ARGO was up for eight nominations at the 85th Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin, Film Editing, Original Music Score, Film Editing, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing. Sunday night, Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov took home a golden statuette for Best Picture as producers of the film.
Ben Affleck stars and directs ARGO, a true-story based on events in the Iran hostage crisis. The buzz is already brewing for Affleck's third directorial effort as a contender in the upcoming award-season including Oscar potential for the multi-hyphenate.