Sentence examples for chapter of the hostage from inspiring English sources

Were you familiar with this little-known chapter of the hostage crisis before reading the script?

At one point in "Argo," a smart, jittery thriller about a freakish and little-known chapter of the Iranian hostage crisis, a Hollywood producer says that history starts as farce and ends up as tragedy.

(Dargis) ★ 'Argo' (R, 2 00) A bearded Ben Affleck directed, and stars in, this smart, jittery thriller about a real if stranger-than-fiction chapter of the Iranian hostage crisis that brought together a smart American intelligence officer, some plucky Canadians and two jaundiced Hollywood veterans (the funny tag team of John Goodman and Alan Arkin) to save the day.

★ 'Argo' (R, 2 00) A bearded Ben Affleck directed, and stars in, this smart, jittery thriller about a real if stranger-than-fiction chapter of the Iranian hostage crisis that brought together a smart American intelligence officer, some plucky Canadians and two jaundiced Hollywood veterans (the funny tag team of John Goodman and Alan Arkin) to save the day.

(Stephen Holden) ★ 'Argo' (R, 2 00) A bearded Ben Affleck directed, and stars in, this smart, jittery thriller about a real if stranger-than-fiction chapter of the Iranian hostage crisis that brought together a smart American intelligence officer, some plucky Canadians and two jaundiced Hollywood veterans (the funny tag team of John Goodman and Alan Arkin) to save the day.

The New York Times review of the film notes: "At one point in 'Argo,' a smart, jittery thriller about a freakish and little-known chapter of the Iranian hostage crisis, a Hollywood producer says that history starts as farce and ends up as tragedy.

It covers a little-known chapter of the Iranian hostage crisis in which Antonio J. Mendez, a Central Intelligence Agency officer and wizard of disguise, was tapped to help free six State Department employees stranded in Tehran after revolutionary forces seized the United States Embassy on Nov. 4, 1979.

(Manohla Dargis) ★ 'Argo' (R, 2 00) A bearded Ben Affleck directed, and stars in, this smart, jittery thriller about a real if stranger-than-fiction chapter of the Iranian hostage crisis that brought together a smart American intelligence officer, some plucky Canadians and two jaundiced Hollywood veterans (the funny tag team of John Goodman and Alan Arkin) to save the day.

O. Scott) ★ 'Argo' (R, 2 00) A bearded Ben Affleck directed, and stars in, this smart, jittery thriller about a real if stranger-than-fiction chapter of the Iranian hostage crisis that brought together a smart American intelligence officer, some plucky Canadians and two jaundiced Hollywood veterans (the funny tag team of John Goodman and Alan Arkin) to save the day.

For his third feature as a director, "Argo," Ben Affleck looked to a little-known chapter of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis that was ripe for film treatment.

The terror of the hostage takers is as palpable as that of the hostages.