Brightest Young Things The Third Man, Argo, & Bond: A Brief History of Espionage In Film The International Spy Museum joined forces with the Austrian Embassy to throw a party in celebration of the Orson Welles classic The Third Man on Wednesday night. The 1949 film, among the best
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Ben Affleck wins Directors Guild award as ‘Argo’ hurtles to Oscars Entertainment on Today Actor-turned-filmmaker Ben Affleck won the top honor from his peers at the Directors Guild of America on Saturday for the movie “Argo”, cementing the Iran hostage drama’s frontrunner status for the Oscars.
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Golden Globes: A big night for the real Tony Mendez The Washington Post There he was, Tony Mendez, a spy standing next to John Goodman, the actor, in front of millions of people on international TV at Sunday night’s Golden Globes. They introduced a clip from “Argo,”
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The Washington Post Before he was a spy, ‘Argo’s’ Tony Mendez was an artist. He still is. The artist was a spy. In some of the world’s most dangerous places, his cover was often his palette. And his painter’s eye made him a master of disguise
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Herald Mail Rescuer, Rescuee Connect At Mendez Studio Open House Robert Anders of Silver Spring, Md., still has the business card from when he was someone else 32 years ago — Robert L. Baker, production manager, Studio Six Productions of Los Angeles. It was part of a
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ARGO Makes NY Times Best Seller Lists: #26 Hardcover #31 Combined Hardcover / Paper #13 Ebook #20 Combined Print / Ebook Click the thumbnails below to view lists
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American Thinker Argo: Behind the Scenes The current number two box-office hit, ARGO, deals with the exfiltration plan formulated by CIA officer Tony Mendez to rescue American diplomats who escaped from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran after its seizure by Iranian revolutionaries in 1979. He constructed a
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Discovery Channel Book Club in Association with Penguin This month’s book: Argo. A tale of secret identities, international intrigues and espionage. Now on release as a major motion picture, directed by and starring Ben Affleck and produced by George Clooney, the thriller tells the real life tale
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