Charlie Wilson's war. [videorecording (DVD)]

Charlie Wilson's war. [videorecording (DVD)]

Publication Date
2008

Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.)

Subject Term
Political films.
 
Comedy films.
 
Biographical films.

Genre
Historical films.
 
Feature films.

Additional Contributors
Hanks, Tom.

Performer
Tom Hanks.

Summary
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas who 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, 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 the maverick CIA agent, Gustav "Gust" Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support to defeat the Soviet Union. However, Charlie Wilson eventually learns that while military victory can be had, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyone's sorrow.

Language
English

General Note
DVD.
 
Rated R.
 
"Based on the outrageous true story."

Language Note
Languages: English, Spanish, French.


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