article_snippet: the former embassy in Tehran garnered worldwide attention in November 1979 when revolutionary students stormed in and took dozens of U.S. staff hostage - the story which inspired the film Argo, starring Ben Affleck.
article_snippet: But apart from the most minor of cosmetic changes, the building that caused a global diplomatic crisis is frozen in time - and looks almost identical to the building that caused a global diplomatic crisis portrayal in the Oscar-winning Ben Affleck movie Argo.
article_snippet: Starring role: Ben Affleck starred as a CIA agent in the film Argo, about the crisis which won the Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards .
article_snippet: the US Embassy garnered worldwide attention in November 1979 when revolutionary students stormed in and took dozens of U.S. staff hostage - the story which inspired the film Argo, starring Ben Affleck .
highlights_snippet: Story  inspired the film Argo, starring Ben Affleck, and the building looks almost identical to portrayal in the movie .
  