USA,
2007, 97 min
Directed by:
Mike NicholsScreenplay:
Aaron SorkinCinematography:
Stephen GoldblattComposer:
James Newton HowardCast:
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Peter Gerety, Brian Markinson, Shiri Appleby, John Slattery, Erick Avari, Om Puri (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas who is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. After being prodded by his major conservative supporter, Houston Socialite Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight the people are suffering in the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of maverick CIA agent Gustav Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support to defeat the Soviet Union. (Showtime)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2008 - Philip Seymour Hoffman (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2008 - Philip Seymour Hoffman (Best Supporting Actor)
Golden Globes
- 2008 - Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- 2008 - Aaron Sorkin (Best Screenplay)
- 2008 - Tom Hanks (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 2008 - Philip Seymour Hoffman (Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture)
- 2008 - Julia Roberts (Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2008 - Philip Seymour Hoffman (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2008 - Aaron Sorkin (Best Writer)