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 |
Mendez has the Americans dress flashier so they appear like a film crew. |
The Americans change their appearances slightly to match their passports and not appear as themselves in case any Iranian locals know them. |
John and Zena Sheardown were sent back to Canada prior to the Americans leaving in preparation for shut down of the Canadian Embassy in Tehran. |
The Sheardowns are not in the film.
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When Mendez goes to the Canadian government to ask for official passports for the Americans, he finds out the passports are already being prepared. The Canadians refused to provide two passports for Mendez and another CIA officer. |
This does not happen in the film. |
The teacher cover story is just one of the options that Mendez decides not to go with after arriving in Iran. |
Jack O'Donnell tells Mendez that the CIA is going with the extraction using covers as teachers for the Americans.
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Ordinary police cars cannot match the 180 mph take-off speed of a 747. |
Revolutionary guards break through the door at the departure gate and use several police cars to attempt to intercept the Swiss Air 747 airliner while it is taking off. They also break into the control tower to disrupt the departing airliner. |