So sue me, but whenever I hear George Clooney’s name attached to a movie that doesn’t have the word “Ocean” in it, I immediately think, “Oh crap, here comes another self-serving political movie by George that’s little more than Leftist Hollywood propaganda.” But lo and behold, oh George seems intent on making a movie that doesn’t wag its fingers at the Evils of America. According to Variety Georgie’s new film is called “Escape from Tehran”, which he will only produce, but may star and direct should he decide to later on. “Escape from Tehran” is a true story about how the CIA, with help from some Hollywood types, pretended to shoot a Hollywood movie in Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis as a cover to rescue six hostages.
More about the project:
…centers around CIA operative Tony Mendez, a master of disguise who was put in charge of rescuing six Americans hiding out in Tehran. He came up with the idea of using a bogus movie and contacted Hollywood makeup artist John Chambers.
Chambers and Bob Sidell, also a makeup artist, launched Studio Six Prods. (an allusion to the six Americans awaiting rescue) and announced their first movie project, to be shot in Iran. Both Variety and the Hollywood Reporter were duped into writing news stories on the film after Studio Six took out trade ads.
Mendez went to Tehran in January 1980 and told the Americans to pretend they were Canadians on a scouting trip for a big-budget Hollywood epic. The ruse worked.
Wouldn’t YOU want to escape from these people?
Related Posts