Argo (2012 Best Picture Winner)

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2012 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Ben Affleck’s Argo. Directed by Ben Affleck from a script by Chris Terrio and starring Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Scoot McNairy and Tate Donovan, Argo was nominated for seven Oscars and won three, including Best Picture.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/argo-2012), Manohla Dargis in the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/12/movies/argo-directed-by-ben-affleck.html), and Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/nov/08/argo-review).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2012 installment, featuring our producer David Rosen’s pick, Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers.