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Our Man in Tehran (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Drew Taylor
Larry Weinstein

Written By:
Drew Taylor
Robert Wright

Actors:
Assadollah Alam ..... Himself (archive footage)
Bob Anders ..... Himself
Jimmy Carter ..... Himself (archive footage)
Joe Clark ..... Himself
Walter Cronkite ..... Himself (archive footage)
William Daugherty ..... Himself
Massoumeh Ebtekar ..... Herself (archive footage)
Empress Farah ..... Herself (archive footage)
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh ..... Himself (archive footage)
Carole Jerome ..... Herself
Sadegh Khalkhali ..... Himself (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeyni ..... Himself (archive footage)
Flora MacDonald ..... Herself
Tony Mendez ..... Himself
Richard Nixon ..... Himself (archive footage)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ..... Himself (archive footage)
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ..... Himself (archive footage)
Anwar Sadat ..... Himself (archive footage)
Joe Schlesinger ..... Himself
Zena Sheardown ..... Herself
Gary Sick ..... Himself
Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi ..... Himself
Ken Taylor ..... Himself

Synopsis:

In 1979, the Iranian Revolution erupted. During this upheaval, the US Embassy and its personnel were seized by militants, while six diplomatic personnel managed to escape and find refuge courtesy of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor and his staff. Through their words and others' from that time, the events of that crisis are told as Canada found itself in the midst of an international intrigue that defied all conventional understanding. All this culminated in the Canadian government devising a way with CIA assistance to smuggle the fugitives out in an operation that would provide some hope during a dark time in American history.

The events of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Canada's involvement, especially concerning Ambassador Ken Taylor, are explored.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 June, 2016.