For fact-based Oscar-nominated films, how much fiction is OK?

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | 8:25 p.m. CST

NEW YORK — The scene: Tehran's Mehrabad airport, January 1980. Six U.S. diplomats, disguised as a fake sci-fi film crew, are about to fly to freedom with their CIA escorts. But suddenly there's a moment of panic in what had been a smooth trip through the airport.

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