The Making of an American Enemy
Original title
Taken Hostage
Released
11/14/2022
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
GBH, American Experience Films
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
3hr 40min
Unfolding like a political thriller, Taken Hostage tells the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians were held hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. For the next 444 days, the world watched as the United States received a daily barrage of humiliation, vitriol and hatred from a country that had long been one of our closest allies. Told through the candid, personal testimony of those whose lives were upended by the action, the crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and forever upend the focus and direction of American foreign policy.
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