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WIDEN to HOLD ON them holding each other in the dark hall

of the very American, even Hummel-kitschy house. HOLD

there for a while.

338 INT. CHRISTINE.’S HOUSE - IAN.’S BEDROOM - ANGLE ON TV - 338

NIGHT:

A scene of the Old West on a television.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

Ian is watching 1973.’s sci-fi Western Westworld in the

bedroom. Ian doesn.’t have to describe the scene to his

father this time. WIDEN to see that his head is on a

pillow on Tony.’s lap.

CARD #1:
THE IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS ENDED ON JANUARY 20,

1981, WHEN THE REMAINING EMBASSY HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED

AFTER 444 DAYS IN CAPTIVITY.

339 INT. IAN.’S BEDROOM - NIGHT 339

We can hear the sounds of gunslinging from the movie.

Glow-in-the-dark stars on the wall. A Star Wars X-Wing

fighter. A couple of rubber Planet of the Apes figures

that look like they.’ve been chewed by a dog.

CARD #2:
OSCAR-WINNING MAKEUP ARTIST JOHN CHAMBERS WAS

AWARDED THE CIA.’S INTELLIGENCE MEDAL OF MERIT, ITS

HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR. HE REMAINED FRIENDS WITH TONY

UNTIL CHAMBERS DIED FROM DIABETES COMPLICATIONS IN 2001.

The CAMERA MOVES OVER the dresser of Ian.’s toys -- *

CARD #3:
THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CIA COMPLEMENTED EFFORTS *

OF THE CANADIAN EMBASSY IN FREEING THE SIX HELD IN *

TEHRAN. TO THIS DAY, THE STORY STANDS AS AN ENDURING *

MODEL OF COOPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS. *

-- settling on a motley group of action figures. *

CARD #4:
ALL OF THE HOUSEGUESTS RETURNED TO THE U.S. *

FOREIGN SERVICE AFTER THEIR ORDEAL IN IRAN. *

Then FIND, almost unnoticeable among Ian.’s science *

fiction collection, a piece of cardboard behind Captain *

Kirk and Han Solo figures. *

It.’s a STORYBOARD FROM ARGO. The one missed by the

Komiteh at the airport.

ARGO - Final 121.

337 CONTINUED:
337

(CONTINUED)

CARD #5:
TONY MENDEZ WAS NOT GIVEN BACK HIS INTELLIGENCE *

STAR UNTIL 1997, WHEN THE ARGO OPERATION WAS DECLASSIFIED

BY PRESIDENT CLINTON.

LINGER ON the ARGO STORYBOARD. A MAN in a futuristic

chariot sheltering a KID from what look like laser beams.

CARD #6:
HE LIVES IN RURAL MARYLAND WITH HIS FAMILY. *

FADE TO BLACK.

THE END:

ARGO - Final 122.

339 CONTINUED:
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