In typical Hollywood fashion the movie misrepresented the facts and focused on the CIAs part in the team effort in Tehran 1999.

It was Ken Taylor and John and Zena Sheardon who immediately and continually acted by harbouring those US persons who became targets the moment the Islamist Students scaled the walls of the Embassy compound with the intention overtaking the Americans insitu. For 79 days these Canadians worked with Canadian Government Officials and the CIA to effect escape of ALL those Citizens who were in imminent danger while remaining in Iran. Taylor and Sheardon remained in Tehran even after the others were safe in the air to ensure that no terrorist consequence would follow them after the escape.

The real story is so much more exciting than the movies retelling.