Argo
Ben Affleck, 2012
The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA
Antonio J. Méndez, Malcolm McConnell, 1999
Argo is a movie directed by Ben Affleck in 2012 and based on the book The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J. Méndez and Malcolm McConnell, first published in 1999. The movie features Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, and others.
What users say
“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
On November 4, 1979, Iranian Islamists storm the United States embassy in Tehran in retaliation for President Jimmy Carter giving the Shah asylum in the U.S. during the Iranian Revolution. While on the phone with his son, he is inspired by watching Battle for the Planet of the Apes and begins plans for creating a cover story for the escapees: that they are Canadian filmmakers who are in Iran scouting exotic locations for a science-fiction film.
Movie vs Book
Year
2012
Minutes
120
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Year
1999
Pages
384
Book Rate
7.62
S: Goodreads
Book
The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA
Author: Antonio J. Méndez, Malcolm McConnell
Country: USA
First published in: 1999
Length: 384 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“I love the book, but in order to transform it into a film, there are things you have to reinvent for it to work on screen.”
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (Filmmaker)
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