Which logline do you think is better?
1. Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
2. A CIA specialist concocts a covert operation to produce a fake Hollywood movie to rescue six American diplomats during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.
3. A CIA agent, posed as a fake Hollywood movie producer, launches a dangerous operation to rescue six American diplomats during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.
- ARGO
3
but does it matter now? The movie didn't get made because of a logline.
I would say none of the above:
During the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis a CIA agent launches a covert operation disguised as a Hollywood production company in order to free 6 Americans held hostage.