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Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Opening Wknd:  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Drama / History / Thriller /  more » Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 62 wins & 69 nominations  more » User Ratings: 7.9 (217,381 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran.  more »

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Filmmakers: Ben Affleck - Director / Producer, Chris Terrio - Writer (screenplay by), Antonio J. Mendez¹ - Writer (based on a selection from "The Master of Disguise" by), Joshuah Bearman - Writer (based on the Wired Magazine article "The Great Escape" by), George Clooney - Producer, Grant Heslov - Producer, Rodrigo Prieto - Cinematographer, Alexandre Desplat - Composer, Sharon Seymour - Production Designer, William Goldenberg - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Ben Affleck ... Tony Mendez	182
	Bryan Cranston ... Jack O'Donnell	220
	Alan Arkin ... Lester Siegel	1,216
	John Goodman ... John Chambers	402
	Victor Garber ... Ken Taylor	2,603