Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

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Directed by

Mike Nichols

Starring (View all)

Tom Hanks
Charlie Wilson

Amy Adams
Bonnie Bach

Julia Roberts
Joanne Herring

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Gust Avrakotos

Terry Bozeman
CIA Award Presenter

Brian Markinson
Paul Brown

Jud Tylor
Crystal Lee

Hilary Angelo
Kelly

Written by

Aaron Sorkin
(screenplay)

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War and Peace...

16 years, 1 month ago at Dec 3 14:53

Lexi

2 votes

''A boy is given a horse on his 14th birthday. Everyone in the village says, 'Oh how wonderful.' But a Zen master who lives in the village says, 'We shall see.' The boy falls off the horse and breaks his foot. Everyone in the village says, 'Oh how awful.' The Zen master says, 'We shall see.' The village is thrown into war and all the young men have to go to war. But, because of the broken foot, th... read more

Pleasant Footnote on History

16 years, 6 months ago at Jul 28 12:25

nataliegoes

1 vote

This very watchable film is the true(ish) story of one unusual congressman in the early 1980's, who has the luxury of not having to play the politics so many representatives must. He has never had to ask favors of others, and has secured so many favors, that when he finds something he is passionate about he's able to call in all those chips. And his passion has accidentally become the situation ... read more

A fun watch

17 years ago at Jan 20 15:21

Rollo Tomasi

1 vote

I was highly entertained by the tongue-in-cheek satirical feel of this films plot, and it's references to 1980's culture. Hanks and Roberts didn't bring anything special to the production, but a supporting role.

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Description: In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas who seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people are suffering in the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support to defeat the Soviet Union. However, Charlie Wilson eventually learn ... (more)

Release date: 21 December 2007

Tags: Drama (19), Politics (12), Biography (12), 2007 (11), War (9), Comedy (6), 2000s (6), Cia (5), Cold War (5), Afghanistan (5), Weapons (5), Drugs (3), History (3), Political (3), Usa (3), Scandal (3), (3), Deception (2), 1980s (2)

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" Joanne Herring "Go fight this war, Charlie. Everything possible is on the line - including your manhood!""

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"First viewing - Jan. 29th I can't recall anymore why I skipped out on Charlie Wilson's War when it came out, unless it was just my tendency to generally avoid anything Julia Roberts does because I'm not a fan. It's on Starz currently though, so I finally gave it a look. And I thought it was pretty good overall. The story is fascinating and the acting is really strong across the board. I kept feeling like Hoffman's character could've been played by John Goodman and there wouldn't be much differ"

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