2015
First Run Features
1 h 25 m

2015
First Run Features
1 h 25 m

Summary Our Man In Tehran is an in-depth, intimate exploration of the true story behind Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning film Argo. In this gripping new documentary, the story of the “Canadian Caper” is told by the man who knows it best: Ken Taylor, Canada’s former ambassador to Iran, who hid the six Americans in his official residence and obtained t...

Written By: Robert Wright

2015
First Run Features
1 h 25 m

2015
First Run Features
1 h 25 m

Our Man in Tehran

Name: Our Man in Tehran
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2015-05-15
Duration: 1 min 25 s
Rating: 58
Cast: Assadollah Alam, Bob Anders, Jimmy Carter, Joe Clark, Walter Cronkite

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews

60% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews

60% Positive
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20% Mixed
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The A.V. Club

May 14, 2015

The story can’t help but work — even when its directors are beating viewers over the head with the message.

By Kyle Ryan FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

May 14, 2015

There’s nothing like hearing a harrowing tale from the people who lived it.

By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 30, 2015

This polished, comprehensive-feeling film makes clear how much of the work was done by our neighbors to the north.

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

May 13, 2015

Informative but tedious talking-head doc Our Man in Tehran is for anyone who watched Argo and then wished to hear a ditzy, history-obsessed uncle ramble about the real-life political stakes of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

May 10, 2015

Never is there an Iranian perspective on the proceedings, giving the documentary the jingoistic bent its title implies.

By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Film House, Rhombus Media

Release Date May 15, 2015

Duration 1 h 25 m

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Awards

Canadian Screen Awards, CA

• 5 Wins & 5 Nominations

Newport Beach Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Assadollah Alam

Self

Bob Anders

Self

Jimmy Carter

Self

Joe Clark

Self

Walter Cronkite

Self

William Daugherty

Self

Massoumeh Ebtekar

Self

Sadegh Ghotbzadeh

Self

Carole Jerome

Self

Sadegh Khalkhali

Self

Ayatollah Khomeini

Self

Flora MacDonald

Self

Tony Mendez

Self

Richard Nixon

Self

Farah Pahlavi

Self

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Self

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Self

Anwar Sadat

Self

Joe Schlesinger

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Zena Sheardown

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