Dr. Ralph H. Wolfe Viewing Center

Call Number: DVD00720 Copy 1

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by Tom Hanks; Amy Adams; Julia Roberts; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Ned Beatty; Gary Goetzman; Aaron Sorkin; Mike Nichols; James Newton Howard; George Crile; Universal Pictures (Firm); Relativity Media.; Participant Productions.; Playtone (Firm); Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2008]

Notes: Originally released in 2007 (102 min.); Based on the book by George Crile; Nominated for one  2008 academy awards; Bonus features: “Making of” featurette ; Who is Charlie Wilson?

Summary:  In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson was best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he was 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 a 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.

OCLC #: 191886923

Added: April 26, 2010