Charlie Wilson's War

12/19/2007

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1hr 42min

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Comedy

,Drama

,History

A stiff drink. A little mascara. A lot of nerve. Who said they couldn't bring down the Soviet empire.

STORY

In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tom Hanks
  • Julia Roberts
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Amy Adams
  • Emily Blunt

    Directors

  • Mike Nichols
  • Michael Haley
  • Mary Bailey
  • Mark Trapenberg

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Universal Pictures
  • Relativity Media
  • Participant
  • Playtone
  • MP Munich Pape Filmproductions

    Production Countries

  • Germany
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • Arabic
  • English
  • Russian
  • Urdu
  • Hebrew

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