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In his inimitable style, popularized by his podcast FIASCO, host Leon Neyfakh chronicles the Iran Contra Affair. Beginning in an unexpected place — the story of how the Iranian Hostage Crisis brought down Jimmy Carter — the saga then unfolds with Ronald Reagan, who campaigns on the disaster of Carter’s hostage crisis and then falls prey to a hostage debacle of his own. Spanning multiple continents and time zones, FIASCO dives into one of the least understood of all political scandals and reveals the true scope of Iran Contra for the first time with groundbreaking interviews, rare archival footage and a cinematic style that underscores the complexity of the mess.
Original Release
09/19/2021 on EPIX
US Release
09/19/2021
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Leon Neyfakh | Self - Host |
| Ronald Reagan | Self |
| Oliver North | Self |
| Jimmy Carter | Self |
| Leon Panetta | Self |
| John Poindexter | Self |
| Tom Brokaw | Self |
| Kenneth L. Khachigian | Self |
| Richard Nixon | Self |
| Peter Kornbluh | Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Setting the Stage | Sunday, 19 September 2021 |
| 2 | Body and Soul | Sunday, 26 September 2021 |
| 3 | A Difficult Dilemma | Sunday, 03 October 2021 |
| 4 | The Trip to Tehran | Sunday, 10 October 2021 |
| 5 | Shot Out of the Sky | Sunday, 17 October 2021 |
| 6 | The Fall Guy | Sunday, 24 October 2021 |
Directors
Jonathan Clasberry, Emily Singer Chapman, Alyse Shorland, Lizzie Blenk
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Leon Neyfakh | Self - Host |
| Ronald Reagan | Self |
| Oliver North | Self |
| Jimmy Carter | Self |
| Leon Panetta | Self |
| John Poindexter | Self |
| Tom Brokaw | Self |
| Kenneth L. Khachigian | Self |
| Richard Nixon | Self |
| Peter Kornbluh | Self |
| Luis F. Carrión Cruz | Self |
| Rick Perlstein | Self - Author |
| George Shultz | Self |
| Robert McFarlane | Self |
| Ayatollah Khomeini | Self |
| Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Self |
| Richard Secord | Self |
| Reza Shah Pahlavi | Self |
| Malcolm Byrne | Self |
| Landon Parvin | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| John Marks | Executive Producer |
| Jill Burkhart | Executive Producer |
| Stuart Fero | Executive Producer |
| Ann Tyler Moses | Producer |
| Jonathan Clasberry | Producer |
| Emily Singer Chapman | Producer |
| Lindsay Goward | Producer |
| Sarah Moawad | Producer |
| Alyse Shorland | Producer |
| Lizzie Blenk | Producer |
| Veronika Adaskova | Producer |
| Anneka Jones | Producer |
