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)
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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)Cast
Tom Hanks
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Green Mile (1999)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Julia Roberts
USA
Best movies:
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
USA
Best movies:
Mary and Max (2009)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
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Amy Adams
Italy
Best movies:
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Arrival (2016)
The Fighter (2010)
Emily Blunt
UK
Best movies:
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Oppenheimer (2023)
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Peter Gerety
USA
Best movies:
K-PAX (2001)
Changeling (2008)
Sleepers (1996)
Brian Markinson
USA
Best movies:
Enemy of the State (1998)
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Shiri Appleby
USA
Best movies:
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
The Other Sister (1999)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
John Slattery
USA
Best movies:
Sleepers (1996)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
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Erick Avari
India
Best movies:
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The Mummy (1999)
Stargate (1994)
Om Puri
India
Best movies:
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Brother Bajrangi (2015)
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Jud Taylor
USA
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Attack (1956)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Kevin Cooney
USA
Best movies:
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Dead Man Walking (1995)
Seven Pounds (2008)
Ilia Volok
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
U Turn (1997)
Fail Safe (2000) (TV movie)
Rachel Nichols
USA
Best movies:
Star Trek (2009)
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Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Patrika Darbo
USA
Best movies:
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Rango (2011)
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Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Soviet Union
Best movies:
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Star Trek (2009)
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Faran Tahir
USA
Best movies:
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Iron Man (2008)
Escape Plan (2013)
Ned Beatty
USA
Best movies:
Toy Story 3 (2010)
All the President's Men (1976)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Shaun Toub
Iran
Best movies:
Crash (2004)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Iron Man (2008)