Posts Tagged ‘Argo’

• Iran claims it will sue Hollywood over unrealistic portrayal in Argo

  The Academy Award-winning best picture Argo is about to be slapped with a lawsuit,…

  by Emily Senger - Wednesday, March 13, 2013

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  Canada at the Oscars: They like us, they really like us!

  Brian D. Johnson on the Canadian Oscar conspiracy: William Shatner, ‘Argo’ and ‘Life of Pi’

  by Brian D. Johnson - Monday, February 25, 2013

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  Iran state media calls Argo ‘most political’ for Oscar win

  Film’s win is part of White House and CIA plot, says state radio

  by Emily Senger - Monday, February 25, 2013

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  Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter says Argo gives short shrift to Canada

  “The main hero, in my opinion, was Ken Taylor,” Carter says

  by Lindsey Wiebe - Friday, February 22, 2013

• Video: Remembering the Iranian hostage crisis

  Acclaimed photographer Peter Bregg recalls covering the 1979 crisis

  by macleans.ca - Wednesday, February 20, 2013

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  What you won’t see in Argo

  Mark Lijek, a retired U.S. diplomat rescued from Iran, writes about the real heroes of 1979

  by macleans.ca - Tuesday, February 19, 2013

• Ken Taylor says documentary to provide more balanced picture of hostage crisis

  TORONTO – The real-life Canadian hero portrayed in the popcorn thriller “Argo” says the…

  by The Canadian Press - Thursday, February 14, 2013

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  Gary Doer on U.S. elections, the ‘fiscal cliff,’ and the after-effects of Argo

  In conversation with Canada’s ambassador to the U.S.

  by Luiza Ch. Savage - Friday, November 16, 2012

• Don’t sweat it, Ben Affleck. We forgive you.

  His new film, Argo, may not give Canadians all the credit, but the Hollywood star smooths things over.

  by Luiza Ch. Savage - Monday, October 22, 2012

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  Sarah, Ben and the seven psychos

  Deconstruction gone wild in ‘Argo,’ ‘Stories We Tell,’ ‘Seven Psychopaths,’ ‘Nobody Walks,’ and ‘Antiviral’

  by Brian D. Johnson - Friday, October 12, 2012

• Ben Affleck lauds Ken Taylor in D.C. at reception for film ‘Argo’

  WASHINGTON – Hollywood’s Ben Affleck lauded Canadian hero Ken Taylor and the Canada-U.S. relationship on Wednesday in the U.S. capital as he promoted his new film, “Argo,” about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

  by The Canadian Press - Wednesday, October 10, 2012

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  Brian D. Johnson picks TIFF’s Top 10

  The best of the Toronto International Film Festival as chosen by our film critic … plus! a booby prize

  by Brian D. Johnson - Tuesday, September 25, 2012

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  Ben Affleck shows Ken Taylor some Hollywood diplomacy

  In what must be a Hollywood precedent, Taylor got to rewrite the ‘Argo’ postscript—changing it from insult to tribute

  by Brian D. Johnson - Wednesday, September 19, 2012

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  ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ wins TIFF audience prize

  Quebec’s Xavier Dolan’s wins Best Canadian feature for his transexual epic, Laurence Anyways

  by Brian D. Johnson - Sunday, September 16, 2012

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  Ben Affleck rewrites history

  ‘Argo’ shifts the spotlight from Ken Taylor, our man in Tehran, to CIA spy Tony Mendez

  by Brian D. Johnson - Wednesday, September 12, 2012

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  Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’: a bonanza of secrets and lies

  A thriller about the 1980 escape of six Americans from the Canadian embassy in Tehran lands with uncanny timing

  by Brian D. Johnson - Friday, September 7, 2012

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  TIFF 2012: The vanity project: 5 successful actor-directors

  Ben Affleck, who directs and stars in Argo, isn’t the only one in Hollywood to double dip

  by Sonya Bell - Friday, September 7, 2012

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