Based on a selection from The master of disguise by Antonio J. Mendez, and the Wired magazine article "The great escape" by Joshuah Bearman.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.

Executive producers, David Klawans, Nina Wolarsky, Chris Brigham, Chay Carter, Graham King, Tim Headington ; director of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; production designer, Sharon Seymour ; edited by William Goldenberg ; music composed & conducted by Alexandre Desplat ; costumes designed by Jacqueline West.

Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bish�e, Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina, �Zeljko Ivanek, Titus Welliver, Keith Szarabajka, Bob Gunton, Richard Kind, Richard Dillane, Omid Abtahi, Page Leong, Farshad Farahat, Sheila Vand.

On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.

MPAA rating: R; for language and some violent images.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital (English 5.1, French 5.1, Spanish 5.1 surround); dual-layer format.

In English or dubbed Spanish or French dialogue with optional English SDH, French or Spanish.