Argo is a 2012 American historical drama thriller film directed by Ben Affleck.Screenwriter Chris Terrio adapted the screenplay from the 1999 book by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operative Tony Mendez, The Master of Disguise, and the 2007 Wired article by Joshuah Bearman, "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran". The following is a report on his briefing that appeared in The Bulletin. He also wrote a book, Guests of the Ayatollah, on the hostage crisis. Guests of the Ayatollah by Mark Bowden 680pp, Atlantic Books, £18.99. They took fifty-two Americans hostage, and kept nearly all of them hostage for 444 days. After Black Hawk Down, better known as a film by Ridley Scott, Mark Bowden wrote a … Still, this is a movie about Iran, a country that is now a carefully contrived crisis of mythic proportion. The Iran hostage crisis was a watershed moment in American history. Watch full episodes of Guests of the Ayatollah and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at TVGuide.com Twenty-five years after the end of the Iran hostage crisis, Wild Eyes Productions & Discovery Times Channel bring you the definitive portrait of one of the most important events of the 20th century. Guests of the Ayatollah. In 1979, Iranian students storm the American embassy and hold its staff hostage for 444 days. Mark Bowden. Guests of the Ayatollah. On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the revolutionary Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Put new text under old text. The latest book by the author of 1999’s Black Hawk Down arrives at an ideal time. 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