The book is even better - what a true American hero. There are not many men like this - men that are willing to sacrifice without jumping into the spotlight. His recognition now and with the movie and everything is so well-deserved. If you read this, Mr. Mendez, THANK YOU

@fraerot

Жыл бұрын

but that's not the true. Mr.Mendez was only day and half in Iran. The real hero was the Canadian ambasodor Ken Tylor. Its made up movie for Hollywood.

Tony Mendez is a true hero.A shame that I never heard of him before until today when I was looking for a good movie to watch and I found Argo. Ben Affleck also did a great job in the movie.

Wow! OMG! Ben Affleck you are a genius! You were brilliant in that movie! Kudos to the screenwriter Chris and good lord Tony Mendez I mean... Seriously Ben if you see this, you've got to get more stories out of this man and make other movies.

The only reason why I watched this movie was because it came in a bundle with The Town. The Town was the movie I wanted but I'm glad I got that bundle. This is an amazing story and would recommend it to anyone.

Great interview as always Jake!

Ben Affleck has made a great film!

Great interview! Good Job!

RIP Tony Mendez

Wow, they look so much alike!

@yatzirianti-colonialism4332

8 жыл бұрын

they don't, asshole. A mexican and a gringo look nothing alike

@jodiescookin1

7 жыл бұрын

I thought so too. A lot of similarities.

@jodiescookin1

7 жыл бұрын

wow, you are so polite.

@bobsafer12

6 жыл бұрын

Yatziri Anti-colonialism first off, gringo is a stupid fucking word, and second of all, the real Mendez has Irish, Italian,etc. roots on his moms side and he has blue eyes, and he grew up knowing nothing anything about his dads heritage or even speak Spanish. He was closer to his moms side, his dads was irrelevant. He literally said he doesn’t consider himself to be Hispanic, and doesn’t care that Affleck player him

@bobsafer12

6 жыл бұрын

Yatziri Anti-colonialism and classifying all Mexicans as not looking white is retarded. Plenty of Mexicans are as white as can be, Guillermo del toro has super white skin with green eyes, and is just as Mexican as anyone else for example. Mexican isn’t a race, plenty of different skin colors

amazing interview!

I would like to thank Mr. Mendez . I would also like everyone remember the chance the Canadians did. If they were caught I believe they would have been executed. They are also hero's.

@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope

2 жыл бұрын

That would have started WW3. They’re not murdering diplomats

MOVIE THAT YOU SHOULDN'T MISSED

i absolutely love this movie!

Ok. Did not know that. Thanks for the 411on this.

My Favorite Movie. Belongs in the AFI 100. I hope Mr. Mendez & Affleck work together again. Foreign intrigue is dramatic.

@LeslieLanagan

5 жыл бұрын

I went to hear Jonna Mendez (his widow) at the spy museum in DC. She told me that Hollywood might make a movie out of The Moscow Rules, but she wasn't sure yet. Still in negotiations.

The movie was amazing, Affleck, like Tarantino deserved a nomination for best directing...

Just sae the movie and it kicked ass! U.S.A!!!!!!

Will you be doing the Star Trek Into Darkness press junket?

True story about real heroes

good job jake

Alan Arkin should win best supporting actor for his role in Argo.

@jinka6171

8 ай бұрын

Yes! Alan Arkin was fabulous…!

Please check out what President Carter says about this movie, he was in power at the time. It was 90%% the Canadians that got them out. You realize this is a movie and Hollywood takes away the credit from the true hero's once again. Tony Mendez was only in Iran 1 and a half days, but yet he takes more credit than he deserves. Wonder if he would have the same story in front of Mr. Taylor.

@dexter2178

2 жыл бұрын

That’s just wrong

@lmt200ish

2 жыл бұрын

@@dexter2178 No, its not.

@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope

2 жыл бұрын

Hard to listen to old people talk. Do you mind summarizing him

so when does the actual Argo film (the sci-fi one) come out?

@a.p.980

3 жыл бұрын

asking the real questions here.

