Charlie Wilson's war

Resource Information

The work Charlie Wilson's war represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Hancock Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Charlie Wilson's war

Statement of responsibility

Good Time Charlie Productions ; Universal Pictures ; Playtone ; Participant Productions ; Relativity Media ; produced by Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks ; screenplay by Aaron Sorkin ; directed by Mike Nichols

Contributor

• Good Time Charlie Productions (Firm)
• Participant Productions
• Playtone (Firm)
• Relativity Media
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Adams, Amy
• Goetzman, Gary
• Hanks, Tom
• Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014
• Nichols, Mike
• Roberts, Julia, 1967-
• Sorkin, Aaron

Subject

• Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
• Biographical -- Feature
• Biographical films
• Biographical films
• Comités -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
• Estados Unidos -- Política -- Teatro
• Film adaptations
• Fund raisers (Persons) -- Texas
• Historical films
• Legislators
• United States, Congress -- Committees
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Wilson, Charles, 1933-

Genre

• Biographical
• Biographical films
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Teatro
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support needed to defeat the Soviet Union. Ultimately, Charlie learns that while military victory can be obtained, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyone's sorrow. Based on a true story

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; production designer, Victor Kempster

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for stronge language, nudity/sexual content and drug use

Language note

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1995.9.B55

LC item number

C437554 2008

PerformerNote

Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Runtime

102

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action