What's the Difference between Argo the Book and Argo the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Tony Mendez
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Tony Mendez
Portrayed by: Ben Affleck
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Julio (CIA officer with Mendez)
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This Character does not appear.
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Joe Calloway
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This Character does not appear.
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Joe Missouri
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This Character does not appear.
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Bob (CIA officer in Iran)
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This Character does not appear.
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Somchai Sriweawnetr
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This Character does not appear.
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John Sheardown
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This Character does not appear.
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Robert Anders
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Robert Anders
Portrayed by: Tate Donovan
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Cora Lijek
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Cora Lijek
Portrayed by: Clea DuVall
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Mark Lijek
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Mark Lijek
Portrayed by: Christopher Denham
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Joe Stafford
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Joe Stafford
Portrayed by: Scoot McNairy
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Kathy Stafford
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Kathy Stafford
Portrayed by: Kerry Bishé
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Lee Schatz
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Lee Schatz
Portrayed by: Rory Cochrane
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Ken Taylor
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Ken Taylor
Portrayed by: Victor Garber
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In the Book |
In the Movie |
The Americans get along fine, they have lots of alcohol to drink as the Embassy was getting ready for a party. The TV is broken, Sheardown keeps them up to date on current events. The Sheardowns had frequent guests from other embassies who kept them up to date. |
The six Americans have trouble getting along while cooped up in the Taylor home. They watch news on the TV a lot. There were no guests from other embassies. |
The required documents are obtained by other members of his team. |
Upon entry into Iran, Mendez steals blank entry forms for the six Americans to use.
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This does not happen in the book. |
The Iranian officials at the airport can't find the entry documents for the Americans, but they get their passports stamped and sent along to the boarding area. |
Robert Anders, Cora Amburn-Lijek, Mark Lijek, Joseph Stafford and Kathleen Stafford went to Ander's apartment and hid out. Over six days this group went from home to home (including a British Residence) to hide out while lead by Thai cook, Somchai Sriweawnetr. The Staffords eventually hid out with Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor, the Lijeks and Anders stayed with Canadian Immigration officer John Sheardown. It took them until November 10th to arrive. |
The Embassy attack was on November 4, 1980. The six embassy workers are shown to go directly to the home of Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor.
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The mission was already given the go-ahead by President Carter. |
Mendez calls the CIA and tells them that he is taking the Americans out of Iran. His boss is unable to get the tickets confirmed for the flight out unless he has President Carter's authorization. |