‘Argo’ wins best drama film Golden Globe
This undated publicity film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bryan Cranston, left, as Jack OíDonnell and Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez in “Argo,” a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. Best-picture prospects for Oscar Nominations on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, include, “Lincoln,” directed by Steven Spielberg; “Zero Dark Thirty,” directed by Kathryn Bigelow; “Les Miserables,” directed by Tom Hooper; “Argo,” directed by Ben Affleck; “Django Unchained,” directed by Quentin Tarantino; and “Life of Pi,” directed by Ang Lee. AP/Warner Bros., Claire Folger, File
LOS ANGELES – Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage crisis thriller “Argo” won the Golden Globe for best drama film on Sunday, at the climax of Hollywood’s biggest pre-Oscars awards show.
Affleck had already won the best director Globe for the movie, about a CIA mission to free six US diplomats who took refuge in the Canadian ambassador’s residence in Tehran during the 1979 crisis.
