George Clooney Loves Himself Some CIA Conspiracy Nonsense
By Beth in Uncategorized, Politics, Movies, Hollywood, film, media, conspiracy theories on May 3 2007
George Clooney recently visited Tehran for his upcoming conspiracy dramedy about the American hostages that were smuggled out of Tehran in 1979. The film, whose working title is “Escape from Tehran” is a Clooney-Heslov Smoke House collaboration (the same team that brought us “Good Night & Good Luck”).
The premise goes as follows:
Berman’s article in the current issue of Wired centers around CIA operative Tony Mendez, a master of disguise who was put in charge of rescuing six Americans hiding out in Tehran. He came up with the idea of using a bogus movie and contacted Hollywood makeup artist John Chambers.
Chambers and Bob Sidell, also a makeup artist, launched Studio Six Prods. (an allusion to the six Americans awaiting rescue) and announced their first movie project, to be shot in Iran. Both Variety and the Hollywood Reporter were duped into writing news stories on the film after Studio Six took out trade ads.
Mendez went to Tehran in January 1980 and told the Americans to pretend they were Canadians on a scouting trip for a big-budget Hollywood epic. The ruse worked.
While the plot seems interesting enough, I’m not sure how much more Clooney conspiracy political dribble I can stomach. More than three flicks a decade is too much for me.
