On October 22, 1979, Pahlavi went to the United States for medical treatment. Iran’s anti-American wave escalated and strongly demanded that the United States surrender Pahlavi. On November 4, angry Iranian college students and militias occupied the US Embassy in Iran. , Holding 66 American diplomats and civilians hostage. The prolonged Iran hostage crisis has become the number one news that shocked the world.
In order to rescue these hostages, the United States launched at least two operations. One was Operation Eagle Claw, known as the biggest nightmare in the history of U.S. special forces operations, and the other was the CIA's successful "fake movie, real rescue". action. In 2012, in the context of the Iranian nuclear crisis and the dispute between Israel and Palestine, Ben Affleck described "Escape from Tehran" of the CIA's rescue operation, which won both box office and word of mouth.
The plan to use "fake movies" to find locations in Iran to rescue the 6 Americans hiding in the Canadian embassy was obviously whimsical, but it was because of this that there were no twists and turns. Preliminary preparations such as buying scripts, setting up studios, holding press conferences, and advertising, laid the foundation for the subsequent great escape. Hollywood's good at self-deprecating and the reality of being dominated by the left have been vividly demonstrated. The film shows no mercy to Pahlavi. It is his corruption and spy rule that triggered the revolution; the criticism of Khomeini is also straightforward. The occupation of the embassy, the corpse on the streets, and the fake shooting have all explained it.
The footage of the soldiers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards interested in the sketches of the “fake movies” shows that human nature is connected. The psychological distance between Hollywood and Iran, East and West, may not be as far away as politicians and religious leaders imagine. Unfortunately, for the entire film, there are too few such flashes.
The smartest thing about "Escape from Tehran" is that it chose a suitable subject at a suitable time. The film made great efforts to shape the atmosphere of the times. The director was afraid that the audience would ignore his painstaking efforts. At the end of the film, he deliberately used a few stills and news photos for comparison. The prisoners on the crane are the true restoration of history.
Pahlavi's efforts to secularize and Westernize Iran have not been completely wiped out because of the collapse of his regime. Even in the era when Khomeini covered the sky with only one hand and carried out the Islamic revolution in an all-round way, Iranian society could not erase Pahlavi's mark. The Iranian Constitution establishes the principle of "the three powers are always separated." The president and parliament are respectively elected through direct elections, and there is a certain degree of supervision and restriction between the powers. All this has not been reflected in the film. The image of the Iranian militia is uniformly rude and lacks three-dimensionality.
The Canadian media have enough reasons to be dissatisfied with "Escape from Tehran" because the film obliterates the key role of Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor in the rescue operation. Ken Taylor took a big risk by providing fake Canadian passports to these six Americans. It was considered Canada's most important diplomatic victory in the past half century. The film's history of tampering with history is an insult to this hero. After seeing the report, Affleck revised the postscript at the end of the film: "The CIA rescued the six stranded people in Tehran with the full help of the Canadian ambassador. So far, this story has become an immortal example of cross-government international rescue."
To be honest, I never liked Ben Affleck. Whether it is the "Mind Catcher" and "Pearl Harbor" in his youth and invincible period, or the "Big Bandit in the City" directed by him, the common shortcomings are full of craftsmanship. The opinion of Time magazine expressed the voice of many people: "Although "Escape from Tehran" strives to please Oscars, in terms of quality, it is only mediocre." (Media manuscript)
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