The collaboration of extraordinarily talented people does not a winning film necessarily make, but CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
wins big. Written by Aaron Sorkin (“West Wing”), directed by Mike
Nichols (THE GRADUATE), and starring Tom Hanks as the title character,
it's based on the true but until now largely unknown story of the
Democratic Texas Congressman who conspired in the '70s and '80s with a
CIA operative (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and a Houston socialite (julia
Roberts) to fund and execute a covert military operation to help the
Afghan mujahedeen resist and ultimately defeat the Soviet Union's
military occupation of the nation. Given what's happening in the Middle
East today and how the U.S. is mishandling it, this film is a must-see.
Hanks, Roberts and Hoffman are all splendid.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (2007)
The collaboration of extraordinarily talented people does not a winning film necessarily make, but CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
wins big. Written by Aaron Sorkin (“West Wing”), directed by Mike
Nichols (THE GRADUATE), and starring Tom Hanks as the title character,
it's based on the true but until now largely unknown story of the
Democratic Texas Congressman who conspired in the '70s and '80s with a
CIA operative (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and a Houston socialite (julia
Roberts) to fund and execute a covert military operation to help the
Afghan mujahedeen resist and ultimately defeat the Soviet Union's
military occupation of the nation. Given what's happening in the Middle
East today and how the U.S. is mishandling it, this film is a must-see.
Hanks, Roberts and Hoffman are all splendid.
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