Ben Affleck Takes Heat For Artistic Liberties Taken In ‘Argo’

Ben Affleck won big with “Argo” taking home top prizes at the Oscars. Best Picture, Best Adapted Screen Play, and Best Film Editing, but some people aren’t too happy with him. Particularly New Zealanders and Iranians who think that references to their countries involvement in the film were false or unfair. Though the movie has done well in New Zealand, grossing over 1 Million dollars to date, some New Zealanders have taken offense to one quote in reference to their help or lack thereof to save the group of americans in Iran. In the scene a CIA agent is asking his superior what happend to a group of Americans when the US embassy was attacked in Iran, to which his superior replied, “The six of them went out a back exit, Brits turned them away. Kiwis turned them away. Canadians took them in.” Though it has been documented that New Zealanders did indeed help in the situation the movie was written with a dramatic effect. Even the thrilling tarmac chase scene at the end is a jazzed up version of the actual events, and the Iranians are upset at their depiction in the film. It is however important that we remember, though this is based on a true story, it is still cinema and should be judged only as such. It is not a literal account of events, but a Multi Million dollar grossing movie, and it wasn’t the only one of 2012’s biggest movies that used artistic liberties…


2013 Oscars: “Argo” Wins Best Picture!!!!

7 Nominations m 3 awards, not bad at all. Congrats To “Argo” for winning Best Picture!!


2013 Oscars: “Argo” Wins Best Adapted Screen Play!!!

Congrats to “Argo” for winning yet another award for Best Adapted Screen Play!


2013 Oscars: “Argo” Wins Best Film Editing!!!

Congrats to “Argo” for winning Best Film Editing!!!


Ben Affleck Wins Directors Guild Award For Argo

Ben Affleck took the top honors at the Directors Guild Awards for his work on Argo which has been racking up awards this season. Usually the winner of the DGA award goes on to claim best director at the Oscars, however Argo was snubbed for Oscar nominations in that regard. Argo is nominated for best picture on Hollywood’s biggest night, let’s see if Affleck will be picking up hardware for his third picture behind the camera. Hit the jump for more.


‘Argo’ Takes Home Top Motion Picture Prize At The 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards !!!

The 10 nominees in the producers race were Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, and Zero Dark Thirty. The past few winners of this award at the Producers Guild are also who took home the ‘Best Picture’ award at the Oscars the past few years. Affleck was the directer of the film and starred in it as well. He called the moment “incredible and exciting ” as he accepted the award at the ceremony, held Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.


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