| SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
Charlie Wilson's War is the true story of how a playboy congressman,
a renegade CIA agent and a beautiful Houston socialite joined
forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation
in history. Their efforts contributed to the fall of the Soviet
Union and the end of the Cold War, with consequences that
reverberate throughout the world today. Oscar® winners
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman team with
Academy Award®-winning director Mike Nichols and screenwriter
Aaron Sorkin to bring George Crile's best-selling book to
the screen.
Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) was a bachelor congressman from
Texas who had a habit of showing up in hot tubs with strippers
and cocaine. His "Good Time Charlie" exterior, however,
masked an extraordinary mind, a deep sense of patriotism and
a passion for the underdog, and in the early 1980s the underdog
was Afghanistan - which had just been brutally invaded by
the Russians.
Charlie's longtime friend and patron and sometime lover was
Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts), one of the wealthiest women
in Texas and a virulent anti-communist. Believing the American
response to the Russian invasion was anemic at best, she prods
Charlie into doing more for the Mujahideen ("Afghan Freedom
Fighters").
Charlie's partner in this uphill endeavor is CIA Agent Gust
Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a blue-collar operative
in a company of Ivy League blue bloods. Together, the three
of them - Charlie, Joanne and Gust - travel the world to form
unlikely alliances among the Pakistanis, Israelis, Egyptians,
arms dealers, law makers and a belly dancer.
Their success was remarkable. Funding for covert operations
against the Soviets went from $5 million to $1 billion annually.
The Red Army retreated out of Afghanistan. When asked how
a group of peasants was able to deliver such a decisive blow
to the army of a superpower, Pakistani President Mohammad
Zia ul-Haq responded simply, "Charlie did it."
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Production Co:
Relativity Media
Participant Pictures
Playtone
Release Date:
December 21, 2007
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Director Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Author Info (Book)
en.wikipedia.org
MySpace Page
www.myspace.com/tomhanks
Production Site
www.participantproductions.com
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