@Don2Boxeo

2 жыл бұрын

@HEHEBOI nah

awesome movie

yes he is

the "houseguests" told the makers of ARGO all the things they were getting wrong. they were ignored. Apparently, the diplomats from New Zealand in Iran had no embassy or place for the "houseguests" to stay (too small a country) but the few 'kiwis' that were there were very helpful in the day to day and getting them out - so why put that line in ARGO saying "the 'Kiwis' turned them away." AND the "Brits" turned them away to save them. They were initially staying at the British Embassy but would have been captured if they had stayed longer. As usual, the TRUTH is still the BEST story.

@beckettgaming1000

7 жыл бұрын

If you look into the film you can see the Ben Affleck admits he got that wrong.

@Laura-Lee

7 жыл бұрын

He got TONS wrong. But it's still an interesting and entertaining film. I actually own it ... and I'm pretty cheap.

To TsoJanSK: it's likely to be Alexandre Desplat's music.

I think it was Han Solo who said, " Never tell me the odds ".

i just noticed that the t is sorta silent lol toronto, i would have goten through the airport security easy...im a canadian

Trono? Nice city.

🦅🙏🌹Toney Mendez🌹🙏🦅

soundtrack :)

whats the background music at the end?

@zilas7057

8 жыл бұрын

+TsoJanSK Aerosmith - Dream On

Italy had a Tony Mendez too, he was called Nicola Calipari, during an operation similar to the one described in the movie "Argo" he was killed by...guess who? U.S. soldiers at the last checkpoint before freedom...great movie uh?

@mantosh56

3 жыл бұрын

Damn.....Seems that italian guy did some crazy stuffs....never knew.....Thanks for the info :)

What's wrong with the bikes again? 😂

Too bad that John Goodman and Bryan Cranston weren't there but great interview nevertheless!

Really? It seemed like he was chatting up with his wife, quite genuinely. And Jake's probably really good with the cover ups. I mean, to the eye, it seemed a little inappropriate. I wouldn't want to speculate on what really happened. It was really about what met the eye.

Tony is Mexican never spoke Spanish Ben is White and is fluent in Spanish…

I sure wish Ben would have made a movie that was factual to the historical events. I bet Canada, UK and New Zealand wished he had made a factually movie as well.

Minus the typical American Iranophobia-influenced inaccuracies, Argo was a good film.

@NiVi192

7 жыл бұрын

Ashraf Anam It's a Hollywood feature film, they have to exaggerate for dramatic purposes! That's film making!

@EWPBPSstealth

6 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Iran stands true to the reputation of the shithole country it is.

@Hailnut

6 жыл бұрын

Crocodile Dundee agreed

@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope

2 жыл бұрын

Whatcha gonna do, sue them?

@AshrafAnam

2 жыл бұрын

@@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope Sue who?

...but Alan Arkin IS nominated...

Watch this other interview that Jake did with Ben Affleck for Argo. Can't paste the link here, but after watching it, I am sure you'll get the context. He basically answered a call in the middle of the interview.

Want the REAL story of ARGO? Watch UNEDITED interviews of the "houseguests". Now free to tell ALL (including what parts of ARGO are Hollywood fiction). Everyone has their singular memories, but when several people overlap in agreement of events, it's probably as close to the truth as we'll get. I recommend interviews with Mark & Cora Lijek.

@jackjackthompson5771

3 жыл бұрын

Link?

what?

I cannot recommend ARGO highly enough.

Wish Affleck did more movies like this and The Town rather than shitty superhero crap

@joshpritt2146

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm getting tired of superhero movies. P.S i never saw Batman v Superman

Ben Affleck should have kept this look 😂

He's not even nominated...

Please tell me Affleck was sorry for his cell phone act and decided to do the interview again.

I am sure this movie would have been the number 1 in Iran, if people had been allowed to watch. :))

It’s too bad the Ben had to lie about the whole story. Great fiction.

@dexter2178

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh it’s a movie. No true story is 100% accurate

@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope

2 жыл бұрын

Huhhhhhhhhh?

it was ken taylor not mendez what utter bullshit..

affleck cant speak english