Charlie Wilson's War

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.

Directed by
Mike Nichols

Cast
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson
Julia Roberts - Joanne Herring
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Amy Adams - Bonnie
Mayte Garcia - Carol Shannon
Shiri Appleby - Jailbait
Erick Avari - Avi Perlman
Cyia Batten - Stacy
Om Puri - Gen Zia-ul-Hag
P.J. Byrne - Jim Van Wagenene
Christopher Denham - Mike Vickers
Russell Edge - Mike Wells

Production Co.
Playtone Pictures
Icarus Productions

Produced by
Celia D. Costas
Tom Hanks
Gary Goetzman

Studio
Universal Pictures

Writer
Aaron Sorkin
George Crile
John Orloff

Music
James Newton Howard