Charlie Wilson's War (Widescreen)
starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Ned Beatty
directed by: Mike Nichols
directed by: Mike Nichols
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Academy Award® winners Tom Hanks Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in this compelling and witty film from Oscar®-winning director Mike Nichols and Primetime Emmy®-winning writer Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing). Based on the outrageous true story Charlie Wilson's War shows how one congressman who loved a good time one Houston socialite who loved a good cause and one renegade CIA agent who loved a good fight conspired to bring about the largest covert operation in history.System Requirements:Running Time: 102 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY Rating: R UPC: 025195004848 Manufacturer No: 61100566
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Political movies about backroom negotiations need not be dry or heavy-handed, as Charlie Wilson's War delightfully proves. Based on the true story of playboy congressman Wilson's efforts to fund Afghanistan's defense against the Soviet invasion of the 1980s, the film is borne along on breezy attitude and a peppery script by West Wing scribe Aaron Sorkin. Wilson, played by Tom Hanks (who also produced), is the perfect hero for this kind of tale, because there's nothing perfect or heroic about him: He's a highball-swilling, fanny-pinching gadabout who becomes radicalized on the issue of helping the Afghans against their mighty aggressor. He has help in the form of a right-wing Texas anti-Communist (Julia Roberts) with a genius for raising money, and a sardonic CIA operative (Philip Seymour Hoffman, stealing the show) who lacks all the social skills Wilson has in abundance. Sorkin's syncopated speech is just the ticket for director Mike Nichols, who understands exactly how to keep this kind of political comedy popping (the complicated story comes in at a hair over 90 minutes, amazingly). Some scoundrels are on the right side of the angels, and the movie's Charlie Wilson is one of them. --Robert Horton
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Academy Award® winners Tom Hanks Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in this compelling and witty film from Oscar®-winning director Mike Nichols and Primetime Emmy®-winning writer Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing). Based on the outrageous true story Charlie Wilson's War shows how one congressman who loved a good time one Houston socialite who loved a good cause and one renegade CIA agent who loved a good fight conspired to bring about the largest covert operation in history.System Requirements:Running Time: 102 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY Rating: R UPC: 025195004848 Manufacturer No: 61100566
Amazon.com:
Political movies about backroom negotiations need not be dry or heavy-handed, as Charlie Wilson's War delightfully proves. Based on the true story of playboy congressman Wilson's efforts to fund Afghanistan's defense against the Soviet invasion of the 1980s, the film is borne along on breezy attitude and a peppery script by West Wing scribe Aaron Sorkin. Wilson, played by Tom Hanks (who also produced), is the perfect hero for this kind of tale, because there's nothing perfect or heroic about him: He's a highball-swilling, fanny-pinching gadabout who becomes radicalized on the issue of helping the Afghans against their mighty aggressor. He has help in the form of a right-wing Texas anti-Communist (Julia Roberts) with a genius for raising money, and a sardonic CIA operative (Philip Seymour Hoffman, stealing the show) who lacks all the social skills Wilson has in abundance. Sorkin's syncopated speech is just the ticket for director Mike Nichols, who understands exactly how to keep this kind of political comedy popping (the complicated story comes in at a hair over 90 minutes, amazingly). Some scoundrels are on the right side of the angels, and the movie's Charlie Wilson is one of them. --Robert Horton
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Charlie Wilson - Congressman, Playboy, Drinker, Hail-Fellow-Well-Met and Major Influence on U.S. Policies in the Mid-East
I liked this movie a lot.Tom Hanks plays a heavy drinking, coke snorting, playboy congressmen that is different from most of the roles that one sees him in.He is convincing in his portrayal of Congressman Charlie Wilson.
The movie is based on a true story.Congressman Wilson sees a short news clipping of Dan Rather in Afghanistan and that sets the wheels in motion for Wilson who wants to increase funding so that the Afghanistans have enough money and weapons to get the communists ... Read More
Rating: 
- Mike Nichols stuck in a time-warp!
