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Studio Six scripts; CIA involvement; Iranian bootlegs; Carter's short delay; invented chase; actors in character; Jack Kirby; Sunset Gower offices
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- The hosts cite Mendez saying the fake Studio Six was so convincing that 26 scripts arrived after it folded, including one from Steven Spielberg.
- The hosts cite a 2016 Vice report, based on Freedom of Information Act research, that the CIA was involved in the production of Argo and Zero Dark 30.
- The hosts report that several hundred thousand bootleg copies circulated in Iran, watched out of hate, curiosity and quiet protest.
- The hosts report that Carter only delayed authorization by 30 minutes, well before Mendez left for Europe, and that the chase sequence never happened.
- The hosts report that Affleck had the six actors dress and hang out in character for a week to build chemistry.
- The hosts note that Jack Kirby, who made the storyboards, was a comics pioneer.
- The hosts cite the original Wired article placing the Studio Six offices at Sunset Gower, in Michael Douglas's vacated China Syndrome offices.