Time Warner Inc. (TWX)�s �Argo,� the film about the rescue of American hostages from Iran more than 30 years ago that won the Academy Award for best picture, is �a weak movie� and �insulting� to Iranians, the country�s envoy to the United Nations said.
Ben Affleck�s film about the aftermath of the Islamic revolution contains mistakes, such as errors in the way people address one another, that showed the filmmakers �were not familiar with Iranian culture,� Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee said in an interview with CNN�s �Fareed Zakaria GPS.�

�I think the producer of the film, that is known as a ambassador of peace, as I heard, should be ashamed of producing such a film as that,� Khazaee said, according to a transcript of the program, scheduled to air today.

Khazaee said he would like to invite the producer and director of the film to come to Iran, and predicted that afterward �they will apologize from the big nation of Iran for producing such a weak film.�

Affleck directed the film, which he co-produced with Grant Heslov and George Clooney.

By Bloomberg

 

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