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 Charlie Wilson's War is the true story of how a playboy congressman, a renegade CIA agent and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history. Their efforts contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, with consequences that reverberate throughout the world today. Oscar winners Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman team with Academy Award-winning director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to bring George Crile's best-selling book to the screen.
Charlie Wilson (Hanks) was a bachelor congressman from Texas who had a habit of showing up in hot tubs with strippers and cocaine. His "Good Time Charlie" exterior, however, masked an extraordinary mind, a deep sense of patriotism and a passion for the underdog, and in the early 1980s the underdog was Afghanistan -- which had just been brutally invaded by the Russians.
Charlie's longtime friend and patron and sometime lover was Joanne Herring (Roberts), one of the wealthiest women in Texas and a virulent anti-communist. Believing the American response to the Russian invasion was anemic at best, she prods Charlie into doing more for the Mujahideen (Afghan freedom fighters).
Charlie's partner in this uphill endeavor is CIA Agent Gust Avrakotos (Hoffman), a blue-collar operative in a company of Ivy League blue bloods. Together, the three of them -- Charlie, Joanne and Gust -- travel the world to form unlikely alliances among the Pakistanis, Israelis, Egyptians, arms dealers, law makers and a belly dancer.
Their success was remarkable. Funding for covert operations against the Soviets went from $5 million to $1 billion annually. The Red Army retreated out of Afghanistan. When asked how a group of peasants was able to deliver such a decisive blow to the army of a superpower, Pakistani President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq responded simply, "Charlie did it."
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from Universal Pictures
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Starring
Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson)
Julia Roberts (Joanne Herring)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Gust Avrakotos)
Amy Adams (Bonnie)
Om Puri (General Zia-Ul-Haq)
Ned Beatty (Doc Long)
Rachel Nichols (Suzanne)
Mary Page Keller (Mrs. Wilson)
Emily Blunt (Jane Liddle)
Shiri Appleby (Jailbait)
John Slattery
Erick Avari (Avi Perlman)
Shaun Toub (Hassan)
Maulik Pancholy (Hassan)
Jud Tylor (Crystal Lee)
Nazanin Boniadi (Refugee Woman)
Faran Tahir (Rashid)
Takayo Fischer (Party Guest)
Nathalie Walker (Jane's friend)
Jackie Swanson (Maddy)
Cyia Batten (Stacy)
Lorna Scott (Female Party Guest)
Spencer Garrett (Congressman Davis)
Carly Reeves (Slave Girl)
Ron Fassler (Mario)
Wynn Everett (Charlie's Receptionist)
Anthony Azizi (Refugee)
Alexandra Rieger (Striking Village girl)
Peter Gerety (Larry Liddle)
Pavel Lychnikoff
Ilia Volokh
Brian Markinson (Paul Brown)
P.J. Byrne (Jim Van Wagenen)
Celestina (Dancer)
Rizwan Manji (Mr. Mahmood)
Hilary Angelo (Kelly)
Kevin Cooney (Kane)
Michael McCafferty (Party Guest #2)
Ashkan Kashanchi (Widow's Son)
Paul Bartholomew (Date)
Christopher Denham (Mike Vickers)
Navid Negahban
Mary Linda Phillips (Party Guest #2)
Ambria Miscia (Vegas Showgirl)
Soraya Omar ((voice))
Rachel Style
Geoffrey Gould (Homeless Vietnam Vet)
Ron Ostrow (Congressman #5)
Wali Razaqi (Ahmad)
Mozhan Marnò (Woman Translator)
Audrey Alison (Congressional Staffer)
Tracy Thorpe (Party Guest)
Kelly Ryan (Staff Photographer)
Luke Van Pelt (Houston)
William Tempel (Congressman)
Sammy Sheik (Stinger)
Yousuf Azami (Relief worker)
David Schroeder (Fundraiser)
David Newham (Edsel)
Sam Sako (Egyptian BodyGuard)
Jon Donahue (Stu)
David Mehl (Congressional Staffer)
Russell Edge (Mike Wells)
Tricia Rockman (Nurse Without Borders)
Igor Korosec (Russian Pilot 1)
Cynthia Silver (Charlie's Party Guest #1)
Walter Delmar (Lobbyist)
Tommy Wilson-O'Brien (Congressman)
Dorothy Macdonald (Nurse Without Borders)
Dawson Van Pelt (Texas)
Adam Meir (David)
Anthony Martins (Afghanastan Refugee)
Tom Ohmer (Party Guest)
Edward Hunt (Embassy Marine)
John Robert (Congressman)
Moneer Yaqubi (Stinger #1)
Michael Spellman (Agent Patrick)
Mehrdad Sarlak (Egyptian Bodyguard #2)
Cassidy Smith (Refugee Girl)
Kara Clem (Trophy Wife)
Alexander Lvovsky (USSR Gunner 1)
François Duhamel (French News Photographer)
Teresa Swift (Indian)
Jehangir Behzadizadeh (Wounded man)
Jody Jaress (Party Guest #1)
Daniel Findlay (Airport Passenger)
Mary Bonner Baker (Marla)
Daston Kalili
Mallory Jameson (Sariah)
Written by
Aaron Sorkin
George Crile (book)
Rated: 
(for strong language, nudity/sexual content and some drug use) |
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Charlie Wilson's War
by George Crile
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
by Steve Coll
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