| Charlie Wilsons War | |||||
| Universal Studios (2007) | |||||
| Biography, Drama | |||||
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#149 |
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10*
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| Amy Adams | Bonnie | |
| Tom Hanks | Charlie Wilson | |
| Julia Roberts | Joanne Herring | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | Gust Avrakotos | |
| Emily Blunt | Jane Liddle | |
| Rachel Nichols | Suzanne | |
| Shiri Appleby | Jailbait | |
| Ned Beatty | Doc Long | |
| Erick Avari | Avi Perlman | |
| Jud Tylor | Crystal Lee | |
| Maulik Pancholy | Hassan | |
| Shaun Toub | Hassan | |
| Om Puri | General Zia-Ul-Haq | |
| Mary Page Keller | Mrs. Wilson |
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| Producer | Tom Hanks
Gary Goetzman |
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| Writer | Aaron Sorkin
George Crile |
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| Musician | James Newton Howard
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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 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 be had, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyone's sorrow. |
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