Argo, the Movie, the Operation
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost:
General Public: $5.00 Lyric Members: $4.00 Students with ID: $4.00

Description:
The Lyric presents Argo, the Movie, the Operation on on Thursday, November 29th. Watch the movie Argo and then stay after to hear from a consultant on the film.

Come and watch our feature movie this week at a special screening time and stay after the movie to catch a discussion with the CIA Historian that consulted on the movie.

Based on true events, Argo chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis--the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA "exfiltration" specialist named Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.

The film is rated R.

Doors open at 10:30 am and the movie starts at 11 am.

Students with proper student ID will receive a $1 discount off the normal admission price.

For more information, visit: http://www.thelyric.com/events/?ID=1211 or call: 540-951-0604.

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