What does Hollywood have against the British? Once again on Oscar night, Tinsel Town gave warmly to us with one hand — while cynically taking away with the other. The good news is that at least nine Britons will fly back across the Atlantic with coveted golden statues. But the bad news is that Argo — the movie that won Best Film — is yet another piece of Hollywood’s Brit-bashing junk history that casts us in a poor light. Scroll down for video Winner: Argo, starring and directed by Ben Affleck picked up Best Picture Oscar, but plays fast and loose with the facts of the British involvement in the Islamic revolution in Iran
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Film packed with inaccuracies regarding the British involvement in Iranian revolution
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In Ben Affleck's version six U.S. embassy staff were refused sanctuary by British diplomats - quite the opposite of what happened
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Affleck won Best Picture Oscar for the film he directed and starred in
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