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Jack Kirby's Art for the Fake Movie in Argo Goes Up for Auction — wired.com
Back in 1993, comics artist Jim Lee–now co-publisher of DC Entertainment–bought a couple obscure illustrations by legendary artist Jack Kirby in a Sotheby’s auction. They were billed as concept art for an unmade film adaptation of Roger Zelazny’s sci-fi novel Lord of Light, but what Lee didn’t know–because the CIA had yet to declassify the information–was that the art also had connections to a covert CIA operation. During the Iran hostage crisis in 1979-1981, the agency extracted six U.S diplomats from Iran by convincing authorities that they were actually part of a Canadian film crew scouting locations for a Lord of Light film, which CIA agent Tony Mendez renamed Argo.
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How Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light transformed into the CIA's Argo covert op
To facilitate the return of six US diplomats trapped in Iran, during the 1979 hostage crisis, CIA technician Tony Mendez concocts an incredible cover story: they're part of a film crew, scouting out locations in the Islamic republic for an epic science fiction movie. But one core prop is hard to find at short-notice: a convincing, ready-to-shoot screenplay. Argo, a thriller directed by and starring Ben Affleck, dramatizes the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, Iran, during the 1979 hostage crisis. To infiltrate the country and facilitate the diplomats' return, CIA technician Tony Mendez concocts an incredible cover story: they're part of a film crew, scouting out locations in the Islamic republic for an epic science fiction movie. One core prop: a convincing, ready-to-shoot screenplay.
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