Argo wins 2013 Best Picture Oscar

It’s a little-known fact that Ben Affleck – celebrity totty, tabloid bait and esteemed filmmaker – has a degree in Middle Eastern affairs from the University of Vermont. It’s a qualification he puts to good use in ‘Argo’, a nail-biting thriller based (fairly loosely) on real events which, for the majority of its length, manages to avoid the expected Hollywood clichés about the Arab world and promote a balanced view of America’s dealings with that troubled region.
It’s 1979, and after the fall of the Shah supporters of the new Islamic rulers of Iran have laid siege to the US embassy, demanding the return of their former leader for trial. But six embassy employees have escaped, and are hiding out in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Enter Tony Mendez...

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LAST DANCE (2012)
33 POSTCARDS (2011)
WHEN A CITY FALLS (2011)
LAWLESS (2012)
TO ROME WITH LOVE (2012)
ON THE ROAD (2012)
MONSIEUR LAZHAR (2012)
ROOM IN ROME (2012)
FIRE IN BABYLON (2012)
KING OF THE HILL (2012)
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