He tells the Mehr news agency that he will probably watch Argo — just for research purposes, of course. If the government says that's alright, Tohidi may end up being one of the few Iranians who won't be at risk of doing jail time for watching the movie their government is trying to remake.
Skip to header Skip to main content Skip to footer Instant Guide. Where the COP26 negotiations stand. Qatar to reportedly represent U. Daily briefing. Myanmar sentences U. Mark Lijek, now retired, is impressed with how Ben Affleck stages the taking of the US embassy in Argo, a sequence filmed partly in Istanbul and partly on location in California. It is after the six Americans slip away from the embassy that Argo becomes a masterclass in reshaping reality into a Hollywood hit.
In reality, after several nights - including one spent in the UK residential compound - the group was split between the Taylor house and the home of another Canadian official, John Sheardown.
Mark Lijek says he can see why Argo makes the switch. John Sheardown's house had an interior courtyard with a garden and we could walk there freely. We drank quite a lot too. The screenplay ratchets up the tension when an Iranian maid at the Canadian ambassador's residence guesses who his guests are. The central element of the story sounds incredible but is in fact true. The CIA cooked up a plan to spirit the six out of the country on a scheduled flight from Tehran's Mehrabad airport, masquerading as Canadians working on a non-existent science-fiction film.
Mark Lijek recalls that, of the group, he was the most immediately enthusiastic. Who but film-makers would be crazy enough to come to Tehran in the middle of a revolution? I had no problem pretending to be in the movie industry. The truth - which Argo artfully obscures - is that the cover story was never tested and in some ways proved irrelevant to the escape. There is a sequence in the film where the six go on a location scout in Tehran to create the impression they are movie people.
According to Mark, the scene is total fiction. Our story was to be that the Canadian ambassador had strongly advised us not to scout for locations because of instability on the streets.
But no one ever asked! In retrospect, Mark Lijek thinks the value of the cover story was to give the escapees the confidence to get through the ordeal at the airport. Sustainable Environments We are investigating the impacts of climate change on forests and water, people and our planet seeking sustainable solutions to real world crises. Quantum Technologies Developing the use of sensors and clocks in innovative, ground-breaking technologies to change the future landscapes of healthcare, transport, defence, civil engineering and more.
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