Unexpected double triumph gives Ben Affleck's CIA thriller clear shot at Academy Awards glory
Ben Affleck's Argo has emerged as the surprise late frontrunner for the Academy Award for best film after a shock double triumph at the Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild awards over the weekend.
The actor-director's dramatisation of the CIA's ingenious rescue of six Us diplomats during the Iran hostage crisis had already recovered from the indignity of the Academy's decision not to nominate Affleck for the best director prize earlier this month with a big win at the Golden Globes a fortnight ago. On Saturday night, Argo took the top gong, the Darryl F Zanuck award for best producer, at the Producers Guild awards (PGA) in Los Angeles, and last night it carried off the prize for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at the SAGs, also in La.
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Ben Affleck's Argo has emerged as the surprise late frontrunner for the Academy Award for best film after a shock double triumph at the Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild awards over the weekend.
The actor-director's dramatisation of the CIA's ingenious rescue of six Us diplomats during the Iran hostage crisis had already recovered from the indignity of the Academy's decision not to nominate Affleck for the best director prize earlier this month with a big win at the Golden Globes a fortnight ago. On Saturday night, Argo took the top gong, the Darryl F Zanuck award for best producer, at the Producers Guild awards (PGA) in Los Angeles, and last night it carried off the prize for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at the SAGs, also in La.
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- 1/28/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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