In a surprise win, Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage crisis thriller Argo took home the Golden Globe for Best Drama film on Sunday, at the climax of Hollywood’s biggest pre-Oscars awards show. Affleck had already won the Best Director Globe for the movie, about a CIA mission to free six US diplomats who took refuge in the Canadian ambassador’s residence in Tehran during the 1979 crisis. “Look, I don’t care what the award is. When they put your name next to the names she just read off, it’s an extraordinary thing in your life,” the actor-director said. Below, watch Affleck’s acceptance speech:
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