#argo

[maxanor]

XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS Season 3, Episode 13, ‘One Against an Army’

[illustratus]

Jason and the Argonauts by Poly Bernatene

[abuzd]

are you telling me this trauma was forced by a blunt?

[archiveofaffinities]

Alexander Liberman, Argo, Newport, Rhode Island, 1974

[tinkerhut]

[kassandra1184]

Someone had said that Argo is essential for Xena. I absolutely agree. My attempt at animals again :)

[chernobog13]

Concept art by Jack Kirby for a film adaptation of Roger Zelazny's Hugo-winning novel Lord of Light.

The film sets, based on Kirby's designs, were going to be built for permanence and become the basis for a science fiction-themed amusement park. Due to several factors, not the least being the projected cost, the film was never made.

The CIA, however, procured Kirby's designs and a copy of the script. They created a fictitious production company, renamed the project Argo, and in 1980 sent agents to Iran under the pretense that they were scouting locations for the film.

The true purpose of the mission was to rescue six American diplomats who were trapped in Tehran, but separate from the other American personnel who were being held hostage by Iranian forces.

This mission was the basis behind the Ben Affleck 2012 film Argo.