‘Argo’ an exciting, but not-very-real-life tale of espionage

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“Argo,” which re-enacts one of the most dramatic tales of the tense Iranian Hostage Crisis, is at times an utterly gripping film. That’s a genuine accomplishment for a movie based on real events whose conclusion we already know.

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