New Poster, Trailer for Fact-Based Historical Thriller Argo

A new poster (right, click for larger image) and trailer (below) have been released for Argo … "based on a declassified true story".

Directed by Ben Affleck, who also stars, the film chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis — the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades.

On November 4, 1979 as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA "exfiltration" specialist named Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.

Argo opens in theaters October 12th, 2012.