Our Man in Tehran

{{Short description|Canadian documentary film (2013)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox film | name = Our Man in Tehran | image = Our Man in Tehran poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Drew Taylor [[Larry Weinstein]] | producer = [[Niv Fichman]] [[Elena Semikina]] Drew Taylor Larry Weinstein | writer = Drew Taylor Robert Wright | starring = | music = Asher Lenz Stephen Skratt | cinematography = [[John Minh Tran]] | editing = [[Steve Weslak]] | studio = Rhombus Media | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2013|9|13|TIFF|df=yes}} | runtime = | country = Canada | language = English | budget = }} '''''Our Man in Tehran''''' is a 2013 Canadian documentary film, profiling the role of [[Kenneth D. Taylor]], Canada's ambassador to [[Iran]] in the 1970s, in helping six American hostages escape from Iran during the [[Iran hostage crisis]] of 1979-1980 by engineering the [[Canadian Caper]].<ref name=canadacom>[http://o.canada.com/entertainment/movies/movie-review-our-man-in-tehran "Movie review: Our Man in Tehran"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204040013/http://o.canada.com/entertainment/movies/movie-review-our-man-in-tehran |date=2017-12-04 }}. [[canada.com]], September 19, 2013.</ref>

The film premiered at the [[2013 Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref name=canadacom /> but was distributed to general audiences as a television film on [[The Movie Network]].<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/doc-sets-the-record-straight-on-canadian-caper/article14350589/ "No Argo here: New doc sets the record straight on the Iran hostage crisis"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', September 17, 2013.</ref> It was released in the United States on May 15, 2015.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3142234/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ov_inf+ "Our Man in Tehran (2013) Release Info"]. ''[[Internet Movie Database]]''</ref>

Several other political, journalism and diplomatic personalities involved in the events also appear in the film, including [[Joe Clark]], [[Flora MacDonald (politician)|Flora MacDonald]], Robert Anders, William Daugherty, Carole Jerome, [[Tony Mendez]], [[Joe Schlesinger]], Zena Sheardown and [[Gary Sick]].

The film won five [[Canadian Screen Awards]] at the [[3rd Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2015, winning Best Documentary Program, Best Direction in a Documentary or Factual Series (Drew Taylor, [[Larry Weinstein]]), Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Factual Series ([[John Minh Tran]]), Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Factual Series ([[Steve Weslak]]) and Best Sound in a Documentary, Factual or Lifestyle Program or Series (Martin Lee, [[David McCallum (sound editor)|David McCallum]], Sanjay Mehta, Brennan Mercer, [[Jane Tattersall]]).<ref>[http://www.brandonsun.com/entertainment/breaking-news/docs-our-man-in-tehran-tales-from-the-organ-trade-split-screen-awards-293962381.html?thx=y "Docs 'Our Man in Tehran,' 'Tales from the Organ Trade' split Screen Awards"]. ''[[Brandon Sun]]'', February 5, 2015.</ref>

The film was adapted in part from cowriter Robert Wright's 2010 book ''Our Man in Tehran''.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2013/08/28/our_man_in_tehran_gives_ken_taylor_his_due_at_tiff.html "Our Man in Tehran gives Ken Taylor his due at TIFF"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', August 28, 2013.</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|3142234}} * ''[http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=filvidandsou&id=469041&lang=eng Our Man in Tehran]'' at [[Library and Archives Canada]]

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