Desert One

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 107 mins

Rated: NR

Release Date: 2019

Countries: United States

Languages: English, Persian

DIRECTED BY:

Barbara Kopple

WRITTEN BY:

Francisco Bello

CAST INCLUDES:

Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Ted Koppel

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Using new archival sources and unprecedented access, master documentarian and two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple reveals the story behind one of the most daring rescues in modern US history: a secret mission to free hostages of the 1979 Iranian revolution. Rated 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, Toronto International Film Festival Official Selection DESERT ONE is both comprehensive and fascinating, and was heralded by critics as "engrossing" (Variety) and "fascinating" (Hollywood Reporter).

SYNOPSIS

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple examines a failed U.S. military operation to rescue hostages in Tehran, Iran, in 1980.

Desert One

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 107 mins

Rated: NR

Release Date: 2019

Countries: United States

Languages: English, Persian

DIRECTED BY

Barbara Kopple

WRITTEN BY

Francisco Bello

CAST INCLUDES

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple examines a failed U.S. military operation to rescue hostages in Tehran, Iran, in 1980.

"DESERT ONE, a superb documentary by Barbara Kopple, snatches high drama from the jaws of devastating failure."

Wall Street Journal

"You emerge from DESERT ONE knowing certain aspects of the Iran-hostage crisis better than you did before. That makes it a worthy film, and an absorbing one."

Variety

"Director Kopple has obtained never-before-heard audio of communications between Carter and the military command, and it's absolutely chilling to hear the president's reactions…"

Chicago Sun-Times