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Cast & Crew

Mike Nichols
Director
Om Puri
As President Zia
Tom Hanks
As Charlie Wilson
Ned Beatty
As Doc Long
Michael Haley
As Embassy Official
Julia Roberts
As Joanne Herring
Philip Seymour Hoffman
As Gust Avrakotos
Denis O'Hare
As Harold Holt

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In the early 1980s, a charismatic Texas congressman named Charlie Wilson found himself at the center of a high-stakes game of espionage and diplomacy. With the help of a wealthy socialite and a frustrated CIA agent, Wilson set out to alter the course of history by supporting a group of Afghan rebels fighting against the Soviet Union. As the trio navigated the treacherous world of international politics, they found themselves caught up in a web of intrigue and deception that threatened to destroy everything they held dear. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Wilson must use all his charm and cunning to pull off the impossible: a covert operation that would change the course of history forever.

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Charlie Wilson's War was released in theaters on December 21, 2007.