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<html> <head> <title>Charlie Wilson's War</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Charlie Wilson's War <nobr>(21-Dec-2007)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.cww-1.jpg" height=220 width=149 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/455/000023386/">Mike Nichols</a><p><b>Writer:</b> <a href="/people/519/000022453/">Aaron Sorkin</a><p><b>Based on a book:</b> <i>Charlie Wilson's War</i> by George Crile<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/800/000083551/">Drama</a>, <a href="/lists/707/000083458/">Biography</a>, <a href="/lists/594/000204979/">Afghanistan</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"></div><p>A little-known Congressman from Texas champions the cause of supporting the fight against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of conservative dragon Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos, the covert budget to the <i>mujahideen</i> rebels is increased two-hundredfold, providing antitank weapons and Stinger missiles to down helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.<p> <span style="color: blue" onClick="show_trailer()">[watch trailer]</div><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/835/000129448/"><font size=-1>Amy Adams</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Aug-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Junebug</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/802/000067601/"><font size=-1>Shiri Appleby</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Dec-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Liz on <i>Roswell</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/760/000023691/"><font size=-1>Ned Beatty</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jul-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Deliverance</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/656/000129269/"><font size=-1>Emily Blunt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Feb-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Devil Wears Prada</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/687/000022621/"><font size=-1>Tom Hanks</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jul-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Forrest Gump</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/409/000027328/"><font size=-1>Philip Seymour Hoffman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jul-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Feb-2014</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Capote</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000346960/"><font size=-1>Denis O'Hare</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Larry Harvey on <i>American Horror Story</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/320/000130927/"><font size=-1>Om Puri</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Oct-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jan-2017</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>East is East</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/592/000022526/"><font size=-1>Julia Roberts</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Oct-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Pretty Woman</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/767/000160287/"><font size=-1>John Slattery</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Aug-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Roger on <i>Mad Men</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/969/000132573/"><font size=-1>Ken Stott</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1></i>Messiah</i> series</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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