Our Man in Tehran
Written by Drew Taylor & Robert Wright
Directed by Drew Taylor & Larry Weinstein
Canada, 2015
As the esteemed radio host Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story.” From Canada comes a fascinating new documentary about the daring extraction of 6 American Embassy workers from Tehran during the 1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis. While Ben Affleck’s critically-acclaimed espionage thriller, Argo, twisted the facts in pursuit of excitement, Our Man in Tehran uses these facts to capture the real-world drama. Insightful and provocative, this is one history lesson you won’t be sleeping through.
It’s not so much that Our Man in Tehran expands upon the themes and plot threads central to Argo so much as it takes a completely different perspective on them. A decidedly pro-American affair, Argo largely ignores the Canadian contribution to the operation. After all, the Canadians may have put their...
Written by Drew Taylor & Robert Wright
Directed by Drew Taylor & Larry Weinstein
Canada, 2015
As the esteemed radio host Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story.” From Canada comes a fascinating new documentary about the daring extraction of 6 American Embassy workers from Tehran during the 1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis. While Ben Affleck’s critically-acclaimed espionage thriller, Argo, twisted the facts in pursuit of excitement, Our Man in Tehran uses these facts to capture the real-world drama. Insightful and provocative, this is one history lesson you won’t be sleeping through.
It’s not so much that Our Man in Tehran expands upon the themes and plot threads central to Argo so much as it takes a completely different perspective on them. A decidedly pro-American affair, Argo largely ignores the Canadian contribution to the operation. After all, the Canadians may have put their...
- 5/14/2015
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
The timing couldn't have worked out better for directors Larry Weinstein and Drew Taylor. A year after "Argo" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on its way to Best Picture honours at the Oscars, their documentary "Our Man in Tehran" similarly premiered at Tiff, providing a fitting bookend with the previously under-told story of Canada's involvement in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
Far from being a reaction to Ben Affleck's film, the documentary was actually begun prior to "Argo," and simply aims to tell a fuller, more historically accurate version of the dramatic events in Tehran. This meant not only giving Canada and former Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor their proper due, but also many others who had their stories tweaked for the necessity of dramatic tension -- even Tony Mendez himself.
In advance of the documentary's premiere at Tiff, Moviefone Canada spoke to Weinstein and Taylor about the difference...
Far from being a reaction to Ben Affleck's film, the documentary was actually begun prior to "Argo," and simply aims to tell a fuller, more historically accurate version of the dramatic events in Tehran. This meant not only giving Canada and former Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor their proper due, but also many others who had their stories tweaked for the necessity of dramatic tension -- even Tony Mendez himself.
In advance of the documentary's premiere at Tiff, Moviefone Canada spoke to Weinstein and Taylor about the difference...
- 9/20/2013
- by Rick Mele
- Moviefone
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