Passing reference in ‘Argo’ rankles New Zealand

By Nick Perry

Published March 21, 2013 4:00am ET

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Passing reference in ‘Argo’ rankles New Zealand — FILE - In this Sunday Feb. 24, 2013 file photo, director and producer Ben Affleck accepts the award for best picture for "Argo" during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles. "Argo" mentions New Zealand just once in passing, but the four-word reference is rankling Kiwis five months after the Oscar-winning film was released in the South Pacific nation. Even Parliament has expressed its dismay, passing a motion stating that director Ben Affleck "saw fit to mislead the world about what actually happened." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) | Chris Pizzello

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Thirteen minutes into the Oscar-winning movie “Argo,” CIA agent Tony Mendez asks supervisor Jack O’Donnell what happened to a group of Americans when the U.S. Embassy was stormed in Tehran.

“The six of them went out a back exit,” O’Donnell tells Mendez, played by Ben Affleck. “Brits turned them away. Kiwis turned them away. Canadians took them in.”

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