ARGO is a solid entertaining film by Ben Affleck about the 6 Americans who were trapped in Iran after militants took over the Embassy in 1979. There's too much B.S. that Affleck and the writers put into the true tale for my taste, but it is enjoyable.

What I really liked about the film was how it's a love-letter to John Chambers. Chambers was the make-up effects man who won an Oscar for the original PLANET OF THE APES. Chambers' work was so good that the CIA used him in their covert actions.

Caleb?

Here's a piece in the L.A. Times on Chambers:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-john-chambers-argo-20121023,0,745977.story


excerpt:


By Susan King, Los Angeles Times

October 23, 2012, 7:00 a.m.

Retired movie makeup artist Robert Sidell got chills when he met actor John Goodman at the party following the Beverly Hills premiere earlier this month of Ben Affleck's acclaimed new film "Argo." It was like seeing an old friend again.

Goodman plays real-life Oscar-winning movie makeup artist John Chambers, who created the makeup for the 1968 classic "Planet of the Apes," as well as Spock's ears for the original "Star Trek" series. Chambers was one of the key players who helped CIA operative Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) set up a phony film production company and movie in order to get six U.S. government workers out of Tehran during the 1979-81 hostage crisis.

"John Goodman was a Xerox copy of Johnny Chambers," said Sidell, 75, right up to capturing the legendary makeup man's limp.

Sidell is a big fan of "Argo," even if it deviates from some of the facts of the matter.

i remember that rescue. wasn't h ross perot involved?

kirok wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 5:18pm:

i remember that rescue. wasn't h ross perot involved?

Don't think so. It was nicknamed "The Canadian Caper" in the press. The details remained secret for years.

I haven't seen it yet but have heard it's very good.
My make-up efx friends are thrilled to see Chambers get his well deserved recognition.

Oh, it's almost a love-letter to Chambers, you gotta see it. A little too much B.S. for my taste, but, you'll definately dig it!



Caleb451 wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 3:08pm:

I haven't seen it yet but have heard it's very good. My make-up efx friends are thrilled to see Chambers get his well deserved recognition.