Charlie Wilson’s War

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

R 102 min - Comedy, Drama, History - 19 December 2007

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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.

Director: Mike Nichols

Writers: Aaron Sorkin

Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Om Puri, Shiri Appleby, Rachel Nichols, Wynn Everett, Jud Tylor, John Slattery, Erick Avari, Cyia Batten, Denis O'Hare, Ned Beatty, Ken Stott, Daniel Eric Gold, Harry S. Murphy, Enayat Delawary, Peter Gerety, Navid Negahban, P. J. Byrne, Mozhan Marnò, Michael Spellman, Russell Edge, Christopher Denham, Ron Fassler, Nazanin Boniadi, Rizwan Manji, Tracy Phillips, Ali Olomi, Mary-Bonner Baker, Hilary Angelo, Terry Bozeman, Brian Markinson, Kirby Mitchell, Ed Regine, Thomas Crawford, Joe Roland, Patrika Darbo, Carly Reeves, Salaheddine Ben Chegra, Faran Tahir, Maurice Sherbanee, Salam Sangi, Michael Saba, Nadia Miller, Michelle Arthur, Shila Ommi, Edward Hunt, Michael Haley, Joseph Sikora, Gabriel Tigerman, Patrick Bentley, Marc Pelina, Aharon Ipalé, Mary Bailey, Trish Gallaher Glenn, Nancy Linehan Charles, Daston Kalili, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Ilia Volok, Alex Lvovsky, Sammy Sheik, Moneer Yaqubi, Gabriel Justice, Siyal Mohammad, Quill Roberts, Jim Jansen, Spencer Garrett, Kevin Cooney, Erick Avari, Yousuf Azami, Anthony Azizi, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Darren Dowler, François Duhamel, David M. Edelstien, Matthew Herington, Mueen Jahan Ahmad, Jody Jaress, Alexander Kanellakos, Igor Korošec, Richard Lawrence, Daniel Lench, Tucker Maloney, J. Patrick McCormack, Ambria Miscia, Kazu Nagahama, Mara New, Tom Ohmer, Ron Ostrow, J. Woodward Palmer, Mary Linda Phillips, Dan Rather, John Robert, Gubbi Sigurdsson, Cynthia Silver, Cassidy Smith, Nicole Smolen, Leo Solomon, Rachel Style, Jackie Swanson, Shaun Toub, Kyle Vogt, Kurt Yaeger

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Storyline

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.

Collections: Mike Nichols

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

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Details

Official Website: http://www.charliewilsonswar.net/

Country: Germany, United States of America

Language: Arabic, English, Russian, اردو, Hebrew

Release Date: 19 December 2007

Box Office

Budget: $75,000,000

Revenue: $119,483,446

Company Credits

Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Participant, Playtone, MP Munich Pape Filmproductions

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 42 min