| Description |
1 videodisc (98 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| 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 the 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 |
| Notes |
Based on the book by George Crile |
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Bonus features: UNICEF aids awareness trailer ; The making of Charlie Wilson's war ; Who is Charlie Wilson? |
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Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 |
| Credits |
Directed by Mike Nichols ; screenplay by Aaron Sorkin ; produced by Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks |
| Cast |
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Ned Beatty |
| Notes |
Rated:M |
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DVD. Produced for region 2,4,5 |
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In English. Subtitles in Arabic, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Wilson, Charles, 1933-2010 -- Drama.
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United States. Congress -- Committees -- Drama.
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Legislators -- United States -- Drama.
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Military assistance, American -- Afghanistan.
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| SUBJECT |
Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001522 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Hanks, Tom, actor, producer
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Adams, Amy, actor
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Roberts, Julia, 1967- actor
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Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014, actor
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Beatty, Ned, actor
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Goetzman, Gary, 1952- producer
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Sorkin, Aaron, author of screenplay
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Nichols, Mike, director
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Howard, James Newton, composer
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Crile, George.
My enemy's enemy.
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