Mike Nichols has been responsible for a number of outstanding and entertaining motion pictures including The Graduate, Catch 22, Silkwood, and Working Girl. He's also directed the occasional dud: films such as Wolf and What Planet Are You From? fall into the latter category. Unfortunately, Charlie Wilson's War is not one of Nichols' more memorable efforts. Charlie Wilson is a good old boy from Texas, devoted to booze and broads, and, incidentally, a U.S. Congressman. Being a member of Congress during ... Read More
Rating: 
- YOU CAN'T FOOL ME
Let's get this out of the way off the top: I loved Charlie Wilson's War. It was patriotic, funny, sexy, well-acted and great drama. Fabulous movie. Five stars. Kudos. Love it.
That said, just wanted to let it be known that the message of this film, at least one of the sub-texts of it, did not get past me. It was made by a liberal and meant to espouse a Democrat agenda.
Hollywood is not about to make conservative movies now or in the future.Charlie Wilson's War looks like a ... Read More
Rating: 
- 2.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Charlie Wilson's War has an impeccable pedigree, but with its uninvolving plot (does the audience really care about Charlie or Gus or anyone else?) incredibly simplistic storyline (that essentially posits Charlie Wilson "won" the Cold War for America) and general forgettability, it's not much of a movie.
Rating: - A roguish near-do-well
Just in case I'm not the last person on the planet to have seen Charlie Wilson's War, I'm spreading the word, and that word is OH MY GAWD! Really, you've got to see it. This movie has it all. A fascinating story made all the more amazing by being true. It has great snappy dialogue as only Aaron Sorkin can write, and superb performances by both Tom Hanks and P.S. Hoffman. It is at times hysterically funny even as the subject matter is so maddening as to make you want to scream. By the end of this movie ... Read More
- Charlie Wilson - Congressman, Playboy, Drinker, Hail-Fellow-Well-Met and Major Influence on U.S. Policies in the Mid-EastI liked this movie a lot.Tom Hanks plays a heavy drinking, coke snorting, playboy congressmen that is different from most of the roles that one sees him in.He is convincing in his portrayal of Congressman Charlie Wilson.
The movie is based on a true story.Congressman Wilson sees a short news clipping of Dan Rather in Afghanistan and that sets the wheels in motion for Wilson who wants to increase funding so that the Afghanistans have enough money and weapons to get the communists ... Read More
- Mike Nichols stuck in a time-warp!Mike Nichols has been responsible for a number of outstanding and entertaining motion pictures including The Graduate, Catch 22, Silkwood, and Working Girl. He's also directed the occasional dud: films such as Wolf and What Planet Are You From? fall into the latter category. Unfortunately, Charlie Wilson's War is not one of Nichols' more memorable efforts. Charlie Wilson is a good old boy from Texas, devoted to booze and broads, and, incidentally, a U.S. Congressman. Being a member of Congress during ... Read More
- YOU CAN'T FOOL MELet's get this out of the way off the top: I loved Charlie Wilson's War. It was patriotic, funny, sexy, well-acted and great drama. Fabulous movie. Five stars. Kudos. Love it.
That said, just wanted to let it be known that the message of this film, at least one of the sub-texts of it, did not get past me. It was made by a liberal and meant to espouse a Democrat agenda.
Hollywood is not about to make conservative movies now or in the future.Charlie Wilson's War looks like a ... Read More
- 2.5 stars out of 4The Bottom Line:
Charlie Wilson's War has an impeccable pedigree, but with its uninvolving plot (does the audience really care about Charlie or Gus or anyone else?) incredibly simplistic storyline (that essentially posits Charlie Wilson "won" the Cold War for America) and general forgettability, it's not much of a movie.
- A roguish near-do-wellJust in case I'm not the last person on the planet to have seen Charlie Wilson's War, I'm spreading the word, and that word is OH MY GAWD! Really, you've got to see it. This movie has it all. A fascinating story made all the more amazing by being true. It has great snappy dialogue as only Aaron Sorkin can write, and superb performances by both Tom Hanks and P.S. Hoffman. It is at times hysterically funny even as the subject matter is so maddening as to make you want to scream. By the end of this movie ... Read More
