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elleng

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1. It's a good one, have seen it several times.

Reply to Lulu KC (Original post)

Tue Aug 17, 2021, 09:56 PM

Aug 2021

Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical comedy-drama film, based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War.

The film was directed by Mike Nichols (his final film) and written by Aaron Sorkin, who adapted George Crile III's 2003 book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman starred.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War_(film)

Didn't realize Aaron Sorkin had written it until recently.

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It's a good one, have seen it several times. elleng Aug 2021 #1

Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman were all excellent in that movie. sop Aug 2021 #2