Charlie Wilsons War

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Charlie Wilsons War


Category: Biography
All Genres: Biography, Drama
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 102
Rating: 6.8 (0)
Languages: English, Dari, Arabic, Russian
Director: Mike Nichols
Sound: Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
Taglines:

  • Based on a true story. You think we could make all this up?
  • A stiff drink. A little mascara. A lot of nerve. Who said they couldnt bring down the Soviet empire.
  • When the world wasnt watching, they changed it forever.


    • Writing by: Aaron Sorkin - (screenplay)
    George Crile - (book)

    Produced by: Mary Bailey - associate producer
    Celia D. Costas - executive producer (as Celia Costas)
    Gary Goetzman - producer
    Michael Haley - co-producer (as Mike Haley)
    Tom Hanks - producer
    Edward Hunt - associate producer
    Ryan Kavanaugh - executive producer
    Paul A. Levin - associate producer
    Jeff Skoll - executive producer

    Cast: 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
    Cyia Batten - Stacey
    Kirby Mitchell - Stoned Guy
    Ed Regine - Limo Driver

    Music: James Newton Howard
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    Plot Outline: A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilsons covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
    Plot: 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 learns that while military victory can had, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyones sorrow.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    This film is carbon neutral with NativeEnergy

    Goofs: We know about 14 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Factual errors: The Texas flag in Charlie Wilsons office is upside down on the pole. The white horizontal bar should be on top.

    Trivia: There are 7 entries in the trivia list - like these:

    • A special effects assistant received critical injuries due to a handheld mock-up of a stinger missile exploding as it was being prepared to be used in a scene aboard a helicopter.
    • Emily Blunt filmed her part in two days.
    • Towards the end of the movie Charlie Wilson is presented with one of the Stingers he helped provide to the Afghans. In an interview with the real Charlie Wilson, Wilson states that he still has the Stinger as its one of his most prized possessions and its kept in "a very honored spot in my home".



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