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Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

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Year of U.S. Release: 2007

Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Mayte Garcia, Shiri Appleby.

Director: Mike Nichols

Screenwriter(s): John Orloff, George Crile, Aaron Sorkin

Producer(s): Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman

Ex. Producer(s): Celia Costas

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Prod. Company: Playtone, Good Time Charlie Productions

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Adaptation, Biography, War

Runtime: 1 hr. 37 min.

U.S. Release Date: December 21, 2007 (Wide)

U.S. DVD Release Date: April 22, 2008

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for strong language, nudity/sexual content and some drug use.

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Tom Hanks in the true story of a congressman who persuaded the CIA to train and arm anti-Soviet resistance fighters in Afghanistan.

Plot Summary:

Based on the true story of how Charlie Wilson, an alcoholic womanizer and Texas congressman, persuaded the CIA to train and arm resistance fighters in Afghanistan to fend off the Soviet Union. With the help of rogue CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, the two men supplied money, training and a team of military experts that turned the ill-equipped Afghan freedom-fighters into a force that brought the Red Army to a stalemate. However, the result also empowered the Taliban and terrorists including Osama bin Laden.

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