The Timeline America's Game and the Iran Hostage Crisis (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 65 min | Documentary, History, Sport

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The Timeline

America's Game and the Iran Hostage Crisis (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | 65 min | Documentary, History, Sport

The NFL during the Iran hostage crisis. Includes the story of Alex Paen, a Los Angeles-based reporter stationed in Tehran, who made an audio recording of Super Bowl XIV for the hostages to listen to.

Director

Tate Donovan

Writer

Phil Guidry

Composers

Amy Marie Beauchamp | Jose Cancela | Michael Reola

Cinematographer

Zach Salsman

Editors

Colin Beattie | Jeremy Phillips (edited by)

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Updated Dec 26, 2015

Release date

Dec 26, 2015 (United States)

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Mark Bowden Self Self See fewer	Black Hawk Down (2001)
Clifford Branch Self (as Cliff Branch) Self (as Cliff Branch) See fewer	Everybody's All-American (1988)
George Clooney Narrator Narrator See fewer	The Ides of March (2011)
Al Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The NFL on NBC (1965)
Ray Didinger Self Self See fewer	Unitas (1999)
Herm Edwards Self (as Herman Edwards) Self (as Herman Edwards) See fewer	NFL Head Coach (2006)
Tom Flores Self Self See fewer	Coach Flores
Kevin Hermening Self Self See fewer	Desert One (2019)
Ron Jaworski Self Self See fewer	Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote (2010)
Rod Martin Self Self See fewer	The NFL on CBS (1956)
Alex Paen Actor Actor See fewer	Animal Rescue with Alex Paen (2007)
Jim Plunkett Self Self See fewer	Lopez vs. Lopez (2022)
John Stallworth Self Self See fewer	Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier (1980)
Dick Vermeil Self Self See fewer	Invincible (2006)