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| Oscars 2013: Chris Terrio wins best adapted screenplay for Argo | Oscars 2013: Chris Terrio wins best adapted screenplay for Argo |
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| Chris Terrio has won the best adapted screenplay Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards in LA, defeating a strong field that included Tony Kushner for Lincoln and David O Russell for Silver Linings Playbook. | Chris Terrio has won the best adapted screenplay Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards in LA, defeating a strong field that included Tony Kushner for Lincoln and David O Russell for Silver Linings Playbook. |
| Directed by Ben Affleck, Argo tells the story of the "Canadian caper", the extraction of six hostages by CIA agent Tony Mendez from the 1979 US embassy siege in Iran. | Directed by Ben Affleck, Argo tells the story of the "Canadian caper", the extraction of six hostages by CIA agent Tony Mendez from the 1979 US embassy siege in Iran. |
| Based on a Wired magazine article by Joshuah Bearman, as well as Mendez's own book The Master of Disguise, Argo marks Terrio's first appearance as an Academy Award nominee. | |
| Terrio's victory in this category will no doubt provide some compensation for Affleck, who was bafflingly excluded from the best director category despite wins at the Baftas and Golden Globes. |