, William Goldenberg ; costume designer, Jacqueline West ; music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat..
Cast: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bish�e, Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina.Content advice: Language and some violent images.Summary: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants storm the American embassy in Tehran and capture dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escape and a mid-level CIA agent named Antonio Mendez devises an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
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Based on a selection from The master of disguise by Antonio J. Mendez, and the Wired magazine article "The great escape" by Joshuah Bearman.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.

Special feature: featurette Rescued from Tehran: we were there.

Director of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; production designer, Sharon Seymour ; editor, William Goldenberg ; costume designer, Jacqueline West ; music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat..

Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bish�e, Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina.

Language and some violent images.

On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants storm the American embassy in Tehran and capture dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escape and a mid-level CIA agent named Antonio Mendez devises an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.

Rated R.

DVD, region 1, dual-layer format, letterbox widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital surround (English 5.1, French 5.1, Spanish 5.1).

English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.