ARGO
Sundance, 11:30 p.m. ET
This 2012 movie tells of the amazing true story in which, during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979, six Americans slipped away as the U.S. embassy in Tehran was overrun. Where did they go? How did they keep their presence hidden from an increasingly hostile populace? And how, with the help of the a particularly audacious plan by the CIA, did they stage a dangerous effort to evade capture and return home? The climax of this movie is disappointingly over-hyped with the addition of a dramatic scene that never happened – but until then, the events depicted in Argo are fascinating in part because they are a close approximation of what really occurred. And it’s a wild story. Ben Affleck directs, and also stars as the CIA agent charged with bringing the Americans home. Also making Argo especially entertaining: the movie’s cast, which boasts one wonderful actor, and performance, after another. Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Kyle Chandler, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan and more… each and every one a standout.